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May97 Benchmark
[JAR vs. RAR vs. PKZIP]

Test Versions

JAR 1.01 February Beta
RAR 2.01
PKZIP 2.04g
[download these files and more from the Download Page!]

Test #1 [A Collection of Games]

The files compressed in this attempt were some games and their supporting data files.

Archive Type File Size (bytes)
Original files 1,608,427
PKZIP 822,913
RAR 770,408
JAR 752,659

Test #2 [A Big mIRC LogFile]

mIRC is a internet relay chat program, and if you log everything you will end up with a bunch of huge files. BIG FILE MAKE GOOD TEST! <g>

Archive Type File Size (bytes)
Original files 9,627,153
PKZIP 2,715,768
RAR 2,611,597
JAR 2,499,594

Test #3 [A Graphic Editing Program]

This test was a graphic editing program and its supporting files!

Archive Type File Size (bytes)
Original files 19,598,321
PKZIP 7,118,634
RAR 6,960,931
JAR 6,898,819

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