gui Intel Core i7-4770S testing with a MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) v1.0 and Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4770S: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770S @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB Crucial_CT256M55 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZRX-00L + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-51-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.5, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770S . 6.84 |=================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770S . 7.01 |=================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770S . 12.32 |==================================================