audio1 Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a ASUS P8Z77-V and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB on LinuxMint 14 via the Phoronix Test Suite. kde 4.3 2400: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 2 x 1000GB Hitachi HDT72101 + 500GB SAMSUNG HD501LJ + 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-0 + 2 x 32GB OCZ VERTEX + 2000GB EARS-00MVWB0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: LinuxMint 14, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.00, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.18, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 313.18, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better kde 4.3 2400 . 4.86 |========================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better kde 4.3 2400 . 4.86 |========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better kde 4.3 2400 . 11.75 |========================================================= Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better kde 4.3 2400 . 6.78 |========================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better kde 4.3 2400 . 7.96 |==========================================================