results Intel Core i7-3537U testing with a Dell 0PJHXN and Intel HD 4000 on Fedora 20 via the Phoronix Test Suite. audio1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3537U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0PJHXN, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD PM83, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC275, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.12.5-302.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.5, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better audio1 . 9.36 |================================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better audio1 . 6.36 |================================================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better audio1 . 16.78 |=============================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better audio1 . 11.45 |===============================================================