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Table 4 Compression time of different tools on 8 FASTQ datasets

From: GTZ: a fast compression and cloud transmission tool optimized for FASTQ files

Dataset

Size (MB)

Compression Time (s)

GTZ

DSRC2

QUIP

LW-FQZip

Fqzcomp

LFQC

pigz

ERR233152

556.1

19

13

10

284

13

297

3

SRR935126

9754.6

49

40

195

3966

191

3610

129

SRR489793

12,807

51

49

343

4893

289

4253

122

SRR801793

2756.2

43

28

59

1212

73

1143

22

SRR125858

50,744.2

178

153

1044

18,300

977

10,202

481

SRR5419422

15,094.6

26

7

329

4234

267

ERROR

67

ERR1137269

56,543

117

32

806

12,018

851

ERROR

213

NA12878 (read 2)

202,631

820

700

4703

TLE

4389

TLE

620

Average speed (MB/s)

 

267.4

648.8

49.7

2.9

49.6

33.7

176.8

  1. The best results of all the tools are boldfaced