phoronix-ffmpeg-test-results just playing around with this for the very first time my-initial-test: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) v1.0 (V1.12 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10EAVS-00D + 3001GB TOSHIBA HDWD130 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 500GB SanDisk SDSSDH35 + 63GB Extreme + 16GB USB Flash Drive, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB (1012/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ROG PG278Q, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 4.19.45-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.10, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 418.74, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0 + Clang 8.0.0 + CUDA 10.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 FFmpeg 4.0.2 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better my-initial-test . 7.35 |=======================================================