audio encoding Intel Core i5-3360M testing with a HP 179B and Intel Ivybridge Mobile 1536MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Test 1 Audio Encoding: Processor: Intel Core i5-3360M @ 3.50GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: HP 179B, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000LM007-1R81, Graphics: Intel Ivybridge Mobile 1536MB (1200MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-112-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.16.2, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 17.2.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Test 1 Audio Encoding . 9.70 |================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Test 1 Audio Encoding . 7.72 |================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Test 1 Audio Encoding . 13.81 |================================================ Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Test 1 Audio Encoding . 8.00 |================================================= WavPack Audio Encoding 5.1 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Test 1 Audio Encoding . 7.96 |=================================================