lame encoding primary benchmark, reference, observation. test run: Processor: Intel Core i7-4702MQ @ 3.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1492, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB BUP BK, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M 2048MB (627/2004MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Realtek RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless OS: LinuxMint 18.1, Kernel: 4.10.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.39, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better test run . 13.81 |=============================================================