carlsega Intel Core i7-2600K testing with a ASUS P8P67 and AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB on LinuxMint 17 via the Phoronix Test Suite. now: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8P67, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080 + 256GB Crucial_CT256MX1 + 1000GB Seagate ST31000528AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL U2412M, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.16, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 13.35.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12798, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better now . 8.58 |=================================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better now . 4.71 |=================================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better now . 12.18 |==================================================================