diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index c516aa71..b7407676 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -408,6 +408,23 @@ println "compress multiple files including a missing one (notHere) : "
 $ZSTD -f tmp1 notHere tmp2 && die "missing file not detected!"
 
 
+println "\n===>  stream-size mode"
+
+./datagen -g11000 > tmp
+println "test : basic file compression vs sized streaming compression"
+file_size=$($ZSTD -14 -f tmp -o tmp.zst && wc -c < tmp.zst)
+stream_size=$(cat tmp | $ZSTD -14 --stream-size=11000 | wc -c)
+if [ "$stream_size" -gt "$file_size" ]; then
+  die "hinted compression larger than expected"
+fi
+println "test : sized streaming compression and decompression"
+cat tmp | $ZSTD -14 -f tmp -o --stream-size=11000 tmp.zst
+$ZSTD -df tmp.zst -o tmp_decompress
+cmp tmp tmp_decompress || die "difference between original and decompressed file"
+println "test : incorrect stream size"
+cat tmp | $ZSTD -14 -f -o tmp.zst --stream-size=11001 && die "should fail with incorrect stream size"
+
+
 println "\n===>  dictionary tests "
 
 println "- test with raw dict (content only) "
@@ -1019,28 +1036,4 @@ test -f dictionary
 rm -f tmp* dictionary
 
 
-println "\n===>  stream-size mode"
-
-./datagen -g11000 > tmp
-println "test : basic file compression vs sized streaming compression"
-$ZSTD -14 -f tmp -o tmp.zst 2>&1 | tee file.out
-cat tmp | $ZSTD -14 -f -o tmp.zst --stream-size=11000 2>&1 | tee stream_sized.out
-
-file_ratio=$(cat file.out | awk '{print $4}' | sed 's/%//g')
-stream_sized_ratio=$(cat stream_sized.out | awk '{print $4}' | sed 's/%//g')
-rm file.out stream_sized.out
-
-ratio_diff=$(echo $file_ratio - $stream_sized_ratio | bc)
-if [ $(echo "(100 * $ratio_diff) > 5" | bc -l) == 1 ]
-then
-  die "greater than 0.05% difference between file and sized-streaming compression"
-fi
-println "test : sized streaming compression and decompression"
-cat tmp | $ZSTD -14 -f tmp -o --stream-size=11000 tmp.zst
-$ZSTD -df tmp.zst -o tmp_decompress
-cmp tmp tmp_decompress || die "difference between original and decompressed file"
-println "test : incorrect stream size"
-cat tmp | $ZSTD -14 -f -o tmp.zst --stream-size=11001 && die "should fail with incorrect stream size"
-
-
 rm -f tmp*