Benchmarking
Intel Core i7-4790K testing with a Gigabyte Z97-HD3 and Intel HD 4600 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Intel Core i7-4790K: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


x264 2014-01-09
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7-4790K . 213.64 |=================================================


Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6
WAV To APE
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7-4790K . 4.33 |===================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7-4790K . 4.00 |===================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7-4790K . 10.76 |==================================================


Ogg Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To Ogg
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7-4790K . 6.16 |===================================================


WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0
WAV To WavPack
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7-4790K . 7.50 |===================================================


FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7-4790K . 10.53 |==================================================


Mencoder 1.1
AVI To LAVC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7-4790K . 17.72 |==================================================