zcat vs pigz vs gzip

[PedalheadPHX]

tempe/modules/dna_alignment/split_fastq.j2

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zcat "temp/fastqs/{{ fastq.basename }}" |\

would a straight decompression be faster then zcat using gzip/gunzip or pigz? In most cases this is a short task but with large fastq it can take more time than I think we appreciate and ends up being a large part of the total start-stop run time