diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dba0c8c2207..fdc9acecf17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -468,6 +468,12 @@
                 <version>4.11</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>com.carrotsearch</groupId>
+              <artifactId>junit-benchmarks</artifactId>
+              <version>0.7.2</version>
+              <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.caliper</groupId>
                 <artifactId>caliper</artifactId>
diff --git a/processing/pom.xml b/processing/pom.xml
index 3fc7fd6242e..5455735499a 100644
--- a/processing/pom.xml
+++ b/processing/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.carrotsearch</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-benchmarks</artifactId>
-            <version>0.7.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/topn/PooledTopNAlgorithm.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/topn/PooledTopNAlgorithm.java
index 7291edfe7ce..a18e34516d1 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/topn/PooledTopNAlgorithm.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/topn/PooledTopNAlgorithm.java
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ public class PooledTopNAlgorithm
       offset += aggregatorSizes[j];
     }
 
+    final int nAggregators = theAggregators.length;
+    final int extra = nAggregators - (nAggregators % 4) - 1;
+    final int ub = (nAggregators / 4) * 4;
+
     while (!cursor.isDone()) {
       final IndexedInts dimValues = dimSelector.getRow();
 
@@ -177,18 +181,21 @@ public class PooledTopNAlgorithm
         if (INIT_POSITION_VALUE == position) {
           positions[dimIndex] = (dimIndex - numProcessed) * numBytesPerRecord;
           position = positions[dimIndex];
-          for (int j = 0; j < theAggregators.length; ++j) {
+          for (int j = 0; j < nAggregators; ++j) {
             theAggregators[j].init(resultsBuf, position + aggregatorOffsets[j]);
           }
           position = positions[dimIndex];
         }
-        for (int j = 0; j < theAggregators.length; ++j) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < ub; j += 4) {
+          theAggregators[j].aggregate(resultsBuf, position + aggregatorOffsets[j]);
+          theAggregators[j+1].aggregate(resultsBuf, position + aggregatorOffsets[j+1]);
+          theAggregators[j+2].aggregate(resultsBuf, position + aggregatorOffsets[j+2]);
+          theAggregators[j+3].aggregate(resultsBuf, position + aggregatorOffsets[j+3]);
+        }
+        for(int j = extra; j < nAggregators; ++j) {
           theAggregators[j].aggregate(resultsBuf, position + aggregatorOffsets[j]);
         }
-
-
       }
-
       cursor.advance();
     }
   }
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/topn/TopNNumericResultBuilder.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/topn/TopNNumericResultBuilder.java
index 62ddf139eae..9c289ed3496 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/topn/TopNNumericResultBuilder.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/topn/TopNNumericResultBuilder.java
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@
 
 package io.druid.query.topn;
 
-import com.apple.concurrent.Dispatch;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.collect.*;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import io.druid.query.Result;
 import io.druid.query.aggregation.AggregatorFactory;
 import io.druid.query.aggregation.AggregatorUtil;
@@ -29,8 +28,14 @@ import io.druid.query.aggregation.PostAggregator;
 import io.druid.query.dimension.DimensionSpec;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.PriorityQueue;
+
 
 /**
  *
@@ -45,7 +50,26 @@ public class TopNNumericResultBuilder implements TopNResultBuilder
   private final List<PostAggregator> postAggs;
   private final PriorityQueue<DimValHolder> pQueue;
   private final Comparator<DimValHolder> dimValComparator;
-  private final Comparator<String> dimNameComparator;
+  private static final Comparator<String> dimNameComparator = new Comparator<String>()
+  {
+    @Override
+    public int compare(String o1, String o2)
+    {
+      int retval;
+      if (null == o1) {
+        if(null == o2){
+          retval = 0;
+        }else {
+          retval = -1;
+        }
+      } else if (null == o2) {
+        retval = 1;
+      } else {
+        retval = o1.compareTo(o2);
+      }
+      return retval;
+    }
+  };
   private final int threshold;
   private final Comparator metricComparator;
 
