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 i7-2820qm-lowlat_acfanoff: 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 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 |============================================ i7-2820qm-lowlat_acfanoff . 11.35 |=================== 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 |============================================ i7-2820qm-lowlat_acfanoff . 9.72 |================== 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 |======================== i7-2820qm-lowlat_acfanoff . 16.29 |========== 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 |============================================ i7-2820qm-lowlat_acfanoff . 9.50 |=============