Audio Encoding Intel Core i7-4870HQ Intel Core i7-4870HQ testing with a MSI MS-13F1 and Intel Crystal Well IGP on LinuxMint 17.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4870HQ: Processor: Intel Core i7-4870HQ @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-13F1, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB KINGSTON RBU-SNS, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Crystal Well HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.16.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.6, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 5.35 |================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 6.19 |================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 11.87 |================================================= Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 7.45 |================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 9.10 |==================================================