pbzip2 benches pbzip2 -kvf dc.tar: squant (3ghz core2, 8 cores, 32bit): real 8.2s, user 58.9s mbp (2.33ghz core2, 2 cores, 32bit): real 29s, user 53s athlon (2.6ghz athlon64, 2 cores, 64bit): real 35s, user 1:09 core2 (1.8ghz core2, 2 cores, 32bit): real 37.5s, user 1:13 mini2 (1.66ghz core, 2 cores, 32bit): real 49.4s, user 1:37 g5 (2ghz G5, 2 cores, 32bit): real 1:14s, user 2:23 four (1.8ghz P4, 1 core, 32bit): real 2:49, user 2:45 ps3 (3.2ghz cell, 2 cores, 32bit): real 2:52, user 5:34 tkgeisel (2.4ghz celeron netburst, 1 core, 32bit): real 3:08, user 3:03