The Art of lossless image compression, 3rd release

Here are the results of 8 (eight) tests performed
to compare lossless compression of True Color (24-bit) images
by some general purpose archivers:
ERI32 3.0c4, UFA32 0.03b4, RKIVE 1.90b1, ESP 1.92, RAR 2.02, PKZIP 2.04g
                           (sorry, BOA, UHARC, HAP, SZIP and all
                           other archivers were not tested)
and results on same images of the famous PNG algorithm and format
created by Display 1.89a, CompuShow 2000! 2.04a, Image Alchemy 1.10.
If anybody wants to start or continue such tests,
or knows we have missed something important,
some new fantastic technology, an algorithm or even a program capable
of lossless compression of up to 1000:1 and lossy compression of
up to 10000:1 (we hear about it from time to time since our xts),
please let us know immediately: ratush@srsc-gw.sscc.ru   Thanks!

[[1]] Ratio results only

(without details: please read also [[2]] Time results [[3]] Details [[4]] How to download archivers [[5]] PLEASE read THIS before replying to this article)

         {            ERI32           }      UFA32       RKIVE    ESP     RAR
23kodax 102.29% 100.05%  100%   100.32% 104.78% 109.70% 103.93% 107.49% 110.88%
16seqnc 101.03  105.47   100%   100.10  108.09  147.68  117.41  112.81  123.04
20canon 102.40   100%   100.26  100.36  102.20  129.46  118.22  104.34  100.50
21jpeg  101.72  101.51  101.70   100%   105.14  130.54  120.51  108.31  110.27
7 bzone 101.68  100.06  101.97   100%   112.90  143.70  140.22  117.16  119.98
28intel 103.99   100%   103.42  100.09  107.28  117.54  112.15  110.04  107.87
11misc  101.63   100%   101.46  100.06  108.20  123.46  118.65  111.37  111.55
14procs 100.76   100%   101.42  100.21  108.28  114.66  114.99  112.86  114.43
original {              Display               }    CompuShow    Alchemy  Pkzip
230.43  128.84  132.49  131.88  130.32  128.51  128.93          132.43  141.41
253.03  134.41  162.96  155.10  148.45  144.28  142.09  135.77  150.31  184.26
198.27  117.73  122.22  113.99  114.46  112.82  109.73          115.54  158.53
198.81  118.86  123.51  121.98  121.19  119.97  116.75          122.60  154.55
222.40  136.41  134.94  131.02  130.98  129.94  127.67          132.69  171.46
197.56  122.02  120.02  114.16  118.64  114.51  112.34  112.27  119.97  150.79
206.69  118.75  116.93  113.50  112.82  111.75  108.64  108.78  114.41  153.58
232.01  120.42  119.93  114.76  115.52  114.15  112.65  112.43  117.76  149.61

[[2]] Time results

A SET of 23 images totalling 27,133,146 bytes from ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/still/KodakImages/color/ was used for this test, and a 486DX4-100 PC with 24Mb RAM running windows 95.
Programs,options       Total length    Compress_time      Extract_time
                         bytes    %     min:sec  %         min:sec  %
Eri32 3.0c4 -3ci       11747029 100%     15:54 100%          2:28 100%
            -m3-3ci    11754269 100.06%   6:59 43.92%        2:24 97.29%
            -m2-3ci    11902868 101.32%   4:08 25.99%        1:53 76.35%
            -m1-3ci    12195535 103.81%   3:13 20.23%        1:42 68.91%
Rkive 1.90b1 -mm2 -mt  12249497 104.27% 162:50 1024.10%    144:26 5855.40%
Ufa32 0.03b4 -m4 -mq2  12316062 104.84%  18:46 118.02%      17:44 718.91%
             -m4 -mx   12339341 105.04%  88:36 557.23%      16:07 653.37%
             -m5-mu16  12918549 109.97%  51:59 326.93%      55:17 2241.21%
Esp 1.92 /mm2 /ml7     12660411 107.77%  10:10 63.94%        0:39 26.35%
         /m2 /mm2/ml7  12697833 108.09%   5:06 32.07%        0:39 26.35%
         /m3 /mm2/ml7  13625893 115.99%   1:45 11.00%        0:41 27.70%
Rar 2.02 -mm -m5 -s-   13298941 113.21%   4:21 27.35%        2:40 108.10%
         -mm -m3 -s-   13308609 113.29%   4:05 25.68%        2:40 108.10%
         -mm -m1 -s-   13338638 113.54%   3:55 24.63%        2:41 108.78%
Pkzip 2.04g -ex        16650031 141.73%   5:19 33.43%        0:36 24.32%
            (none)     16741609 142.51%   3:23 21.27%        0:35 23.64%
            -es        19818636 168.71%   1:27  9.11%        0:37 25.00%
Eri32 3.0c -3d         11845423 100.83%  17:16 108.59%       4:03 164.18%
Eri32 3.0c -m3-3d      11852781 100.90%   8:24 52.83%        3:54 158.10%
Eri32 3.0c -m2-3d      11985129 102.02%   5:39 35.53%        3:25 138.51%
Display -i --same -bpng
filter=5,level=9       15131718 128.81%  16:18 102.51%       1:31 61.48%
filter=1,level=9       15171412 129.15%  15:17 96.12%        1:20 54.05%
filter=1,level=5       15493033 131.88%   5:20 33.54%        1:29 60.13%
filter=1,level=1       15876308 135.15%   3:08 19.70%        1:27 58.78%
CompuShow 2000! (auto) 15181076 129.23%   9:58 62.68   failed (k15.png: runtime
CompuShow 2000! (1)    15404089 131.13%   7:59 50.20   error 004 at 084E:07CB)
                                                       about 4:10 168.91%
Alchemy ---n    (4)    15594092 132.74%  21:18 133.96%       4:41 189.86%
*** This set compressed to 11,612,833 bytes only  can be found
at ftp://ftp.iis.nsk.su/upload/
or ftp://poctok.iae.nsk.su/incoming/
or ftp://labchem.comcen-1.nsk.su/incoming/


