lin64 Intel Core i5-4690K testing with a ASUS Z97-K and Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core IGP on Fedora 21 via the Phoronix Test Suite. lin64: Processor: Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z97-K, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SHFS37A, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: HG216, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.17.7-300.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20141101, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better lin64 . 8.21 |================================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better lin64 . 5.61 |================================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better lin64 . 10.83 |================================================================ WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better lin64 . 8.24 |=================================================================