x264 Benchmarking Core i7 4790K Intel Core i7-4790K testing with a ASRock Z97 Extreme6 and Intel HD 4600 on Ubuntu 14.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core i7 4790K Haswell: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB CORSAIR FORCE LX, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.6, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1 + Clang 3.5.0-+rc3-1ubuntu1 + LLVM 3.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K Haswell . 211.04 |=============================================== x264 OpenCL 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K Haswell . 177.06 |===============================================