[[3]] Details

Files for first four tests were taken from ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/ than converted from Sun Raster format to Windows Bitmap, (this conversion changes image headers only, 32 bytes are replaced by 54 bytes, but image data is not modified) and some of them were slightly renamed. Files for last three tests are from ftp://download1.intel.com/pressroom/images/ and converted from TIFF format to Windows Bitmap.
The "+" symbol shows absolutely best result;
    "." indicates relatively best result;
    "`" means you see here not "RAR -m5-mm" but better "RAR -m5-mmF" result.
(1)  All files from  ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/still/KodakImages/color/
         ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   UFA32   UFA32   RKIVE    ESP     RAR
  Name     -3     -3b     -3c     -3d   -m4-mx -m5-mu16 -mm2-mt /mm2/ml7 -m5-mm
KODAK01  550879  544741  543582+ 547234  576117  590831  557873  587326 `595993
KODAK02  503765  502806  500898. 504048  531914  439859+ 454943  542769  560515
KODAK03  445777  440098  437308. 441561  442190  412199  395783+ 457348  479882
KODAK04  512226  506057+ 510013  507255  527303  557372  510050  543304  561777
KODAK05  590365  584838  583728+ 586186  630594  739749  702244  647138 `659195
KODAK06  534754  510648. 517207  518307  507543  546118  490952+ 520057  521663
KODAK07  468022  461437  458028. 461202  483942  468697  444912+ 501429  524518
KODAK08  586856  581020+ 581038  581052  660991  741525  734632  674458 `797076
KODAK09  494074  491051  485831. 488530  508908  475900  465972+ 523248  540592
KODAK10  500501  494437  491575+ 493959  515487  515263  503790  528643  542105
KODAK11  501488  492294+ 498878  496532  509321  548388  499252  520874  534221
KODAK12  476090  466289  459217. 468868  456707  442651  404518+ 472662  488519
KODAK13  636361  627484  624065+ 629958  644565  745239  710651  655366 `657081
KODAK14  561094  555787+ 557361  558699  558481  645107  593510  575924 `583175
KODAK15  496997  498562  474467+ 494562  535542  511943  516268  551919  583374
KODAK16  484719  474476. 475493  479351  448516  422314  386221+ 460167 `462303
KODAK17  499133  493768  492395  492227. 508128  497801  476945+ 521333  530944
KODAK18  590633  587203  585962+ 586946  626152  741175  702188  642609  655754
KODAK19  530987  528520  523631+ 525811  556875  577487  560056  571154  581968
KODAK20  498296  389096. 418973  397513  457815  411816  388462+ 468700 `457656
KODAK21  543562  530847. 532335  533513  526458  556123  514424+ 537018  541205
KODAK22  557934  545361+ 549930  546185  607013  709573  658481  620143  628545
KODAK23  480082  474721  472701+ 473782  517230  619870  565407  533774  545563
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
23     1204459_1178154_1177461_1181328_1233779_1291700_1223753_1265736`13056078
230.43% 102.29% 100.05%   100%  100.32% 104.78% 109.70% 103.93% 107.49% 110.88%

