Test Setup
| Test Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge), 3.3 GHz, LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3 |
| Motherboard | Asus P8P67 Deluxe |
| Memory | Kingston Hyper-X 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 @ DDR3-1333, 1.5 V |
| Hard Drive | Samsung 470 256 GB |
| Graphics | Palit GeForce GTX 460 1 GBAsus GeForce GTX 570 1.28 GBAMD Radeon HD 5870 1 GB |
| Power Supply | Seasonic 760 W, 80 PLUS |
| System Software and Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 |
| Driver | Nvidia 270.51Catalyst 11.4 |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Visual Zip Password Recovery Processor | Version: 6.2 |
| Advanced Archive Password Recovery | Version: 4.53 |
| Accent Zip Password Recovery | Version: 2.01 |
| Accent RAR Password Recovery | Version: 2.01 |
| Parallel Password Recovery | Version: 1.6.0 |
| WinZip | Version: 15.5 ProEncryption: Zip 2.0 (default), AES-128, AES-256Compression: No Compression, Zipx/PPMd (default), Zip/deflate |
| WinRAR | Version: x64 4.00Encryption: AES-128Compression: Normal, Store |
It's important to point out that WinZip offers three different encryption options: Zip 2.0, AES-128, and AES-256, along with several compression schemes. WinRAR is much simpler in that it only offers AES-128 encryption and different levels of the same compression scheme. I'm testing with several variations to show you how this affects the speed of password recovery.