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A8-6600K APU

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

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Average Bench: 44.4% (438th of 1159)

Based on 11,164 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F31, Model: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 29%Average: 44.4% Great: 52%
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD A8-6600K APU averaged 55.6% 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

Single Core Integer Speed 73Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 68.9Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-6600K APU is 23%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD A8-6600K APU performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Multi Core Floating Point Speed 199Pts
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 222Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,164 samples)
Rank 43844.4%
Min Avg Max
43.2 SC Int 73 83.8
42.1 SC Float 65.2 74
43.5 SC Mixed 68.9 78.9
55.3% 69 Pts
Min Avg Max
126 QC Int 220 262
118 QC Float 192 227
124 QC Mixed 217 257
47.7% 210 Pts
Min Avg Max
149 MC Int 227 264
132 MC Float 199 227
143 MC Mixed 222 259
32.5% 216 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Single core Quad core Multi core
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz
51.4% Above average
SC Int 83.3
SC Float 73.1
SC Mixed 78.6
63% 78.3 Pts
QC Int 260
QC Float 221
QC Mixed 255
56% 246 Pts
MC Int 260
MC Float 221
MC Mixed 256
37% 246 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
50.9% Above average
SC Int 82.1
SC Float 73.4
SC Mixed 78.5
62% 78 Pts
QC Int 256
QC Float 223
QC Mixed 250
55% 243 Pts
MC Int 260
MC Float 218
MC Mixed 253
37% 243 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
50.6% Above average
SC Int 80.9
SC Float 70.9
SC Mixed 77.2
61% 76.3 Pts
QC Int 258
QC Float 223
QC Mixed 252
56% 244 Pts
MC Int 256
MC Float 218
MC Mixed 239
36% 238 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
44.6% Average
SC Int 70.9
SC Float 55.7
SC Mixed 70.1
52% 65.6 Pts
QC Int 221
QC Float 177
QC Mixed 216
46% 205 Pts
MC Int 237
MC Float 205
MC Mixed 240
34% 227 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
42.9% Average
SC Int 56.2
SC Float 62.1
SC Mixed 56.2
46% 58.2 Pts
QC Int 202
QC Float 191
QC Mixed 226
47% 206 Pts
MC Int 237
MC Float 208
MC Mixed 240
34% 229 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
40.9% Average
SC Int 81.7
SC Float 69.6
SC Mixed 73.3
60% 74.9 Pts
QC Int 214
QC Float 176
QC Mixed 184
44% 191 Pts
MC Int 228
MC Float 200
MC Mixed 198
31% 209 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
30.5% Below average
SC Int 54.2
SC Float 45.5
SC Mixed 51.2
40% 50.3 Pts
QC Int 136
QC Float 124
QC Mixed 143
30% 134 Pts
MC Int 157
MC Float 140
MC Mixed 148
22% 148 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
6.96% Terrible
SC Int 9.2
SC Float 6.9
SC Mixed 8.1
6% 8.07 Pts
QC Int 37.4
QC Float 31
QC Mixed 35.5
8% 34.6 Pts
MC Int 61.5
MC Float 32.8
MC Mixed 65.9
8% 53.4 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,944,887 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 32%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 25%
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Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A - $77

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD  $124Bench 44%, 11,164 samples325x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 38%, 377,489 samples217x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 8%, 14,158 samples182x
GTX 750 TiNvidia  $100Bench 22%, 160,302 samples161x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 54%, 178,215 samples122x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 105%, 463,404 samples84x
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 58%, 44,450 samples36x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 63,938 samples294x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 77,468 samples129x
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 8GBUnknownBench 35%, 385 samples84x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $401

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DEU-User
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Poor

26 days ago.

I love it, because it never let me down and run all my favorid games with desend fps.

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Good

1 day ago.

slow and not worth the money

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