test Intel Core i7-4700HQ testing with a GIGABYTE P34 and Intel HD 4600 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4700HQ: Processor: Intel Core i7-4700HQ @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: GIGABYTE P34, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB LITEONIT LMT-128 + 750GB TOSHIBA MQ01ABD0 + 29GB RAM Cache, Graphics: Intel HD 4600, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4700HQ . 10.05 |================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4700HQ . 7.82 |================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4700HQ . 20.64 |================================================= Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4700HQ . 12.07 |================================================= WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4700HQ . 13.63 |=================================================