Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Intel Core i5-2400S testing with a ASRock H61M/U3S3 and Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1) on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Precise Pangolin: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-bed20f0), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Precise Pangolin . 16.44 |===================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Precise Pangolin . 6.97 |====================================================== Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Precise Pangolin . 6.63 |====================================================== FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Precise Pangolin . 12.10 |===================================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Precise Pangolin . 79.68 |===================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Precise Pangolin . 9802 |====================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Precise Pangolin . 37.87 |===================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Precise Pangolin . 13.88 |===================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Precise Pangolin . 157.50 |====================================================