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A6-5400K APU

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 40.3% (1062nd of 1442)

Based on 7,836 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F01, 00610F01178BFBFF Model: AMD A6-5400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 24%Average: 40.3% Great: 52%
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD A6-5400K APU averaged 59.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 66.8Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 54.7Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A6-5400K APU is 27.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD A6-5400K APU performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 83Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 83.6Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,836 samples)
Rank 106240.3%
Min Avg Max
40.5 Memory 66.8 89
21 1-Core 54.7 67.7
35.5 2-Core 80.2 102
43.7% 67.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
43.7 4-Core 82.5 101
48 8-Core 83.6 102
11.1% 83.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
43 64-Core 83 101
5.1% 83 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
47.3% Average
Memory 89.4
1-Core 38.6
2-Core 50.6
44% 59.5 Pts
4-Core 32.8
8-Core 53.3
5% 43 Pts
64-Core 34.9
2% 34.9 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
45.9% Average
Memory 80.4
1-Core 59.7
2-Core 84.1
50% 74.7 Pts
4-Core 70.3
8-Core 70.4
9% 70.4 Pts
64-Core 84.9
5% 84.9 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
44.5% Average
Memory 77.8
1-Core 57.9
2-Core 80.5
48% 72.1 Pts
4-Core 66.7
8-Core 79.1
10% 72.9 Pts
64-Core 79.6
5% 79.6 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
44.2% Average
Memory 75.1
1-Core 54.7
2-Core 78.7
46% 69.5 Pts
4-Core 80.2
8-Core 80.7
11% 80.4 Pts
64-Core 81.8
5% 81.8 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
39.8% Below average
Memory 67.8
1-Core 50.8
2-Core 67.3
42% 62 Pts
4-Core 71.7
8-Core 72
10% 71.8 Pts
64-Core 72.5
4% 72.5 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
38.5% Below average
Memory 63.1
1-Core 47.1
2-Core 81.5
41% 63.9 Pts
4-Core 83.5
8-Core 82.5
11% 83 Pts
64-Core 76
5% 76 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
34.7% Below average
Memory 57.2
1-Core 50.9
2-Core 72.3
39% 60.1 Pts
4-Core 73
8-Core 74.6
10% 73.8 Pts
64-Core 74.6
5% 74.6 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
32.8% Below average
Memory 55.3
1-Core 43.5
2-Core 65.1
36% 54.6 Pts
4-Core 62.9
8-Core 64.2
8% 63.5 Pts
64-Core 63.1
4% 63.1 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
30.9% Below average
Memory 51.2
1-Core 45
2-Core 62.4
34% 52.9 Pts
4-Core 63.9
8-Core 62.9
8% 63.4 Pts
64-Core 63.6
4% 63.6 Pts
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Typical A6-5400K APU Builds (Compare 233 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 - $75

CPU
A6-5400K APUAMD  $120Bench 40%, 7,836 samples1x
GPU
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples26x
Radeon HD 7540DAMDBench 3%, 4,337 samples18x
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples10x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples11x
A400 120GBKingston  $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples5x
870 Evo 250GBSamsung  $31Bench 101%, 14,082 samples4x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples4x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples4x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 45% - Average Total price: $223

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

This processor is figuratively as slow as watching a tree die! Absolute garbage

CAN-User
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4,956

Good

15 months ago.

i am currently using this CPU and even launching Vivaldi edge or chrome the usage is a 100%

PAK-User
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3,298

Excellent

1 month ago.

I literally bought this peace of garbage, not knowing much about cpu's at the time

HRV-User
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2,320

Terrible

5 years ago.

It is very bad for gaming, I don't recomend upgrading the gpu if you're going to sill have this crap of a cpu...

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