audio AMD Phenom II X4 955 testing with a ASUS M4A79 Deluxe and ASUS AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 1024MB on LinuxMint 16 via the Phoronix Test Suite. AMD Phenom II X4 955: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.68GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A79 Deluxe, Chipset: AMD RD790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB Hitachi HDS72101 + 320GB MAXTOR STM332082 + 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: PLB2403WS, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.5, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Phenom II X4 955 . 16.80 |================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Phenom II X4 955 . 7.10 |================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Phenom II X4 955 . 19.92 |================================================= WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Phenom II X4 955 . 11.11 |=================================================