aleco Intel Core i7-2600 testing with a Gigabyte H61M-D2P-B3 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-2600: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H61M-D2P-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 32GB MZMPC032HBCD-000 + 1500GB SAMSUNG HD154UI, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-62-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1360x768 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2600 . 7.77 |==================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2600 . 8.69 |==================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2600 . 14.58 |===================================================