Table 3 Mismatches per 100 Kb as reported by QUAST for benchmark and contamination sets

Benchmark set

Measure

SKESA

SPAdes

MegaHit

Median

0.08

2.76

1.89

Maximum

7.78

41.60

31.94

Average

0.40

3.21

2.79

Assembly counts in benchmark set

Mismatches range

SKESA

SPAdes

MegaHit

0

105

1

1

0.01−1

247

40

80

1.01−2

9

76

121

2.01−3

9

89

58

3.01−4

1

71

45

> 4

10

104

76

Mismatches reported in contamination set

Set

SKESA

SPAdes

MegaHit

No contamination

0

1.44

3.83

3x contamination

0

1.42

3.21

6x contamination

0

1.44

3.02

9x contamination

0.02

1.61

4.38

12x contamination

0.02

1.52

4.96

15x contamination

0.04

1.50

5.83