Kaurin Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS P5QL PRO and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 1024MB on LinuxMint 11 via the Phoronix Test Suite. kaurinov pts/audio-encoding: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5QL PRO, Chipset: Intel 4 + ICH10, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600AAJS-0 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 1024MB (720/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: LinuxMint 11, Kernel: 2.6.38-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 285.05.09, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better kaurinov pts/audio-encoding . 38.84 |========================================== Ogg Encoding 1.2.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better kaurinov pts/audio-encoding . 16.87 |========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better kaurinov pts/audio-encoding . 12.46 |========================================== Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better kaurinov pts/audio-encoding . 21.50 |========================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better kaurinov pts/audio-encoding . 16.23 |==========================================