x264_encoding Intel Core i7 930 testing with a Supermicro X8STi and Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7 930: Processor: Intel Core i7 930 @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X8STi, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500514NS, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: HP LP1965, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: modesetting 0.8.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: SquashFS, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 96.91 |====================================================