diff --git a/arch-config/scripts/pieces/measure-compression.sh b/arch-config/scripts/pieces/measure-compression.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# { time tar -c -I"zstd -19 -T0" -f polybar-themes2.tar.zst polybar-themes/ ; } 2> result
+
+# read working directory
+workdir="$1"
+
+if [[ -f compression-results.txt ]]; then
+    rm compression-results.txt
+fi
+
+echo "zstd -1 -T0" >> compression-results.txt
+{ time tar -c -I"zstd -1 -T0" -f zstd-1.tar.zst "$workdir" 2> /dev/null ; } 2>>  compression-results.txt
+echo "-----------------------------" >> compression-results.txt
+
+echo "zstd -2 -T0" >> compression-results.txt
+{ time tar -c -I"zstd -2 -T0" -f zstd-2.tar.zst "$workdir" 2> /dev/null ; } 2>>  compression-results.txt
+echo "-----------------------------" >> compression-results.txt
+
+echo "zstd -3 -T0" >> compression-results.txt
+{ time tar -c -I"zstd -3 -T0" -f zstd-3.tar.zst "$workdir" 2> /dev/null ; } 2>>  compression-results.txt
+echo "-----------------------------" >> compression-results.txt
+
+echo "zstd -4 -T0" >> compression-results.txt
+{ time tar -c -I"zstd -4 -T0" -f zstd-4.tar.zst "$workdir" 2> /dev/null ; } 2>>  compression-results.txt
+echo "-----------------------------" >> compression-results.txt
+
+echo "zstd -5 -T0" >> compression-results.txt
+{ time tar -c -I"zstd -5 -T0" -f zstd-5.tar.zst "$workdir" 2> /dev/null ; } 2>>  compression-results.txt
+echo "-----------------------------" >> compression-results.txt