first_test Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 testing with a ASUS P5K PRO and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT/PCIe/SSE2 512MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. first_test: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 3.41GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5K PRO, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630SV, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT/PCIe/SSE2 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC883, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better first_test . 19.40 |=========================================================== Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better first_test . 10.72 |=========================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better first_test . 8.58 |============================================================ Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better first_test . 14.49 |=========================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better first_test . 11.62 |===========================================================