AudioTest Intel Core i5-2500K testing with a Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3 and AMD Radeon HD 7800 2048MB on Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Arch/4.5GHz: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 5.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB SanDisk SDSSDX12 + 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKS-7 + 320GB Hitachi HDT72503 + 1000GB Hitachi HDT72101, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7800 2048MB (1030/1200MHz), Audio: Creative Labs SB X-Fi, Monitor: DELL 2405FPW + MB24W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.13.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: fglrx 13.35.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12780, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140206 + LLVM 3.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1200 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Arch/4.5GHz . 4.83 |=========================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Arch/4.5GHz . 4.58 |=========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Arch/4.5GHz . 11.87 |========================================================== Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Arch/4.5GHz . 6.87 |=========================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Arch/4.5GHz . 8.10 |===========================================================