               Display -i --same -bpng          CompuShow 2000! Alchemy   Pkzip
  Name       (level=9; filter_type=1...5)        auto   best of  ---n      -ex
           1       2       3       4       5      (5)   1,2,3,4   (4)
KODAK01  760243  785332  781283  742508+ 744472  762998  762609  752856  828292
KODAK02  637806  631332  640438  641660  628700. 623734+         650267  646034
KODAK03  506472+ 552842  545028  552492  545043  545256  514003  565998  552355
KODAK04  640129+ 649547  650814  651324  650047  644746  643764  660662  723526
KODAK05  805327  814347  793711  799815  790801+ 797555          813402  875717
KODAK06  631185+ 730872  690743  673603  647047  659763  647885  684451  737475
KODAK07  560317+ 605119  601086  576780  577133  574779  564797  589557  636420
KODAK08  859827  818692  859875  772006  771221+ 776922          784527  891165
KODAK09  622086  602937+ 631443  615120  604798  604043  609502  624622  668032
KODAK10  627165  612863+ 630447  624075  622986  620906  619721  633997  695882
KODAK11  630792  678618  665875  650179  629707+ 632324          662138  676451
KODAK12  533855+ 587442  579178  575505  572357  571824  541380  586269  582646
KODAK13  859453+ 893400  864888  875111  860933  877739  887651  889163  885606
KODAK14  702857+ 755415  726264  728531  723441  727468  716674  739422  790025
KODAK15  627321  602857  624318  623391  620407. 617728+         635627  682665
KODAK16  541290+ 635649  605486  599170  566271  572778  551551  608718  565643
KODAK17  629130  619624+ 631592  638803  631751  632073  628637  649573  701272
KODAK18  794914  802504  781041. 796841  781199  778873+ 779938  807820  886756
KODAK19  712888  717644  726334  697335  696470+ 697516          706185  792877
KODAK20  499339+ 521502  508982  514091  505651  506171  506653  526609  563411
KODAK21  652334+ 709780  691157  689787  675154  681773  667076  698358  682803
KODAK22  742482  709990. 715696  718174  711990  704754+ 712704  726295  831781
KODAK23  594200  563001. 583480  588854  574139  569353  562659+ 597577  753681
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
23     1517141_1560130_1552915_1534515_1513171_15181076        1559409_16650515
230.43%  128.84% 132.49% 131.88% 130.32% 128.51% 128.93%        132.43% 141.41%

(2)  All files from  ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/sequence/mobile/color/
   +some files from  ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/sequence/football/color/
   +some files from  ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/sequence/susie/color/
         ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   UFA32   UFA32   RKIVE    ESP     RAR
  Name     -3     -3b     -3c     -3d   -m4-mx -m5-mu16 -mm2-mt /mm2/ml7 -m5-mm
MOBILE01 659520  659293  660178  658276+ 677429  853011  802220  699840  707837
MOBILE02 658817  658617  659613  657473+ 677685  852798  802774  700015  707730
FOOTBAL0 428122  448600  424865+ 427252  451454  620258  497446  471341  528677
FOOTBAL1 429501  449679  425211+ 427248  454833  634967  507156  475628 `531900
FOOTBAL2 430739  449575  425633+ 428470  460617  651515  518946  481351  536298
FOOTBAL3 435396  452721  429243+ 432351  467976  663764  526861  489102  544646
FOOTBA50 452769  469110  446436+ 446901  487125  712964  569579  511074  577037
FOOTBA70 445314  465089  441428+ 442537  491860  715774  571810  516218  580861
FOOTBA96 453377  471111  449358+ 452744  495665  716741  579021  521042  589896
SUSIE000 350517  374356  343652  342972+ 387336  530607  382018  405150  439348
SUSIE001 349041  373556  344235  343537+ 384451  526452  378407  402008  435958
SUSIE002 351441  375503  345371  344209+ 382391  523257  375646  399418  432825
SUSIE003 348587  373644  343729  342904+ 383657  525992  377575  400859  434096
SUSIE050 339703  362522  333775  333494. 341503  442589  310731+ 356121  398955
SUSIE100 345417  370102  340708  339868+ 379328  505339  367320  396354  431843
SUSIE149 347824  372064  342523  342491+ 379287  501284  364805  396105  433630
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
16files 6826085 7125542 6755958 6762727 7302597 9977312 7932315 7621626 8312590
253.03% 101.03% 105.47%   100%  100.10% 108.09% 147.68% 117.41% 112.81% 123.04%

               Display -i --same -bpng          CompuShow 2000! Alchemy   Pkzip
  Name       (level=9; filter_type=1...5)        auto     sub    ---n      -ex
           1       2       3       4       5      (5)     (1)     (4)
MOBILE01 847418  857156  816610  824787  812052. 792052+ 832485  832912  996813
MOBILE02 847429  856356  816209  824269  812081. 792007+ 832229  832481  996138
FOOTBAL0 552015+ 773986  709796  635611  589882  584153  558670  643356  771899
FOOTBAL1 557619+ 767461  703760  642049  600418  594893  564588  650086  785519
FOOTBAL2 563825+ 773690  711597  642054  624059  611959  571104  650229  799375
FOOTBAL3 570556+ 774274  713995  648738  620492  612278  578827  656871  808949
FOOTBA50 593331+ 791003  732346  671132  639254  636214  604641  681384  857312
FOOTBA70 599653+ 756117  707836  671512  659895  649233  612053  681684  856338
FOOTBA96 605772+ 772304  720652  680299  662265  655700  619451  690920  859166
SUSIE000 493651+ 543563  549914  547873  546490  536797  502407  554238  693540
SUSIE001 490402+ 547459  548882  550114  547246  538092  499075  556638  690959
SUSIE002 486889+ 552220  548266  552319  546494  537948  495165  558836  688775
SUSIE003 488755+ 546754  547171  549566  545898  536843  497079  555949  690983
SUSIE050 416466+ 618682  566008  500796  461186  459994  421386  508653  618084
SUSIE100 483780+ 536510  541776  541587  538536  529164  492199  547709  669767
SUSIE149 483376+ 542581  543858  547083  541715  532483  491696  553293  664913
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
16files 908093_1101011_1047867_10029789 9747963 9599810 917305_1015523_12448530
253.03% 134.41% 162.96% 155.10% 148.45% 144.28% 142.09% 135.77% 150.31% 184.26%

