syq benchmarks

How syq 0.6.0 compares with rsync and cp.

Sending a large file overseas

Copy one large file from Germany to the US East Coast.

Files stay in memory, so this tests the connection rather than disk writes.

1 file · 1.07 GB total · copying to an empty folder

syq is 8.74× faster than rsync in this run.

syqData path: Unrecorded
159.9 MB/s6.72 s
Fastest measured
syq over SSHData path: SSH · requested
88.3 MB/s12.2 s
55% of fastest
rsync
18.3 MB/s58.7 s
11% of fastest

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Copying a folder on one drive

Make another copy of a folder with files of different sizes.

A rented Hetzner server, using the ext4 filesystem.

16,000 files · 17.18 GB total · copying to an empty folder

syq is 4.00× faster than cp in this run.

syqData path: Local copy
3.99 GB/s4.31 s
Fastest measured
rsync
764.3 MB/s22.5 s
19% of fastest
cp
996.2 MB/s17.2 s
25% of fastest

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Copying small files to a network drive

Copy a folder of small files onto a shared drive.

A shared drive using NFS.

25,000 files · 104.8 MB total · copying to an empty folder

syq is 5.90× faster than cp in this run.

syqData path: Local copy · NFS
16.9 MB/s6.21 s
Fastest measured
rsync
2.1 MB/s49.3 s
13% of fastest
cp
2.9 MB/s36.6 s
17% of fastest

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Checking a folder that hasn’t changed

Check whether a folder needs updating, from Germany to the US East Coast.

100,000 files · identical copies at both ends · no file contents transferred

syq is 2.09× faster than rsync in this run.

syqNo file data transferred
5.67 s
Fastest measured
rsync
11.9 s
48% of fastest

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