(ACT 2.0) - March 1999 Edition

This is a temporary design for ACT 2.0 until the web pages are all redesigned.

The specifications and configuration of the test computer can be found here.

The Windows 32bit (PE) executable file test is:

The DOS executable file test file is:

 

The links to download these test files can be found here.

  ACT 2.0 EXE-Pack Test
  Windows 32bit (PE)
Executable (netscape.exe)
  Total Files Size (bytes): 2,934,336
  Name Switches Compress
Time
Extract
Time
Compressed
Size
Overall
Score
Compress
Ratio
Bits per
Byte
      (seconds) (seconds) (bytes) (seconds) (%) (b/B)
+*B ASPACK 1.07b (none) 132.92 N/A 1,242,624 478.09 57.7 3.3878
+ UPX 0.59 -9 688.26 N/A 1,303,480 1050.34 55.6 3.5537
+ UPX 0.59 (none) 85.31 N/A 1,312,748 449.96 55.3 3.5790
  UPX 0.51 -9 719.55 N/A 1,315,261 1084.90 55.2 3.5858
  ASPACK 1.02b (none) 172.23 N/A 1,321,472 539.31 55.0 3.6028
  UPX 0.51 (none) 94.24 N/A 1,324,579 462.18 54.9 3.6113
+*O PETITE 1.4 (none) 15.76 N/A 1,473,536 425.08 49.8 4.0174
  PEPACK 0.99 (none) 166.92 N/A 1,548,288 597.00 47.2 4.2212
* NEOLITE 1.04 (none) 20.03 N/A 1,564,317 454.56 46.7 4.2649
+* PKLITE32 1.1b8 (none) 11.66 N/A 1,598,976 455.82 45.5 4.3594
* PETITE 1.3a (none) 13.80 N/A 1,605,632 459.81 45.3 4.3775
* WWPACK32 1.12 (Level 20) 164.76 N/A 1,611,776 612.48 45.1 4.3943
* WWPACK32 1.12 (Level 10) 91.17 N/A 1,615,872 540.02 44.9 4.4054
+ UPX 0.59 -1 10.32 N/A 1,617,989 459.76 44.9 4.4112
* WWPACK32 1.12 (Level 3) 61.76 N/A 1,624,064 512.89 44.7 4.4278
  UPX 0.51 -1 16.61 N/A 1,631,329 469.76 44.4 4.4476
* SHRINKER32 3.3 (Factor 9) 10.77 N/A 1,828,928 518.81 37.7 4.9863
*F NEOLITE 1.04 (Quick) 2.47 N/A 1,828,986 510.52 37.7 4.9864
* SHRINKER32 3.3 (Factor 5) 4.67 N/A 1,835,072 514.41 37.5 5.0030
  Best Compression: ASPACK 1.07b
  Fastest Compression: NEOLITE 1.04
  Quickest Extraction: N/A
  Best Overall: PETITE 1.4
 
 
 
