tes1 2 x Intel Xeon E5645 testing with a Supermicro X8DT3 v2.0 and Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450 on Debian 6.0.6 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon E5645: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X8DT3 v2.0, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 12 x 16384 MB 800MHz, Disk: 187GB, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 6.0.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5645 . 24.72 |===================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5645 . 12.43 |===================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5645 . 26.00 |===================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5645 . 15.63 |=====================================================