Encoding Audio Intel Core i5 M 480 testing with a Acer Aspire 5742G under Ubuntu 11.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. i5 480M stock: Processor: Intel Core i5 M 480 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Aspire 5742G, Chipset: Intel Core, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WDC WD6400BEVT-2, Graphics: Intel Core IGP 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC272X OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.16, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: intel 2.14.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better i5 480M stock . 29.22 |======================================================== Ogg Encoding 1.2.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better i5 480M stock . 13.37 |======================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better i5 480M stock . 10.11 |======================================================== Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better i5 480M stock . 8.83 |========================================================= WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better i5 480M stock . 13.24 |========================================================