MP3_test Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS P5KR and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB on Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. MP3_test_conf: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5KR, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB SAMSUNG HD250HJ + 160GB Western Digital WDC WD1600AAJB-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (550/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC883, Network: Atheros L1 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.7.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 290.10, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better MP3_test_conf . 42.51 |========================================================