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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 testing with a ECS P45T-A v1.0 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB on Arch via the Phoronix Test Suite.


2012-01-16 15:33: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS P45T-A v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 32GB Corsair CMFSSD-3 + 3 x 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAJS-2 + 500GB Western Digital WD5002ABYS-0 + 1500GB Ext HDD 1021, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (715/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC883, Network: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114

	OS: Arch, Kernel: 3.1.8-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 290.10, Compiler: GCC 4.6.2, File-System: ext2/ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

2012-01-17 13:33: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS P45T-A v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 32GB Corsair CMFSSD-3 + 3 x 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAJS-2 + 500GB Western Digital WD5002ABYS-0 + 1500GB Ext HDD 1021, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (715/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC883, Network: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114

	OS: Arch, Kernel: 3.1.8-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 290.10, Compiler: GCC 4.6.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

2012-01-17 15:19: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS P45T-A v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 32GB Corsair CMFSSD-3 + 3 x 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAJS-2 + 500GB Western Digital WD5002ABYS-0 + 1500GB Ext HDD 1021, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (715/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC883, Network: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114

	OS: Arch, Kernel: 3.1.8-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 290.10, Compiler: GCC 4.6.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2012-01-16 15:33 . 25.38 |=====================================================
2012-01-17 13:33 . 23.41 |=================================================
2012-01-17 15:19 . 20.78 |===========================================


Ogg Encoding 1.2.0
WAV To Ogg
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2012-01-16 15:33 . 14.09 |=====================================================
2012-01-17 13:33 . 13.05 |=================================================
2012-01-17 15:19 . 11.52 |===========================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2012-01-16 15:33 . 10.99 |=====================================================
2012-01-17 13:33 . 10.22 |=================================================
2012-01-17 15:19 . 9.09  |============================================


Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6
WAV To APE
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2012-01-16 15:33 . 12.31 |=====================================================
2012-01-17 13:33 . 11.48 |=================================================
2012-01-17 15:19 . 10.16 |============================================


WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0
WAV To WavPack
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2012-01-16 15:33 . 15.30 |=====================================================
2012-01-17 13:33 . 14.07 |=================================================
2012-01-17 15:19 . 12.49 |===========================================