test Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 testing with a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P and ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL) 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. encode: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 32GB OCZ ONYX, Graphics: ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL) 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: Hanns.G HL231, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better encode . 16.21 |=============================================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better encode . 72.51 |===============================================================