(3)  Two files from  ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/sequence/missa/color/
    +all files from  ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/still/canon/bgr/
         ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   UFA32   UFA32   RKIVE    ESP     RAR
  Name     -3     -3b     -3c     -3d   -m4-mx -m5-mu16 -mm2-mt /mm2/ml7 -m5-mm
MISSA000 123351  121532  120327+ 121701  140761  176473  173687  144887  152841
MISSA001 123173  121508  120098+ 121651  141027  176620  174029  145273  153321
ANNOUNCE 326122  316962. 321933  319052  310997  457724  383167  322899 +306833
BEACHGIR 378770  374458  369654+ 373926  381422  452453  417154  389428  378203
BLUEGIRL 374084  369179  364313+ 366533  384643  448433  415452  392986  388317
CABLECAR 402919  396780+ 399638  402112  403578  484989  453974  414165  402898
CORNFILD 436700  428732. 433628  435428  423587  518744  477264  432847`+404302
FLOWER   397124  382787. 386212  383556  397341  507171  465493  404043 +380311
FRUITS   430296  398796  403733  398704. 439423  560318  531074  446386 +396787
GIRL     411984  399931  398334+ 401208  414838  480864  445485  422505  409125
GIRL_LDI 310073  303341. 305499  304792  284843  448513  367274  294611 +280159
HUSTLER  311733  298500. 305994  301766  302645  450585  382116  314310 +297170
KIDS     410302  400945+ 407391  402933  416078  554063  518674  423660  412937
MASUDA1  352648  347628  344249. 348916  337976  428141  377939  343353 +332324
MASUDA2  345648. 352251  346080  352855  341848+ 402726  377063  347952  350569
MODEL    384432  373696  372529. 373372  377353  449718  406823  382280 +370158
PENS     423365  410563. 412514  411315  416997  522746  490717  423328 +405836
SOCCER   438381  423964+ 430835  426158  447108  551577  506852  455397  430973
TANAKA   394211  392956  388900. 393195  384974  457098  424172  389032 +373095
YACHT    400376  392935+ 394374  393838  414442  543194  495841  422294  414636
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
20files 7175692 7007444 7026235 7033011 7161881 9072150 8284250 7311636`7042541
198.27% 102.40%   100%  100.26% 100.36% 102.20% 129.46% 118.22% 104.34% 100.50%

               Display -i --same -bpng          CompuShow 2000! Alchemy   Pkzip
  Name       (level=9; filter_type=1...5)        auto   best of  ---n      -ex
           1       2       3       4       5      (5)   1,2,3,4   (4)
MISSA000 164670  155933  168064  158340  153834. 151134+         160093  204738
MISSA001 164898  156279  168148  158357  154599. 151789+         160165  204849
ANNOUNCE 394567. 473888  415512  408902  403245  395135  393097+ 411862  577479
BEACHGIR 423334  412660  391039. 407785  393588  384170  383050+ 410951  570444
BLUEGIRL 433607  410999  398965. 407156  403892  392684  390462+ 410951  579880
CABLECAR 456895  473116  444428  440808  440729. 427424+         448497  563795
CORNFILD 490102  511382  474188  475316  469217. 459528+         480543  588760
FLOWER   448168  454710  425850. 433366  428146  415239+ 416458  436372  630722
FRUITS   474575  480014  451997. 455717  454068  438730+ 440319  460456  640889
GIRL     464427  452646  435194. 442893  435589  421726+ 423649  446502  594308
GIRL_LDI 360142. 455789  390335  387854  381594  374292  360032+ 390401  602537
HUSTLER  380955. 434289  387143  388499  384091  377135+ 380477  391096  567875
KIDS     481279  500974  466533  459339  458988. 444011+         464240  638084
MASUDA1  387201  404260  372613. 380518  375563  365855  365651+ 384643  553789
MASUDA2  390500  395078  369158. 379715  373482  364025  361806+ 384600  521313
MODEL    431888  422529  401017. 416146  404357  394723  393028+ 418826  570636
PENS     481108  497853  447747  466580  447253. 432936+         471139  647471
SOCCER   517837  542931  501348  490592  490158. 472749+         496012  640108
TANAKA   429430  433749  408289. 419682  410397  396897  396592+ 422516  584793
YACHT    474291  495830  470450  443661  443344. 429185+         446822  627102
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
20files 8249874 8564909 7988018 8021226 7906134 7689367         809668711109572
198.27%  117.73% 122.22% 113.99% 114.46% 112.82% 109.73%        115.54% 158.53%

