i5-audio-encoding
Intel Core i7-2820QM testing with a HP 161C and Intel HD 3000 on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Intel Core i5-2540M: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2540M @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB GOODRAM CX100, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

i7-2820qm: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB GOODRAM CX100, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

i7-2820qm-lowlat: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB GOODRAM CX100, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

i7-2820qm-lowlat2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB GOODRAM CX100, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

i7-noht: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB GOODRAM CX100, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6
WAV To APE
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i5-2540M . 11.47 |=====================
i7-2820qm ........... 10.97 |====================
i7-2820qm-lowlat .... 11.38 |=====================
i7-2820qm-lowlat2 ... 26.96 |==================================================
i7-noht ............. 10.52 |====================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i5-2540M . 9.84  |=====================
i7-2820qm ........... 9.56  |=====================
i7-2820qm-lowlat .... 10.28 |======================
i7-2820qm-lowlat2 ... 23.27 |==================================================
i7-noht ............. 8.94  |===================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i5-2540M . 16.26 |============
i7-2820qm ........... 15.44 |===========
i7-2820qm-lowlat .... 70.04 |==================================================
i7-2820qm-lowlat2 ... 38.71 |============================
i7-noht ............. 15.04 |===========


Ogg Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To Ogg
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i5-2540M . 9.51  |==============
i7-2820qm ........... 9.35  |==============
i7-2820qm-lowlat2 ... 32.80 |==================================================
i7-noht ............. 8.84  |=============