audio encoding test Intel Core i5-6500 testing with a ASUS H170 PRO GAMING and Intel HD 530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. test 1: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS H170 PRO GAMING, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS VS247, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-57-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better test 1 . 8.67 |================================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better test 1 . 5.56 |================================================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better test 1 . 12.13 |===============================================================