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Average Bench: 35.5% (451st of 1184)

Based on 12,559 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F31, Model: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 23%Average: 35.5% Great: 41%
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

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Poor average bench

The AMD A8-6600K APU averaged 64.5% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 69.6Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 129Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-6600K APU is just 18.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD A8-6600K APU performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 223Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 223Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,559 samples)
Rank 45135.5%
Min Avg Max
49.1 1-Core 69.6 78.5
88.4 2-Core 129 150
47.2% 99.3 Pts
Min Avg Max
128 4-Core 216 256
147 8-Core 223 257
29.9% 220 Pts
Min Avg Max
147 64-Core 223 258
14.9% 223 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
FM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg)
48.2% Average
1-Core 89.5
2-Core 167
61% 128 Pts
4-Core 298
8-Core 301
41% 299 Pts
64-Core 262
18% 262 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
43.2% Average
1-Core 81.1
2-Core 137
53% 109 Pts
4-Core 266
8-Core 274
37% 270 Pts
64-Core 262
18% 262 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
37.9% Below average
1-Core 72.7
2-Core 130
49% 102 Pts
4-Core 240
8-Core 220
32% 230 Pts
64-Core 238
16% 238 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
37.2% Below average
1-Core 71.2
2-Core 141
50% 106 Pts
4-Core 227
8-Core 231
31% 229 Pts
64-Core 229
15% 229 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
34.5% Below average
1-Core 71.3
2-Core 132
48% 102 Pts
4-Core 199
8-Core 240
29% 220 Pts
64-Core 240
16% 240 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
33.5% Below average
1-Core 64
2-Core 135
46% 99.3 Pts
4-Core 210
8-Core 190
28% 200 Pts
64-Core 209
14% 209 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
23.3% Poor
1-Core 57.1
2-Core 98.4
38% 77.8 Pts
4-Core 142
8-Core 132
19% 137 Pts
64-Core 133
9% 133 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,945,821 CPUs tested.

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Typical A8-6600K APU Builds (Compare 2,934 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A - $80

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD  $124Bench 35%, 12,559 samples364x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 434,138 samples236x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 13,847 samples201x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $110Bench 17%, 169,082 samples179x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $65Bench 53%, 192,191 samples132x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $55Bench 105%, 476,799 samples93x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 59%, 54,017 samples41x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 33%, 79,740 samples316x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 85,208 samples141x
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 8GBUnknownBench 35%, 403 samples91x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 38% - Below average Total price: $424

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Poor

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

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