(4)  All files from  ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/still/jpeg/bgr/
    +all files from  ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/still/usc/bgr/
         ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   UFA32   UFA32   RKIVE    ESP     RAR
  Name     -3     -3b     -3c     -3d   -m4-mx -m5-mu16 -mm2-mt /mm2/ml7 -m5-mm
BARB     541516  561049  533914+ 541280  623892  904229  750965  655412 `704650
BOATS    480392  501606  472669+ 480872  537504  727199  568972  559659  593271
FRUITS   239764  233212. 237159  235625  211120+ 211948  224906  222289  230438
GIRL     477837  507525  476732+ 484457  555392  803591  660728  577270  626739
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GIRL2    126291  124447  123001. 124541  123140  134054  138518  125013 +122880
GIRL2A    95656   91489.  96363   91694   88253+  96920   89372   91277 ` 89735
GIRL3    105225  102138  104193  101622+ 113914  140774  140621  115859  116585
HOUSE    112527  112073. 112718  112565  112865  128423  125744  114892 +111944
JELLY_B1  80696   76622   78301   74338+  82433   94602   88217   87303 ` 77583
JELLY_B2  87891   83526   86422   81945+  91184  108905  102675   96731 ` 87453
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PEPPERS  547306. 561571  556954  561540  525490+ 632367  645119  539321  525872
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TREE     130743  130357. 131552  130591  128218+ 144224  144386  130967 `130847
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               Display -i --same -bpng          CompuShow 2000! Alchemy   Pkzip
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           1       2       3       4       5      (5)   1,2,3,4   (4)
BARB     801657+ 844690  869236  839921  836267  825410  839742  850293 1043504
BOATS    663594+ 735246  751381  721857  717395  703767  680427  729143  878505
FRUITS   215187  221901  219826  224439  214763. 210006+ 214248  230611  228571
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GOLD     703759+ 834153  810019  785172  792118  767605  717126  794911 1020962
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BABOON   649148  671834  638474  645418  635853. 628498+         657721  750571
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HOUSE    125128  129865  122707  121116  120143. 115102+         121723  152084
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LENA     546336  519624  515416  520455  511607. 490338+         526650  718337
PEPPERS  556561  550873  539867  548381  538306. 515706+         556188  725095
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SPLASH   455799  444223  429709  432410  429163. 417423+         436280  622259
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(5)  Five (natural) images from http://links.uwaterloo.ca/colorset.base.html
    +the longest .BMP from Corel Draw! 6.0 package
    +test image from Archive Comparison Test by Jeff Gilchrist
         ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   UFA32   UFA32   RKIVE    ESP     RAR
  Name     -3     -3b     -3c     -3d   -m4-mx -m5-mu16 -mm2-mt /mm2/ml7 -m5-mm
LENA     505910  478214  501800  477212+ 500660  589992  591421  505918  496464
MONARCH  482299  476463  477813  475367+ 565169  675917  695248  593009  601034
PEPPERS  358761  355877  355010+ 356749  382585  575493  494421  404768  407111
SAIL     564863  564197+ 571537  566669  627831  759105  748130  642393  648308
TULIPS   540627  524543  546134  524417+ 653009  849260  866313  683870  663406
MONCALIB 200335+ 204222  205500  204377  208411  254834  246220  212537 `219254
ACTEST4  115278+ 120604  118281  117477  135819  207559  175675  147150 `230448
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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222.40% 101.68% 100.06% 101.97%   100%  112.90% 143.70% 140.22% 117.16% 119.98%

               Display -i --same -bpng          CompuShow 2000! Alchemy   Pkzip
  Name       (level=9; filter_type=1...5)        auto   best of  ---n      -ex
           1       2       3       4       5      (5)   1,2,3,4   (4)
LENA     546042  519398  514920  520428  511347. 490084+         526564  718477
MONARCH  666020  660412  633685. 644417  636546  628936  628149+ 654171  833559
PEPPERS  459518  485613  453808  451894  451397. 440335+         455723  663990
SAIL     816430  845283  791128+ 800850  794585  794017  797314  810839  918368
TULIPS   768660  733790  713744  709048  707486. 692286+         717979  981793
MONCALIB 243777  239406  235846  235055  233358. 228875+         238380  281578
ACTEST4  213179  189612+ 223843  203962  202857  201116  192012  208718  270079
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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222.40%  136.41% 134.94% 131.02% 130.98% 129.94% 127.67%        132.69% 171.46%

