audio-new Intel Core i7-9700K testing with a Gigabyte Z390 DESIGNARE-CF (F8 BIOS) and MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB on LinuxMint 19.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-9700K: Processor: Intel Core i7-9700K @ 4.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 DESIGNARE-CF (F8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 3 x 512GB Samsung SSD 850 + 128GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB (1365/7000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: LG HDR 4K, Network: Intel I219-V + Intel I211 + Intel-AC 9560 OS: LinuxMint 19.3, Kernel: 4.15.0-91-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.64, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 7.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-9700K . 8.253 |================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-9700K . 7.514 |==================================================