Table 6 Average compression ratio (%), average compression time per sample (sec/GB) and average decompression time per sample (sec/GB) using gzip, SPRING, or GeneSqueeze algorithms.

From: Lossless and reference-free compression of FASTQ/A files using GeneSqueeze

 

Gzip

SPRING

GeneSqueeze

Average compression ratio (%)

21.20%

7.61%

7.70%

Average compression time (sec/GB)

44.4

36.7

550.3

Average Decompression time (sec/GB)

5.2

5.6

606.5