benchtest AMD FX-6300 Six-Core testing with a ASRock 970 Extreme4 and Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7700 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. one: Processor: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core @ 3.50GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme4, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600BEVS-2, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: STD HDMI TV, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT2561/RT61 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better one . 12.74 |================================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better one . 7.41 |=================================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better one . 19.32 |================================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better one . 11.85 |==================================================================