@@ -66,22 +90,6 @@ public class TopNNumericResultBuilder implements TopNResultBuilder
     this.postAggs = AggregatorUtil.pruneDependentPostAgg(postAggs, this.metricName);
     this.threshold = threshold;
     this.metricComparator = comparator;
-    this.dimNameComparator = new Comparator<String>()
-    {
-      @Override
-      public int compare(String o1, String o2)
-      {
-        int retval;
-        if (o1 == null) {
-          retval = -1;
-        } else if (o2 == null) {
-          retval = 1;
-        } else {
-          retval = o1.compareTo(o2);
-        }
-        return retval;
-      }
-    };
     this.dimValComparator = new Comparator<DimValHolder>()
     {
       @Override
@@ -97,6 +105,7 @@ public class TopNNumericResultBuilder implements TopNResultBuilder
       }
     };
 
+    // The logic in addEntry first adds, then removes if needed. So it can at any point have up to threshold + 1 entries.
     pQueue = new PriorityQueue<>(this.threshold + 1, this.dimValComparator);
   }
 
@@ -107,7 +116,7 @@ public class TopNNumericResultBuilder implements TopNResultBuilder
       Object[] metricVals
   )
   {
-    final Map<String, Object> metricValues = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
+    final Map<String, Object> metricValues = new LinkedHashMap<>(metricVals.length + postAggs.size());
 
     metricValues.put(dimSpec.getOutputName(), dimName);
 
@@ -181,7 +190,8 @@ public class TopNNumericResultBuilder implements TopNResultBuilder
           @Override
           public int compare(DimValHolder d1, DimValHolder d2)
           {
-            int retVal = -metricComparator.compare(d1.getTopNMetricVal(), d2.getTopNMetricVal());
+            // Values flipped compared to earlier
+            int retVal = metricComparator.compare(d2.getTopNMetricVal(), d1.getTopNMetricVal());
 
             if (retVal == 0) {
               retVal = dimNameComparator.compare(d1.getDimName(), d2.getDimName());
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/data/CompressedObjectStrategy.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/data/CompressedObjectStrategy.java
index 0ea2d86cda9..0796b60f66b 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/data/CompressedObjectStrategy.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/data/CompressedObjectStrategy.java
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ public class CompressedObjectStrategy<T extends Buffer> implements ObjectStrateg
           @Override
           public Decompressor getDecompressor()
           {
-            return LZFDecompressor.defaultDecompressor;
+            return new LZFDecompressor();
           }
 
           @Override
           public Compressor getCompressor()
           {
-            return LZFCompressor.defaultCompressor;
+            return new LZFCompressor();
           }
         },
 
@@ -63,26 +63,15 @@ public class CompressedObjectStrategy<T extends Buffer> implements ObjectStrateg
       @Override
       public Decompressor getDecompressor()
       {
-        return LZ4Decompressor.defaultDecompressor;
+        return new LZ4Decompressor();
       }
 
       @Override
       public Compressor getCompressor()
       {
-        return LZ4Compressor.defaultCompressor;
+        return new LZ4Compressor();
       }
-    },
-    UNCOMPRESSED((byte)0x2){
-      @Override
-      public Decompressor getDecompressor(){
-        return UncompressedDecompressor.defaultDecompressor;
-      }
-      @Override
-      public Compressor getCompressor(){
-        return UncompressedCompressor.defaultCompressor;
-      }
-    }
-    ;
+    };
 
     final byte id;
 
@@ -131,35 +120,9 @@ public class CompressedObjectStrategy<T extends Buffer> implements ObjectStrateg
      */
     public byte[] compress(byte[] bytes);
   }
-  public static class UncompressedCompressor implements Compressor{
-    private static final UncompressedCompressor defaultCompressor = new UncompressedCompressor();
-    @Override
-    public byte[] compress(byte[] bytes) {
-      return bytes;
-    }
-  }
-  public static class UncompressedDecompressor implements Decompressor{
-    private static final UncompressedDecompressor defaultDecompressor = new UncompressedDecompressor();
-    @Override
-    public void decompress(ByteBuffer in, int numBytes, ByteBuffer out) {
-      final int maxCopy = Math.min(numBytes, out.remaining());
-      final ByteBuffer copyBuffer = in.duplicate();
-      copyBuffer.limit(copyBuffer.position() + maxCopy);
-      out.put(copyBuffer);
-
-      // Setup the buffers properly
-      out.flip();
-      in.position(in.position() + maxCopy);
-    }
-    @Override
-    public void decompress(ByteBuffer in, int numBytes, ByteBuffer out, int decompressedSize) {
-      decompress(in, numBytes, out);
-    }
-  }
 
