i5-audio Intel Core i5-3230M testing with a SAMSUNG NP670Z5E-XD1BR and Intel HD 4000 2048MB on Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. i5-audio: Processor: Intel Core i5-3230M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAMSUNG NP670Z5E-XD1BR, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000LM024 HN-M, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 2048MB (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.14.19-1-lts (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.916, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1 20140903, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better i5-audio . 12.55 |============================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better i5-audio . 5.62 |============================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better i5-audio . 14.69 |============================================================= Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better i5-audio . 9.20 |============================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better i5-audio . 10.91 |=============================================================