Multithread is a program to benchmark single thread archivers multi thread.
Download (.NET 4.61 version 64-bit/32-bit):
http://www.metacompressor.com/download/multithread.zip
Download (.NET 3.5 version 32-bit):
http://www.metacompressor.com/downlo...read-32bit.zip
For single thread testing add archiver(s) and test file(s) in same folder or root.
For multi thread testing add archiver(s) and test file(s) in root for every thread one drive.
Syntax examples:
multithread archiver level threads file
multithread brotli 1 enwik8 (brotli, level 1, single thread test)
multithread brotli 1 1 enwik8 (brotli, level 1, single thread test)
multithread brotli 1 2 enwik8 (brotli, level 1, 2 threads test, test in root drive started and next drive letter)
multithread brotli 1 2 -dE enwik8 (brotli, level 1, 2 threads test, test in root drive E and F)
multithread brotli 1 2 -dE -h enwik8 (brotli, level 1, 2 threads test, test in root drive E and F, hide thread command line output)
multithread zstandard 1 4 -dE -h enwik8 (zstandard, level 1, 4 threads test, test in root drive E, F, G and H, hide thread command line output)
Archivers supported:
rar, 7zip (7z, zip, bzip2, xz), freearc, qpress, zstd, brotli, lzturbo