These results show 7-Zip v4.15 beta at maximum (Deflate, Ultra) zip compression. This was achieved by increasing the Word size from the default 64 to its maximum of setting of 255. This increases the memory needed to compress from 12 MB to 36 MB. 7-Zip v3.13 and v4.15 beta have exactly the same zip compression.
All 10 Files from
www.maximumcompression.com/-----------------------------------------------------
Uncompressed ##################### 50.6 MB (53,134,726 bytes)
ZipMax + KZip #################### 13.6 MB (14,303,346 bytes)
KZip Sep 30 2004 ################# 13.6 MB (14,303,394 bytes)
7-Zip v4.15 beta (Word size 255) # 13.7 MB (14,378,182 bytes)
WinRK v2.0 ####################### 13.7 MB (14,418,109 bytes)
7-Zip v4.15 beta (Word size 64) ## 13.7 MB (14,443,144 bytes)
BJWFlate v1.54 (-s120) ########### 14.1 MB (14,785,809 bytes)
PKZip v2.50 (DOS) ################ 14.1 MB (14,870,193 bytes)
PKZip for Windows v8.0 ########### 14.1 MB (14,889,574 bytes)
PKZip v2.50 (Win32) ############## 14.2 MB (14,893,472 bytes)
PowerArchiver v9.2 ############### 14.2 MB (14,930,406 bytes)
WinZip v9.0 SR-1 ################# 14.2 MB (14,940,890 bytes)
WinRAR v3.42 ##################### 14.2 MB (14,942,941 bytes)
Info Zip v2.3 #################### 14.2 MB (14,950,591 bytes)
Scribble.wav from
www.geocities.com/netstore101/--------------------------------------------------------
Uncompressed ##################### 8.82 MB (9,249,480 bytes)
PKZip v2.50 (DOS) ################ 59.7 KB (61,214 bytes)
ZipMax + PKZip v2.50 (DOS) ####### 59.7 KB (61,214 bytes)
PKZip v2.50 (Win32) ############## 60.2 KB (61,653 bytes)
Pkzip for Windows v8.0 ########### 60.2 KB (61,653 bytes)
BJWFlate v1.54 (-s8192) ########## 60.2 KB (61,675 bytes)
KZip Sep 30 2004 ################# 60.5 KB (61,967 bytes)
PowerArchiver v9.2 ############### 61.2 KB (62,711 bytes)
WinRAR v3.42 ##################### 62.0 KB (63,529 bytes)
Info Zip v2.3 #################### 62.0 KB (63,555 bytes)
7-Zip v4.15 beta (Word size 255) # 64.3 KB (65,846 bytes)
WinZip v9.0 SR-1 ################# 74.0 KB (75,827 bytes)
WinRK v2.0 ####################### 83.0 KB (85,067 bytes)
7-Zip v4.15 beta (Word size 64) ## 138 KB (142,135 bytes)