(6)  All files from  ftp://download1.intel.com/pressroom/images/bios/
         ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   UFA32   UFA32   RKIVE    ESP     RAR
  Name     -3     -3b     -3c     -3d   -m4-mx -m5-mu16 -mm2-mt /mm2/ml7 -m5-mm
AYMAR    739497  710978+ 743415  712470  843788  917468  863843  871372 `830044
BARRETT  704060  676178+ 700769  676242  693936  797670  755603  704071 `704427
CARTER   703162  680213  703153  678973+ 696815  786238  755876  706056 `717868
CRAWFORD 780300  751772  780205  750959+ 764745  872882  841201  774664 `807998
DUNLAP   677067  664235  681695  663139+ 691127  852163  787675  699667 `775084
DYESS    629177  612334+ 631702  612840  659972  824984  755225  669988 `739518
GILL     784980  752003+ 786637  753085  808457  846151  825295  833389 `808840
GROVE    703052  675366+ 711109  679093  776639  812217  789356  803683 `765060
HOWE     943100  895460  919290  892279+ 976055 1125827 1038612  998461  964134
KINNIE   709234  686615+ 706093  687535  750884  810528  767146  774109  740853
MALONEY  998199  989248+ 997729  989508 1005900 1091073 1024746 1030891  989523
GELSNGER 783977  760294+ 780314  761614  836871  921912  874328  862580  824990
MOORE    687255  666881+ 686416  667509  684843  796690  765746  694462 `757855
MINER    942075  915210+ 941102  916134  983622 1049969  993925 1012058 `960032
MILLER   805314  768912  803095  767990+ 779943  859318  846185  791616 `776794
NACHTSHM 667830  645930+ 666358  646495  732768  790449  739038  758936 `729990
OTELLINI 749470  726287+ 748292  727028  780123  827159  784771  805261 `771380
PARKER   670085  647199+ 668404  647330  719935  756101  719241  744639 `714996
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GROVEBW  863331  861378  864971  859548+ 898304  953847  882626  916485  909427
POLLACK 1306074 1303507.1307594 1303590 1290383 1253986 1231405+1342958`1290921
RSMITH  1219500 1140761 1210382 1137926+1288587 1454344 1419075 1322291 1258946
VADASZ   641904  611924+ 639368  612644  701988  784864  722927  723747  689578
WHITTIER 681568  661552  681947  661439+ 683736  808940  768392  691862 `747467
YU       669333  645386  668597  645327+ 666971  770010  732349  678042  679793
YU1     1234085 1191015+1205899 1195726 1258300 1551932 1457673 1284073 1220931
GEYER    874166  822721  842301  821238+ 936841  916445  848594  974857  892558
WHETSTON 813049  778850+ 804675  786055  821647  909497  860642  837282 `866626
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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               Display -i --same -bpng          CompuShow 2000! Alchemy   Pkzip
  Name       (level=9; filter_type=1...5)        auto   average  ---n      -ex
           1       2       3       4       5      (5)     (3)     (4)
AYMAR    941708  910662  874482. 897551  876687  862365+ 864673  906778 1131625
BARRETT  835238  827470  785923. 824341  791112  775873  772806+ 831175 1023391
CARTER   835103  833462  790759. 822979  796199  779672  777209+ 831334 1007877
CRAWFORD 905956  901573  857255  894298  856960. 834412+ 835048  904219 1106989
DUNLAP   892040  876160  828070. 869523  829950  826074  825240+ 879211 1094058
DYESS    833729  795905  743277. 791608  748777  739644  736902+ 797707 1059417
GILL     895870  892978  851498  887907  850928. 827469+ 828160  898328 1063510
GROVE    882923  889729  837859. 861982  840794  837435  836377+ 873947  989071
HOWE    1061601 1008403  978468.1001710  980424  955530+ 956446 1012685 1420534
KINNIE   834422  828511  785503  825096  785487. 768316+ 769176  832704 1031308
MALONEY 1085985 1045311 1004966.1043341 1009537  986231  984367+1052480 1398411
GELSNGER 933555  938273  884956. 925710  885970  866970+ 867516  933878 1160095
MOORE    849381  836674  802870. 828937  805789  791682+ 793166  837583 1025675
MINER   1082515 1053897 1017145.1046176 1018896  998604+ 998687 1057885 1306582
MILLER   910332  914939  875029  905030  874383. 850178+ 851210  916571 1055811
NACHTSHM 826420  820478  770875. 812331  774499  762090  760133+ 819383 1021890
OTELLINI 864409  866387  820012  862322  819948. 799404+ 800052  871306 1056089
PARKER   805480  800113  753466. 796727  756029  742337  741373+ 803674  976816
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GROVEBW 1087937 1020915  969311.1032748  976331  967419  963190+1044661 1379440
POLLACK 1448912 1429084 1380216.1439085 1381555 1342158+1342503 1456507 1647711
RSMITH  1407034 1345816 1285825.1322227 1286631 1260853+1263326 1335134 1888042
VADASZ   785981  777537  730097. 763929  736418  723542  720465+ 769941 1022847
WHITTIER 855754  848806  801022. 839389  804287  793957  792304+ 848181 1045978
YU       799283  794058  749272. 786384  751261  736431  736055+ 794068  990965
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GEYER   1013164 1006960  933287. 976173  951887  945511  930126+ 997662 1302419
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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197.56% 122.02% 120.02% 114.16% 118.64% 114.51% 112.34% 112.27% 119.97% 150.79%

