crypto

PDF File Benchmarks

All tests were performed on a Late 2011 MacBook Pro (2.4GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM) using gtime v1.7, gpg v2.0.22, and crypto v1.1.0.

Use of compression with the -z 1, -z 7, and -z 9 gpg options did not lead to a significant change in file size for pdf files. crypto disables compression for pdf files (and all other binary files) by default in order to improve encryption performance.

The PDF file tests were performed on a directory that contained a 84.8 MB and 12.2 MB set of pdf files.

The results were:

The total CPU time for the GPG Default, crypto Default, and crypto --speed runs were 4.73, 1.56, and 1.55 sec, respectively.