Table 3.

Performance comparison of the output scaffolds generated by the different tools on the different inputs. All statistics shown are for the final output scaffolds. Symbol—indicates that the corresponding runs did not complete within 6 h. Bold face values show the best results for any input

Input	Method	Time Taken (in mins)	Peak Memory (in GB)
E. coli	LRScaf	0.13	10.87
	ntLink	0.32	16.01
	Maptcha	0.33	12.33
P. aeruginosa	LRScaf	0.18	11.02
	ntLink	0.22	18.01
	Maptcha	0.37	12.11
C. elegans	LRScaf	126.18	18.54
	ntLink	2.41	19.79
	Maptcha	1.84	12.48
T. crassiceps	LRScaf	131.68	18.45
	ntLink	3.98	19.79
	Maptcha	2.93	12.19
D. busckii	LRScaf	232.58	20.22
	ntLink	7.05	19.79
	Maptcha	3.32	14.57
Human chr 7	LRScaf	355.8	21.03
	ntLink	10.43	19.88
	Maptcha	3.5	14.33
N. polychloros	LRScaf	−	−
	ntLink	14.3	20.05
	Maptcha	5.8	16.01
C. septempunctata	LRScaf	−	−
	ntLink	19.01	20.01
	Maptcha	10.45	16.23
B. splendens	LRScaf	−	−
	ntLink	25.85	21.19
	Maptcha	17.52	18.96
M. florea	LRScaf	−	−
	ntLink	30.1	22.07
	Maptcha	20.55	18.57
H. aestivaria	LRScaf	−	−
	ntLink	45.52	22.16
	Maptcha	40.68	18.71