 
  ACT 2.0 EXE-Pack Test
  DOS Executable (101.exe)  
  Total Files Size (bytes): 438,144
  Name Switches Compress
Time
Extract
Time
Compressed
Size
Overall
Score
Compress
Ratio
Bits per
Byte
      (seconds) (seconds) (bytes) (seconds) (%) (b/B)
+B APACK 0.98b -1 9.12 0.0613 180,909 59.43 58.7 3.3032
+ APACK 0.98b -3 9.18 0.0551 181,009 59.52 58.7 3.3050
+ APACK 0.98b -2 9.09 0.0562 181,023 59.43 58.7 3.3053
  APACK 0.96b (none) 10.88 0.0552 181,315 61.30 58.6 3.3106
+O APACK 0.98b -1 -f 6.57 0.1071 181,555 57.11 58.6 3.3150
  APACK 0.96b -f 7.68 0.0561 181,866 58.25 58.5 3.3207
  UPX 0.51 -9 18.48 0.0771 187,673 70.69 57.2 3.4267
+ UPX 0.59 -9 16.39 0.0808 187,677 68.60 57.2 3.4268
  UPX 0.51 (none) 7.71 0.0786 188,394 60.12 57.0 3.4399
+ UPX 0.59 (none) 6.47 0.0786 188,394 58.88 57.0 3.4399
  XE 1.4.0 (none) 15.45 0.0801 190,436 68.43 56.5 3.4771
  PKSMART 1.0 (none) 7.82 0.0991 191,985 61.25 56.2 3.5054
  WWPACK 3.04a (none) 11.81 0.0852 193,732 65.71 55.8 3.5373
  UCEXE 2.4 (none) 1.63 0.0618 200,949 57.51 54.1 3.6691
  AINEXE 2.23 (none) 2.70 0.1352 202,195 59.00 53.9 3.6918
  COMPACK 4.5 (none) 2.14 0.0112 204,092 58.84 53.4 3.7265
  LGLZ 1.04b -h -u 2.20 0.0713 205,845 59.45 53.0 3.7585
+ LGLZ 1.04c -h -u -s9 2.06 0.0713 205,845 59.31 53.0 3.7585
  LGLZ 1.04b (none) 2.29 0.0724 206,485 59.72 52.9 3.7702
  LGLZ 1.04b -f 2.19 0.0356 206,637 59.62 52.8 3.7730
+ LGLZ 1.04c -f 2.01 0.0356 206,637 59.44 52.8 3.7730
+ LGLZ 1.04c -s5 1.82 0.0700 206,660 59.30 52.8 3.7734
  COMPACK 4.5 -g 1.85 0.0119 207,388 59.47 52.7 3.7867
  AVPACK 1.22 (none) 2.87 0.0338 211,000 61.51 51.8 3.8526
  RJCRUSH 1.10 (none) 1.73 0.0756 211,673 60.60 51.7 3.8649
F PACK 2.01 (none) 1.26 0.0762 214,155 60.82 51.1 3.9102
  DIET 1.45f (none) 1.91 0.0785 214,183 61.48 51.1 3.9107
  DIET 1.45f -g 1.45 0.0535 214,286 61.03 51.1 3.9126
  MEGALITE 1.20a+ (none) 2.83 Crashed 216,906 63.08 50.5 3.9605
  PKLITE 2.01 (none) 2.73 0.0222 216,986 63.03 50.5 3.9619
  ELITE 2.0 (none) 3.94 0.0727 217,410 64.40 50.4 3.9697
  LZEXE 1.0 (none) 1.95 0.0248 218,745 62.74 50.1 3.9940
  PACKWIN 1.0 (none) 8.95 0.0255 218,802 69.75 50.1 3.9951
  TINYPROG 3.9 (none) 11.72 0.0366 219,792 72.81 49.8 4.0131
  SCRNCH 1.02 /s 246.70 Crashed 220,108 307.84 49.8 4.0189
  SCRNCH 1.02 (none) 51.33 Crashed 223,489 113.41 49.0 4.0806
  EXEHIGH 1.01 (none) 1.91 0.0912 224,816 64.45 48.7 4.1049
  UPX 0.51 -1 3.67 0.0785 227,318 66.89 48.1 4.1506
+ UPX 0.59 -1 2.57 0.0785 227,348 65.80 48.1 4.1511
  SCRNCH 1.02 /f 14.46 Crashed 231,186 78.68 47.2 4.2212
  CRUNCH 1.0 (none) 7.12 0.9082 296,192 90.30 32.4 5.4081
  AXE 2.2 (none) 6.43 0.1828 324,134 96.65 26.0 5.9183
Q EXEPACK 4.06 (none) 1.90 0.0088 406,017 114.69 7.3 7.4134
  PGMPAK 0.15 (none) Would Not Compress 0.0000 0 0.00 100.0 0.0000
  Best Compression: APACK 0.98b
  Fastest Compression: PACK 2.01
  Quickest Extraction: EXEPACK 4.06
  Best Overall: APACK 0.98b

 

+ - New program tested
# - DOS program that was run in a Windows98 DOS box
* - Windows 32bit program (95/98/NT)
B - Best compression (smallest compressed file)
F - Fastest compression time
Q - Quickest extraction time
O - Best overall (smallest overall score - calculated by adding compress time, extract time, and time it would take to transfer the compressed file over a 28,800bps network

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