test Intel Core i7 920 testing with a ASUS P6T SE and ASUS AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7 920: Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6T SE, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB 1066MHz, Disk: 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: L1711MN_ANALG, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 920 . 16.30 |==================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 920 . 8.92 |===================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 920 . 21.38 |==================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 920 . 12.96 |====================================================