videotestdesktop Intel Core i7-4770 testing with a ASUS H87M-PRO and Intel HD 4600 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS H87M-PRO, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 2000GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA2, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4770 . 183.47 |================================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770 . 13.90 |=================================================== Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770 . 19.37 |===================================================