Performance tests for create a zip archive with PowerShell

create-zip-performance-tests.ps1

$archivePath = "E:\Test"
$folderToArchive = "E:\Temp\FolderToCompress"

# prepare output folder
mkdir $archivePath -Force
Clear-Host

for( $i = 0; $i -lt 10; $i++ )
{
    $measureExtract = Measure-Command { 
        Add-Type -assembly System.IO.Compression.Filesystem
        [io.compression.zipfile]::CreateFromDirectory("$folderToArchive", "$archivePath\Create$i.zip", [System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel]::Optimal, $true )
    }

    $measureExpand = Measure-Command {
        $ProgressPreference=’SilentlyContinue’
        Compress-Archive $folderToArchive "$archivePath\Compress$i.zip" -CompressionLevel Optimal
    }

    Write-Host "---"
    Write-Host "CreateFromDirectory $($measureExtract.Minutes):$($measureExtract.Seconds)"
    Write-Host "Compress-Archive     $($measureExpand.Minutes):$($measureExpand.Seconds)"

}
# clean output folder
rmdir $archivePath -Force -Recurse