diff --git a/arch-config/scripts/pieces/measure-compression.sh b/arch-config/scripts/pieces/measure-compression.sh
index 98e842e1..56766846 100644
--- a/arch-config/scripts/pieces/measure-compression.sh
+++ b/arch-config/scripts/pieces/measure-compression.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fi
 
 # run compression with 4 threads
 for i in {1..19}; do
-    for x in {1..10}; do
+    for x in {1..5}; do
         # remove previous round
         if [[ -f zstd-$i.tar.zst ]]; then
             rm zstd-$i.tar.zst