test1 Intel Core i7-4790K testing with a Gigabyte H81M-HD3 and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 2048MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Audio encoding on my PC: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250820AS + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-22B, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 2048MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: E222W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Realtek RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, Compiler: GCC 5.1.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Audio encoding on my PC . 5.66 |=============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Audio encoding on my PC . 10.30 |==============================================