1st run Linux Intel Core i5-3450 testing with a ASUS P8H77-M and ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB on LinuxMint 17 via the Phoronix Test Suite. video-encoding: Processor: Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8H77-M, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 128GB SAMSUNG SSD 830, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (790/1000MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: E2210 + DELL U2412M + E2210 + DELL U2412M, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.16.0-031600-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, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better video-encoding . 98.76 |======================================================= FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better video-encoding . 15.46 |======================================================= Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better video-encoding . 23.42 |=======================================================