Table 5.

Comparison of retrieval (decompression) times of six software suites. Times are recorded row by row denoting real, user, and system time in order

Data	Time	MCH	MCG	MCEG	bzip2	gzip	MFComp
ERR321482	real	23 m 17 s	25 m 18 s	24 m 56 s	0 m 57 s	0 m 17 s	2 m 26 s
	user	16 m 17 s	16 m 30 s	17 m 7 s	0 m 45 s	0 m 9 s	4 m 42 s
	sys	9 m 2 s	10 m 42 s	10 m 25 s	0 m 2 s	0 m 1 s	0 m 4 s
SRR359032	real	12 m 16 s	11 m 43 s	13 m 17 s	2 m 37 s	1 m 28 s	7 m 58 s
	user	11 m 59 s	11 m 24 s	12 m 43 s	2 m 8 s	0 m 28 s	15 m 10 s
	sys	2 m 24 s	1 m 42 s	3 m 12 s	0 m 4 s	0 m 2 s	0 m 19 s
ERR532393	real	48 m 19 s	47 m 5 s	55 m 58 s	5 m 25 s	2 m 30 s	15 m 29 s
	user	39 m 59 s	40 m 5 s	43 m 21 s	4 m 23 s	0 m 55 s	29 m 23 s
	sys	15 m 39 s	13 m 25 s	29 m 17 s	0 m 7 s	0 m 5 s	0 m 17 s
SRR1450398	real	28 m 43 s	27 m 54 s	29 m 27 s	3 m 25 s	1 m 54 s	10 m 8 s
	user	29 m 55 s	29 m 47 s	30 m 45 s	2 m 52 s	0 m 37 s	19 m 1 s
	sys	7 m 10 s	5 m 52 s	7 m 4 s	0 m 5 s	0 m 3 s	0 m 26 s
SRR062462	real	23 m 9 s	22 m 55 s	26 m 6 s	1 m 3 s	1 m 19 s	5 m 52
	user	21 m 10 s	21 m 10 s	21 m 58 s	0 m 42 s	0 m 22 s	10 m 31 s
	sys	4 m 49 s	4 m 53 s	10 m 12 s	0 m 4 s	0 m 3 s	0 m 26 s