diff --git a/cpu_compression_graphs.py b/cpu_compression_graphs.py
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+import pandas as pd
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import seaborn as sns
+import os
+
+
+def plot_compression_metrics(csv_path, output_dir="results/compress/plots"):
+    """Generate visualizations for compression metrics.
+
+    Args:
+        csv_path (str): Path to the CSV file with compression metrics
+        output_dir (str): Directory to save the output plots
+    """
+    # Create output directory if it doesn't exist
+    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    # Read the data
+    df = pd.read_csv(csv_path)
+
+    # Add a human-readable size column
+    def format_size(size_bytes):
+        for unit in ['B', 'KB', 'MB']:
+            if size_bytes < 1024.0:
+                return f"{size_bytes:.1f} {unit}"
+            size_bytes /= 1024.0
+        return f"{size_bytes:.1f} GB"
+
+    df['file_size'] = df['original_size'].apply(format_size)
+
+    # Set up the plotting style
+    sns.set(style="whitegrid")
+    plt.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = (12, 6)
+
+    # 1. Compression Ratio Comparison
+    plt.figure()
+    ax = sns.barplot(
+        x='filename',
+        y='compression_ratio',
+        hue='compressor',
+        data=df,
+        palette='viridis'
+    )
+    plt.title('Compression Ratio by File and Compressor')
+    plt.xlabel('File')
+    plt.ylabel('Compression Ratio (Higher is better)')
+    plt.xticks(rotation=45, ha='right')
+    plt.tight_layout()
+    plt.savefig(f"{output_dir}/compression_ratio_comparison.png", dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight')
+    plt.close()
+
+    # 2. Compression Time Comparison
+    plt.figure()
+    ax = sns.barplot(
+        x='filename',
+        y='compression_time',
+        hue='compressor',
+        data=df,
+        palette='viridis'
+    )
+    plt.title('Compression Time by File and Compressor')
+    plt.xlabel('File')
+    plt.ylabel('Compression Time (seconds) (log)')
+    plt.yscale('log')
+    plt.xticks(rotation=45, ha='right')
+    plt.tight_layout()
+    plt.savefig(f"{output_dir}/compression_time_comparison.png", dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight')
+    plt.close()
+
+    # 3. Decompression Time Comparison
+    plt.figure()
+    ax = sns.barplot(
+        x='filename',
+        y='decompression_time',
+        hue='compressor',
+        data=df,
+        palette='viridis'
+    )
+    plt.title('Decompression Time by File and Compressor')
+    plt.xlabel('File')
+    plt.ylabel('Decompression Time (seconds) (log)')
+    plt.yscale('log')
+    plt.xticks(rotation=45, ha='right')
+    plt.tight_layout()
+    plt.savefig(f"{output_dir}/decompression_time_comparison.png", dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight')
+    plt.close()
+
+    # 4. Scatter plot: Compression Ratio vs Compression Time
+    plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))
+    for compressor in df['compressor'].unique():
+        subset = df[df['compressor'] == compressor]
+        plt.scatter(
+            subset['compression_ratio'],
+            subset['compression_time'],
+            label=compressor.upper(),
+            s=100,
+            alpha=0.7
+        )
+
+    plt.title('Compression Ratio vs Compression Time')
+    plt.xlabel('Compression Ratio (Higher is better)')
+    plt.ylabel('Compression Time (seconds)')
+    plt.legend(title='Compressor')
+    plt.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
+    plt.tight_layout()
+    plt.savefig(f"{output_dir}/ratio_vs_time.png", dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight')
+    plt.close()
+
+    print(f"Plots saved to {output_dir}/")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # You can modify this path to point to your CSV file
+    csv_path = "results/compress/compression_metrics_20251216_182603.csv"
+    plot_compression_metrics(csv_path)
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diff --git a/measure_gzip_lz4.sh b/measure_gzip_lz4.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if a directory is provided
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <dataset_directory>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+dataset_dir="$1"
+output_file="compression_metrics_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).csv"
+
+# Create output CSV file with header
+echo "filename,original_size,compressor,compressed_size,compression_ratio,compression_time,decompression_time" > "$output_file"
+
+# Process each file in the dataset
+for file in "$dataset_dir"/*; do
+    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+        filename=$(basename "$file")
+        original_size=$(stat -c%s "$file")
+
+        # Skip if not a regular file
+        [ ! -f "$file" ] && continue
+
+        echo "Processing: $filename"
+
+        # Test gzip
+        echo "  Testing gzip..."
