2013-10-09-audio-encoding AMD Athlon II X2 255 testing with a ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO and ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. old_pc: Processor: AMD Athlon II X2 255 @ 3.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO, Chipset: AMD RS880 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 320GB SAMSUNG HD320KJ + 640GB SAMSUNG HD642JJ + 320GB Seagate ST3320620NS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB, Audio: VIA VT1708S, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.5, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.11986, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 new_pc: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1 + 1000GB HD103UJ, Graphics: GK104 2048MB (540/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: LinuxMint 15, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.8.8, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.88, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 9.83 |================================================================ new_pc . 9.49 |============================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 8.28 |================================================================ new_pc . 4.83 |===================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 23.97 |=============================================================== new_pc . 12.35 |================================ Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 13.13 |=============================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 12.79 |=============================================================== new_pc . 8.65 |===========================================