Audio test DDR@1600 Intel Core i5-2500K testing with a Gigabyte P67A-UD3P-B3 and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. DDR@1600: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-UD3P-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 480GB SanDisk Ultra II + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-0, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (870/2041MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.42, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better DDR@1600 . 5.15 |============================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better DDR@1600 . 7.31 |============================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better DDR@1600 . 11.71 |=============================================================