Core i7 5775C Running pts/x264-1.9.0, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.5.3, pts/encode-mp3-1.4.0, pts/ffmpeg-2.4.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core i7 5775C: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.1.0-040100-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 2600K: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP 1587h, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST31000524AS + 250GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro 400 512MB (1350MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC262, Monitor: ASUS VH242H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-55-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-fc2726e 2015-07-05 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4 + Clang 3.4-1ubuntu3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 5775C . 192.43 |======================================================= Core i7 2600K . 140.37 |======================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5775C . 99.17 |========================================== Core i7 2600K . 129.85 |======================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5775C . 11.11 |========================================== Core i7 2600K . 14.72 |======================================================== FFmpeg 2.6.2 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5775C . 9.52 |=================================== Core i7 2600K . 15.17 |========================================================