xpusersystem Intel Core i5-3550 testing with a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB on LinuxMint 13 via the Phoronix Test Suite. xpuser-workstation: Processor: Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 204GB Maxtor 6V200E0 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD10EADS-00L, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (720/800MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: LinuxMint 13, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ecryptfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better xpuser-workstation . 10.20 |=================================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better xpuser-workstation . 106.37 |==================================================