test Intel Core i7 920 testing with a MSI X58 Pro-E (MS-7522) v3.0 and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58 Pro-E (MS-7522) v3.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850 + 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-0, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB, Audio: Intel 82801JI, Monitor: EA241WM + NEC LCD1760NX, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.4, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 . 17.98 |==================================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 . 12.69 |==================================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 . 23.47 |==================================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 . 14.18 |====================================================================