benchmark.txt

Test system: 
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
CPU: 2,9 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
1 TB SSD

Old Way:

Time to create: 10.0176 s
Time to copy: 7.29186 s
Time to sum areas: 0.583817 s
Time to clear both vectors: 15.8191 s
Total program execution time: 33.7124 s

Time to create: 10.1956 s
Time to copy: 7.48771 s
Time to sum areas: 0.60122 s
Time to clear both vectors: 15.5581 s
Total program execution time: 33.8427 s

Time to create: 10.3106 s
Time to copy: 7.28398 s
Time to sum areas: 0.585841 s
Time to clear both vectors: 15.7808 s
Total program execution time: 33.9614 s

Peak memory: ~4.5 GB

New way:

Time to create: 5.06994 s
Time to copy: 1.01869 s
Time to sum areas: 0.850746 s
Time to clear both vectors: 4.5e-08 s
Total program execution time: 6.93948 s

Time to create: 5.24399 s
Time to copy: 0.865334 s
Time to sum areas: 0.773987 s
Time to clear both vectors: 4.6e-08 s
Total program execution time: 6.88347 s

Time to create: 5.18345 s
Time to copy: 0.870505 s
Time to sum areas: 0.816057 s
Time to clear both vectors: 8.1e-08 s
Total program execution time: 6.87014 s

Peak memory: ~2.4 GB