test1 Intel Core i7-4770K testing with a Gigabyte Z87X-UD7 TH-CF and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 4096MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-UD7 TH-CF, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 8002GB Seagate ST8000AS0002-1NA + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZRX-00L + 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 4096MB (135/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.42, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770K . 7.57 |=================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770K . 10.20 |==================================================