Audio Intel Xeon W3520 Intel Xeon W3520 testing with a Supermicro X8STi v2.0 and Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450 on Debian 7.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Audio Intel Xeon W3520: Processor: Intel Xeon W3520 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X8STi v2.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 2000GB Hitachi HDS72302, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 7.7, Kernel: 3.2.13-grsec-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Audio Intel Xeon W3520 . 8.52 |================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Audio Intel Xeon W3520 . 8.93 |================================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Audio Intel Xeon W3520 . 21.65 |=============================================== Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Audio Intel Xeon W3520 . 12.17 |=============================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Audio Intel Xeon W3520 . 12.78 |===============================================