+        start_time=$(date +%s.%N)
+        gzip -k -c "$file" > "${file}.gz"
+        compression_time=$(echo "$(date +%s.%N) - $start_time" | bc)
+        compressed_size=$(stat -c%s "${file}.gz")
+        compression_ratio=$(echo "scale=2; $original_size / $compressed_size" | bc -l)
+
+        # Decompress and measure time
+        start_time=$(date +%s.%N)
+        gzip -d -k -f "${file}.gz"
+        decompression_time=$(echo "$(date +%s.%N) - $start_time" | bc)
+
+        # Write results
+        echo "$filename,$original_size,gzip,$compressed_size,$compression_ratio,$compression_time,$decompression_time" >> "$output_file"
+
+        # Clean up
+        rm -f "${file}.gz"
+
+        # Test lz4
+        echo "  Testing lz4..."
+        start_time=$(date +%s.%N)
+        lz4 -f -q "$file" "${file}.lz4"
+        compression_time=$(echo "$(date +%s.%N) - $start_time" | bc)
+        compressed_size=$(stat -c%s "${file}.lz4")
+        compression_ratio=$(echo "scale=2; $original_size / $compressed_size" | bc -l)
+
+        # Decompress and measure time
+        start_time=$(date +%s.%N)
+        lz4 -f -d -q "${file}.lz4" - | cat > /dev/null
+        decompression_time=$(echo "$(date +%s.%N) - $start_time" | bc)
+
+        # Write results
+        echo "$filename,$original_size,lz4,$compressed_size,$compression_ratio,$compression_time,$decompression_time" >> "$output_file"
+
+        # Clean up
+        rm -f "${file}.lz4"
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "All tests completed. Results saved to $output_file"
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diff --git a/results/compress/compression_metrics_20251216_182603.csv b/results/compress/compression_metrics_20251216_182603.csv
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+filename,original_size,compressor,compressed_size,compression_ratio,compression_time,decompression_time
+genome.fna,4699745,gzip,1424004,3.30,.681197994,.015465955
+genome.fna,4699745,lz4,2655438,1.76,.012701161,.009190410
+genome_large.fna,23498433,gzip,7118154,3.30,3.384480370,.067414798
+genome_large.fna,23498433,lz4,13275544,1.77,.020719873,.025022334
+genome_small.fna,1367,gzip,589,2.32,.001937446,.001983156
+genome_small.fna,1367,lz4,1041,1.31,.001883076,.002144425
+genome_xlarge.fna,46996793,gzip,14235842,3.30,6.775190783,.131633333
+genome_xlarge.fna,46996793,lz4,26551229,1.77,.031734579,.043495412
+genome_xsmall.fna,1043,gzip,475,2.19,.002007016,.002012775
+genome_xsmall.fna,1043,lz4,814,1.28,.001954316,.002085566
+genome_xxsmall.fna,800,gzip,393,2.03,.002071485,.001958195
+genome_xxsmall.fna,800,lz4,641,1.24,.001893416,.001943666
+text_large.txt,12977332,gzip,4770044,2.72,.613155078,.043915520
+text_large.txt,12977332,lz4,7879136,1.64,.017927300,.015065196
+text_small.txt,1022,gzip,590,1.73,.002070305,.001903226
+text_small.txt,1022,lz4,857,1.19,.001967146,.002040285
+text.txt,6488666,gzip,2385264,2.72,.308393934,.023656716
+text.txt,6488666,lz4,3939378,1.64,.014891266,.009709618
+text_xlarge.txt,25954664,gzip,9539638,2.72,1.229028819,.085925486
+text_xlarge.txt,25954664,lz4,15758785,1.64,.023613977,.023486747
+text_xsmall.txt,825,gzip,473,1.74,.002110205,.001980535
+text_xsmall.txt,825,lz4,678,1.21,.001757717,.002191075
+text_xxsmall.txt,492,gzip,325,1.51,.001867306,.002114055
+text_xxsmall.txt,492,lz4,438,1.12,.001869646,.002134206