yoasif Intel Core i5-2500K testing with a Intel DZ68BC and Intel HD 3000 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i5-2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DZ68BC, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Hitachi HDS72101 + 3001GB Seagate ST33000651AS + 4 x 3001GB Western Digital WD30EZRX-00M + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21, Graphics: Intel HD 3000, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-27-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2500K . 10.17 |================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2500K . 5.49 |=================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2500K . 14.16 |================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2500K . 9.75 |===================================================