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 4790k: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB PLEXTOR PX-128M5 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (135/324MHz), Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.0.7-2-ARCH (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.21, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 5.1.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5775C . 11.11 |======================================================== Core i7 4790k . 10.45 |===================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5775C . 99.17 |======================================================== Core i7 4790k . 87.73 |================================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 5775C . 192.43 |=============================================== Core i7 4790k . 223.98 |======================================================= FFmpeg 2.6.2 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5775C . 9.52 |========================================================= Core i7 4790k . 8.71 |====================================================