Overview

• 7-Zip’s built-in benchmark and compression tasks can now distribute workloads across processor groups on Windows systems with more than 64 CPU threads.
• Compression throughput has improved by 15–40% for bzip2 and 1–3% for deflate algorithms used in zip and gz files.
• The release also enhances handling of zip, cpio and FAT archives while correcting several bugs and security flaws.
• The tool lacks an integrated update mechanism, obliging users to monitor and download new versions manually.
• Windows Defender SmartScreen blocks the freshly downloaded installer due to the Mark-of-the-Web security flag, requiring users to clear the warning in file properties.