i7 Intel Core i7 950 testing with a Intel DX58OG and NV96 512MB on LinuxMint 19 via the Phoronix Test Suite. i7-videoenc: Processor: Intel Core i7 950 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX58OG, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 20480MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-08M + 500GB SAMSUNG HD501LJ + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ + 256GB External HDD, Graphics: NV96 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: U28E850, Network: Intel 82567LF-2 Gigabit Connection OS: LinuxMint 19, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, File-System: overlayfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i7-videoenc . 20.25 |========================================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better i7-videoenc . 10.56 |==========================================================