video Intel Xeon W3520 testing with a Supermicro X8STi v2.0 and Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450 on Debian 7.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. video: Processor: Intel Xeon W3520 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X8STi v2.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 2000GB Hitachi HDS72302, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 7.7, Kernel: 3.2.13-grsec-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4 FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better video . 17.58 |================================================================ Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better video . 32.55 |================================================================