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Performance Comparison
Within this performance comparison, FCPro will be compared with some of the leading file comparison tools on the speed of byte-by-byte file comparison. To make sure test results can better reflect comparison speeds of these programs, we performed the test by comparing one file.
Test Environment
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2 | ||||||||
| Memory | 512 MB | ||||||||
| Processor | Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz | ||||||||
| Hard Disk | 120 GB SATA | ||||||||
| File System | NTFS | ||||||||
| Size of Sample File | 220 MB | ||||||||
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Test Description
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To avoid influence from the Windows file system cache, restart computer and wait for 5 minutes after system startup completed before testing each program. |
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For FCPro and Beyond Compare, the timing functions included in these programs were used. Timing for the other programs was carried out by a stopwatch. |
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Tests repeated three times for each program. The averages were used as the final results. |
Test Results
Performance comparison on the same physical hard disk:
| Software | Comparison Time | Command |
| FCPro | 9.61 seconds | /t |
| Beyond Compare | 44.61 seconds | Compare Contents, Binary comparison |
| Total Commander | 56 seconds | Compare by content (binary mode) |
| UltraCompare Professional | 57 seconds | Binary (fast) Mode |
Performance comparison on different physical hard disks:
Note: USB 2.0 interface is used to connect the second physical hard disk.
| Software | Comparison Time | Command |
| FCPro | 8.19 seconds | /t |
| Beyond Compare | 12.39 seconds | Compare Contents, Binary comparison |
| Total Commander | 9 seconds | Compare by content (binary mode) |
| UltraCompare Professional | 13 seconds | Binary (fast) Mode |
Conclusion
The above test results show, when comparing files on the same physical hard disk, the performance of FCPro is well ahead. It's 4.6 to 5.9 times faster than the other file comparison tools. When comparing files located on different physical hard disks, the results are close, but FCPro is still 1.1 to 1.6 times faster than the other file comparison tools.