time bro --quality 6 --input linux-4.5.tar --output linux-4.5.tar.bro
real 0m18.436s user 0m18.228s sys 0m0.184s
time gzip -9 linux-4.5.tar real 0m30.555s user 0m30.424s sys 0m0.172s
ls -lh (I removed the metadata): 106M linux-4.5.tar.bro 129M linux-4.5.tar.gz
Only 82% of the size at 60% of the time. Now this is pure text so that's not a good example of everything.
time bro --quality 6 --input linux-4.5.tar --output linux-4.5.tar.bro
real 0m18.436s user 0m18.228s sys 0m0.184s
time gzip -9 linux-4.5.tar real 0m30.555s user 0m30.424s sys 0m0.172s
ls -lh (I removed the metadata): 106M linux-4.5.tar.bro 129M linux-4.5.tar.gz
Only 82% of the size at 60% of the time. Now this is pure text so that's not a good example of everything.