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Benchmark Results: Compression Tools

Our new suite sees us using a more demanding compression workload (larger than 1.3 GB of files). Moreover, the introduction of WinZip 17 means we can finally apply OpenCL acceleration to any platform with support. 

Because we're compressing a different set of files, none of the benchmarks from last quarter's SBM can be compared, unfortunately. We look forward to testing Intel's Core i5-3570K in a future match-up, though.

Don Woligroski
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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.