Encoding 2 x Intel Xeon 5120 testing with a Dell 0GU083 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI 251MB on Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat) via the Phoronix Test Suite. Precision: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon 5120 @ 1.87GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0GU083, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB 00BEVT-00A23T0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI 251MB, Audio: SigmaTel STAC9200, Monitor: VA2026w, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit PCI OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Precision . 43.52 |============================================================ Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Precision . 18.69 |============================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Precision . 15.94 |============================================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Precision . 38.94 |============================================================ WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Precision . 21.70 |============================================================ FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Precision . 39.18 |============================================================ Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better Precision . 60.81 |============================================================