audio-encoding-16-02-15 Intel Core i3-3220 testing with a MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676) v2.0 and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB on Ubuntu 15.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. i3: Processor: Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676) v2.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 200GB Seagate ST3200822AS, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.63, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better i3 . 10.86 |=================================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better i3 . 7.83 |==================================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better i3 . 14.63 |===================================================================