   public static class LZFDecompressor implements Decompressor
   {
-    private static final LZFDecompressor defaultDecompressor = new LZFDecompressor();
     @Override
     public void decompress(ByteBuffer in, int numBytes, ByteBuffer out)
     {
@@ -186,7 +149,6 @@ public class CompressedObjectStrategy<T extends Buffer> implements ObjectStrateg
 
   public static class LZFCompressor implements Compressor
   {
-    private static final LZFCompressor defaultCompressor = new LZFCompressor();
     @Override
     public byte[] compress(byte[] bytes)
     {
@@ -200,9 +162,9 @@ public class CompressedObjectStrategy<T extends Buffer> implements ObjectStrateg
 
   public static class LZ4Decompressor implements Decompressor
   {
-    private static final LZ4SafeDecompressor lz4Safe = LZ4Factory.fastestJavaInstance().safeDecompressor();
-    private static final LZ4FastDecompressor lz4Fast = LZ4Factory.fastestJavaInstance().fastDecompressor();
-    private static final LZ4Decompressor defaultDecompressor = new LZ4Decompressor();
+    private final LZ4SafeDecompressor lz4 = LZ4Factory.fastestJavaInstance().safeDecompressor();
+    private final LZ4FastDecompressor lz4Fast = LZ4Factory.fastestJavaInstance().fastDecompressor();
+
     @Override
     public void decompress(ByteBuffer in, int numBytes, ByteBuffer out)
     {
@@ -211,7 +173,8 @@ public class CompressedObjectStrategy<T extends Buffer> implements ObjectStrateg
 
       try (final ResourceHolder<byte[]> outputBytesHolder = CompressedPools.getOutputBytes()) {
         final byte[] outputBytes = outputBytesHolder.get();
-        final int numDecompressedBytes = lz4Fast.decompress(bytes, 0, outputBytes, 0, outputBytes.length);
+        final int numDecompressedBytes = lz4.decompress(bytes, 0, bytes.length, outputBytes, 0, outputBytes.length);
+
         out.put(outputBytes, 0, numDecompressedBytes);
         out.flip();
       }
@@ -226,7 +189,6 @@ public class CompressedObjectStrategy<T extends Buffer> implements ObjectStrateg
       final byte[] bytes = new byte[numBytes];
       in.get(bytes);
 
-      // TODO: Upgrade this to ByteBuffer once https://github.com/jpountz/lz4-java/issues/9 is in mainline code for lz4-java
       try (final ResourceHolder<byte[]> outputBytesHolder = CompressedPools.getOutputBytes()) {
         final byte[] outputBytes = outputBytesHolder.get();
         lz4Fast.decompress(bytes, 0, outputBytes, 0, decompressedSize);
@@ -242,14 +204,16 @@ public class CompressedObjectStrategy<T extends Buffer> implements ObjectStrateg
 
   public static class LZ4Compressor implements Compressor
   {
-    private static final LZ4Compressor defaultCompressor = new LZ4Compressor();
-    private static final net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4Compressor lz4Fast = LZ4Factory.fastestJavaInstance().fastCompressor();
-    private static final net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4Compressor lz4High = LZ4Factory.fastestJavaInstance().highCompressor();
+    private final net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4Compressor lz4 = LZ4Factory.fastestJavaInstance().highCompressor();
 
     @Override
     public byte[] compress(byte[] bytes)
     {
-      return lz4High.compress(bytes);
+      final byte[] intermediate = new byte[lz4.maxCompressedLength(bytes.length)];
+      final int outputBytes = lz4.compress(bytes, 0, bytes.length, intermediate, 0, intermediate.length);
+      final byte[] out = new byte[outputBytes];
+      System.arraycopy(intermediate, 0, out, 0, outputBytes);
+      return out;
     }
   }