orig Intel Core i5-2520M testing with a LENOVO 4180AP3 and Intel Sandybridge Mobile 1536MB on Kali kali-rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i5-2520M: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4180AP3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile 1536MB (1300MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20590, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Kali kali-rolling, Kernel: 4.9.0-kali3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406 + Clang 3.8.1-18, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2520M . 3.76 |=================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2520M . 14.68 |==================================================