(7)  All images from  ftp://download1.intel.com/pressroom/images/imaging/
    +one image from  ftp://download1.intel.com/pressroom/images/internet/
    +all natural images from  ftp://download1.intel.com/pressroom/images/misc/
         ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   UFA32   UFA32   RKIVE    ESP     RAR
  Name     -3     -3b     -3c     -3d   -m4-mx -m5-mu16 -mm2-mt /mm2/ml7 -m5-mm
PI1137A 1284857 1240856 1257609 1240161+1328690 1485788 1381185 1362674 1309037
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PI1137C  870046  855226+ 891058  855475 1025495 1153476 1149936 1070657 1364657
ISVRBOX  619653  596064+ 620519  598138  631060  672156  645663  655196  755113
ARCADE  2297261 2279471 2285133 2279134.2290550 2521311 2497547 2330539+2259374
ARCADE1 1451593 1423505 1450113 1423028+1452243 1567927 1581873 1481399 1429635
ARCADE2 1331541 1291170 1310122 1290918.1297462 1380620 1387030 1325417+1278150
AW117_1  787713  773468+ 776995  776840  915670 1281785 1088180  961393 `963768
AW117_5 1518675 1503413 1480919+1496390 1898613 2391141 2169383 1961660 2002110
CARPC   1466468 1457735+1459832 1461674 1537768 1943803 1745068 1576543 1582771
PERIPH  1173615 1163310.1220366 1168836 1248734  906296+ 981393 1306265 1190106
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
11     1461550_1438001_1459086_1438972_1555996_1775384_1706309_1601571_16042286
206.69% 101.63%   100%  101.46% 100.06% 108.20% 123.46% 118.65% 111.37% 111.55%

               Display -i --same -bpng          CompuShow 2000! Alchemy   Pkzip
  Name       (level=9; filter_type=1...5)        auto   best of  ---n      -ex
           1       2       3       4       5      (5)   1,2,3,4   (4)
PI1137A 1475577 1449755 1366876.1419898 1381079 1352533 1344046+1435011 2060723
PI1137B 2131906 2074568 1991484 1964145 1949315.1888431+1901125 1982907 2957440
PI1137C 1097699 1086527 1055857 1024142 1021764.1002451+1005038 1041436 1386971
ISVRBOX  684253  695561  680919  672065  667082. 655626+ 662464  683469  843808
ARCADE  2443474 2411478 2326619 2350706 2318441.2212784+2232127 2377177 3166231
ARCADE1 1494319 1493905 1443209 1455044 1436330.1373897+1382220 1477815 1858966
ARCADE2 1326990 1320888 1284743 1301254 1279139.1229048+1234757 1322717 1623276
AW117_1 1083179 1114990 1064474 1006610 1006610. 984382+ 984573 1021357 1497018
AW117_5 2202964 1954482 2019828 1937304 1936388.1896574+1897269 1970401 2892003
CARPC   1810467 1787099 1699246 1691885 1689358.1664182+1666576 1720651 2542808
PERIPH  1326811+1425598 1388890 1400797 1385471 1363417 1333101.1419511 1256719
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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206.69% 118.75% 116.93% 113.50% 112.82% 111.75% 108.64% 108.78% 114.41% 153.58%

(8)  All images from  ftp://download1.intel.com/pressroom/images/processors/
 +all images from ftp://download1.intel.com/pressroom/images/videoconferencing/
         ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   ERI32   UFA32   UFA32   RKIVE    ESP     RAR
  Name     -3     -3b     -3c     -3d   -m4-mx -m5-mu16 -mm2-mt /mm2/ml7 -m5-mm
AL440LX  816504  799082+ 826244  799893  946581  931843  954233 1000637 1159501
DP05077 1449853 1443733 1436953+1450894 1604187 1604268 1642702 1659269`1580088
DP08187 1178256.1222955 1264454 1225454 1284352 1152694+1159602 1352810`1285618
DP2079A 1407149+1411017 1419776 1408748 1694421 2054179 1999247 1726206 1748012
MMX      880513  874679  883618  867394+1042610 1080415 1022159 1086997 1059047
MMX3    1193654.1207220 1198578 1207236 1144262  993582+1026058 1213356`1214453
MMX4    1093126 1075584 1100165 1075370+1110770 1163406 1174139 1145075`1166414
MP02177 1456165 1401987+1428278 1412901 1446730 1524594 1542934 1498104`1441457
MP9089A  881360  860724+ 877309  868790 1054700 1021232  992354 1143258`1190223
MP9089B 1124009 1034078+1052572 1035281 1262093 1465056 1476636 1321228`1295446
PS02037  997443  988901.1014307  998886  935278+ 937609  968523 1015642 1056011
PS06027 1153024 1135906+1151896 1138573 1185044 1328602 1290464 1210571`1254572
PS09157 1606819+1613931 1661396 1610868 1719412 1992005 2007832 1771637 1725427
PS9159B 1486352+1527544 1518542 1532204 1542318 1781718 1829242 1587022 1604721
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
14     1672422_1659734_1683408_1663249_1797275_1903120_1908612_1873181_18992679
232.01% 100.76%   100%  101.42% 100.21% 108.28% 114.66% 114.99% 112.86% 114.43%

