audio tests 2500k Intel Core i5-2500K testing with a ASRock Z68 Professional Gen3 and Intel HD 3000 on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 2500k: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 5.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Professional Gen3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 960GB SanDisk SDSSDHII + 7 x 2000GB SAMSUNG HD204UI, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1100MHz), Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-59-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better 2500k . 7.64 |================================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better 2500k . 7.00 |================================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better 2500k . 11.41 |================================================================