From 31a191b17895d115b35fa4c254a9b99b67bbe58a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Baker Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:29:46 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Include information about the benchmark output/methodology Addresses #930 --- programs/zstd.1.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/programs/zstd.1.md b/programs/zstd.1.md index eea685489..9e4c5d305 100644 --- a/programs/zstd.1.md +++ b/programs/zstd.1.md @@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ BENCHMARK * `--priority=rt`: set process priority to real-time +**Output Format:** CompressionLevel#Filename : IntputSize -> OutputSize (CompressionRatio), CompressionSpeed, DecompressionSpeed + +**Methodology:** For both compression and decompression speed, the entire input is compressed/decompressed in-memory to measure speed. A run lasts at least 1 sec, so when files are small, they are compressed/decompressed several times per run, in order to improve measurement accuracy. ADVANCED COMPRESSION OPTIONS ---------------------------- -- 2.47.2