lee Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 testing with a Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2 and Intel 82945G/GZ IGP on Ubuntu 14.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. first-audio: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.21GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2, Chipset: Intel 82945G/GZ/P/PL + ICH7, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 40GB Seagate ST340014A + 250GB 00BEVT-35A23T0, Graphics: Intel 82945G/GZ IGP, Audio: Intel NM10/ICH7, Network: Ralink RT2500 Wireless 802.11bg OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-31-generic (i686), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better first-audio . 29.02 |========================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better first-audio . 31.42 |========================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better first-audio . 20.12 |==========================================================