               Display -i --same -bpng          CompuShow 2000! Alchemy   Pkzip
  Name       (level=9; filter_type=1...5)        auto   best of  ---n      -ex
           1       2       3       4       5      (5)   1,2,3,4   (4)
AL440LX 1051048 1043560 1031703  995584  990095. 978799+ 984969 1009926 1179467
DP05077 1728703 1736014 1648525.1685665 1660985 1631405 1625976+1714750 2039666
DP08187 1355045 1339883 1281322+1332376 1294907 1293130 1281569.1361380 1565553
DP2079A 1928034 1942367 1863861 1734908 1734899.1680372+1680613 1756995 2329473
MMX     1120112 1033317 1015838 1012864 1011704.1004292+1005404 1043846 1493058
MMX3    1253516 1293643 1208297.1269880 1236608 1231754 1205745+1306469 1359115
MMX4    1323827 1315328 1261956.1285579 1272914 1257878 1255924+1304576 1568001
MP02177 1581706 1632889 1519667.1566777 1552965 1534452 1508088+1598469 2067519
MP9089A 1092889 1080658 1067926 1068545 1063726.1059267+1064220 1110411 1298976
MP9089B 1328885 1293899 1242296 1247912 1235891.1212884+1222527 1283932 1822110
PS02037 1166981 1141545 1126485 1104507 1098993+1099156.1104169 1113911 1353274
PS06027 1397820 1362198 1309230.1321061 1311962 1296075+1301733 1340723 1840092
PS09157 1880363 1929976 1799620.1847993 1814929 1781751 1772015+1874752 2577626
PS9159B 1777963 1761190 1671955 1700405 1665417.1636080+1647615 1725492 2338459
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
14     1998689_1990646_1904868_1917405_1894599_1869729_1866056_1954563_24832389
232.01% 120.42% 119.93% 114.76% 115.52% 114.15% 112.65% 112.43% 117.76% 149.61%


[[4]] How to download archivers

Those times of alpha-beta versions are gone! Download Bmp2Eri 1.1, a shorter freeware version fully compatible with Eri32 3.0c4 (and compressing True Color images exactly as 3.0c4): Bmp2Eri 1.1 : http://geocities.datacellar.net/SiliconValley/Bay/1995/bmp2eri1.zip (120K)
Rkive 1.90b1 : http://geocities.datacellar.net/SiliconValley/Peaks/9463/rkv190b1.zip (91K)
Ufa32 0.03b4 : http://geocities.datacellar.net/SiliconValley/Lakes/9584/ufa003b4.zip (61K)
Rar 2.02     : ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers/rar202.exe    (267K)
Pkzip 2.04g  : ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers/pkz204g.exe   (197K)
Esp 1.92     : ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/esp_v192.exe                (68K)


[[5]] PLEASE read THIS before replying to this article!

(1) Millions of thanks for your suggestions and attension! Since the first release of this test we have received many positive replies by E-mail. While the only two negative responses were posted to newsgroops! (If you don't remember, they were: from Harald Feldmann, author of HAP, to comp.compression from Horst Hackenbruch, a BBS sysop, to comp.compression.research You can still find them, at www.dejanews.com for example.)
That's why, if you want to tell us something like this:
> P.s. I filter anything coming from hotmail as unwanted spam.
or like this:
> direct know what is happend... - an total unusefull nonsens not more or less.
> you are unable to correct many reported simpel errors at this ARI "program"
> over a long time. As excample "FCBS".
please don't post such "news" to a newsgroop, send them to us by E-mail.
If you hate hotmail, or don't like hotmail users,
or simply don't like what doesn't bring you (or your groop)
money or pleasure (now or later), most probably without even
noticing that as usual (nO! of course that's nOt about YOU),
please don't give such thoughts a tongue. Try to process them inside.
(2) The second reason why we ask you not to post negative responses
    to newsgroop(s) is that we shall not answer ANY replies
    by other way than E-mail.
Unfortunately we don't have much time to read and/or reply articles:
some of us don't speak english, many others are free away from any
networking stuff, even now, when we receive so many e-mails every day.
So, whatever you say about our tests in a newsgroop, we shall nOt answer
there, only by E-mail.
(3) Please don't feel angry, ignored or offended if you won't receive
any reply from us to your E-mail. We are really sorry, but we don't
have enough time to carefully read and answer all incoming E-mails.
Currently only two men can reply you (never more than three),
but only one, Alexander, usually does.

Send your suggestions, comments to ratush@srsc-gw.sscc.ru
        (the old addresses Raoinc@hotmail.com and ras@okibox.iae.nsk.su
        are still valid but are checked not too often)
With best kind regards,
RAO Inc.
P.S.
Once again:
PLEASE!  if you are going to answer this article,
find the above mentioned replies and re-read them
to understand what we are writing about,
what "news" we ask you not to post




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