3Ghz AMD Athlon II X4 631 testing with a ASRock A75M and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512MB on LinuxMint 12 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 3 ghz 1600ddr3: Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 631 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock A75M, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512MB (550/500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: LinuxMint 12, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 2012-01-15 15:48: Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 631 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock A75M, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512MB (550/500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: LinuxMint 12, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better 3 ghz 1600ddr3 . 8580 |======================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better 2012-01-15 15:48 . 26.47 |===================================================== Ogg Encoding 1.2.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better 2012-01-15 15:48 . 15.60 |===================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better 2012-01-15 15:48 . 10.32 |===================================================== Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better 2012-01-15 15:48 . 16.86 |===================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better 2012-01-15 15:48 . 14.64 |=====================================================