ubuntu-stock-audio Intel Core 2 6600 testing with a ASUS P5B and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. ubuntu-stock-audio-test: Processor: Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.39GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5B, Chipset: Intel 82P965/G965 + ICH8/R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS + 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAJS-0, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (900/2052MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1988, Monitor: BenQ G2420HDBL, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-57-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better ubuntu-stock-audio-test . 27.99 |============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better ubuntu-stock-audio-test . 16.68 |============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better ubuntu-stock-audio-test . 41.16 |============================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better ubuntu-stock-audio-test . 22.14 |==============================================