audio-encoding-30-10-2016 Intel Core i7-6800K testing with a ASUS X99-A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB on Gentoo 2.2 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-6800K: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 850 + 256GB SAMSUNG SSD 830, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (202/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150 OS: Gentoo 2.2, Kernel: 4.4.26-gentoo-native (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 370.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.13, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3 + LLVM 3.7.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x1080 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-6800K . 5.42 |=================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-6800K . 6.48 |=================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-6800K . 12.42 |================================================== Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-6800K . 6.99 |===================================================