Result-Encodemp3 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 testing with a Dell 0D61XP (1.61 BIOS) and ASPEED on CentOS 7.6.1810 via the Phoronix Test Suite. original: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0D61XP (1.61 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 5 x 4096 MB 1066MT/s Kingston HP647647-071-HYE, Disk: 300GB Seagate ST3300657SS, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel 82576 OS: CentOS 7.6.1810, Kernel: 3.10.0-957.5.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 soft: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0D61XP (1.61 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 5 x 4096 MB 1066MT/s Kingston HP647647-071-HYE, Disk: 300GB Seagate ST3300657SS, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel 82576 OS: CentOS 7.6.1810, Kernel: 3.10.0-957.5.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 sample: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0D61XP (1.61 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 5 x 4096 MB 1066MT/s Kingston HP647647-071-HYE, Disk: 300GB Seagate ST3300657SS, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel 82576 OS: CentOS 7.6.1810, Kernel: 3.10.0-957.5.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better original . 21.09 |============================================================= soft ..... 21.25 |============================================================= sample ... 21.22 |=============================================================