audio_stockclock Intel Core i5-3570K testing with a ASRock Z77 Pro3 and Intel Ivy on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. stock: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ AGILITY3 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M + 1000GB Hitachi HDS72101, Graphics: Intel Ivy, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: P215H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better stock . 13.19 |================================================================ Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better stock . 7.53 |================================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better stock . 5.58 |================================================================= Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better stock . 7.74 |================================================================= WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better stock . 8.98 |=================================================================