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A8-6600K APU

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

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Average Bench: 44.8% (407th of 1129)

Based on 7,912 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F31, Model: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 31%Average: 44.8% Great: 51%
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD A8-6600K APU averaged 55.2% 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 73.9Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 69.4Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-6600K APU is 20.7%. 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 201Pts
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 226Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,912 samples)
Rank 40744.8%
Min Avg Max
49 SC Int 73.9 84
45.8 SC Float 66.1 74.1
48.8 SC Mixed 69.4 78.7
55.9% 69.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
140 QC Int 225 261
125 QC Float 195 225
137 QC Mixed 220 256
48.4% 213 Pts
Min Avg Max
167 MC Int 231 261
146 MC Float 201 224
161 MC Mixed 226 256
33% 219 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Single core Quad core Multi core
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg)
55.9% Above average
SC Int 90.1
SC Float 79.9
SC Mixed 83.4
68% 84.5 Pts
QC Int 281
QC Float 244
QC Mixed 280
61% 268 Pts
MC Int 279
MC Float 246
MC Mixed 282
40% 269 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
51% Above average
SC Int 82
SC Float 72.6
SC Mixed 76.9
62% 77.2 Pts
QC Int 256
QC Float 220
QC Mixed 254
55% 243 Pts
MC Int 260
MC Float 226
MC Mixed 252
37% 246 Pts
FM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
50.7% Above average
SC Int 83
SC Float 72.9
SC Mixed 77.4
62% 77.8 Pts
QC Int 258
QC Float 221
QC Mixed 252
55% 244 Pts
MC Int 255
MC Float 218
MC Mixed 244
36% 239 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
48% Average
SC Int 71.8
SC Float 64.2
SC Mixed 69.3
55% 68.4 Pts
QC Int 247
QC Float 215
QC Mixed 245
53% 235 Pts
MC Int 247
MC Float 210
MC Mixed 240
35% 232 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
46.8% Average
SC Int 77.4
SC Float 68.3
SC Mixed 72.9
58% 72.9 Pts
QC Int 230
QC Float 204
QC Mixed 230
50% 222 Pts
MC Int 239
MC Float 206
MC Mixed 227
34% 224 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
46.1% Average
SC Int 78.6
SC Float 69.1
SC Mixed 70.8
58% 72.8 Pts
QC Int 246
QC Float 210
QC Mixed 231
52% 229 Pts
MC Int 191
MC Float 209
MC Mixed 198
30% 199 Pts
FM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
44.4% Average
SC Int 81.7
SC Float 74.4
SC Mixed 78.7
63% 78.3 Pts
QC Int 225
QC Float 193
QC Mixed 199
47% 206 Pts
MC Int 245
MC Float 215
MC Mixed 238
35% 233 Pts
FM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
28.3% Poor
SC Int 50.4
SC Float 52.9
SC Mixed 53.9
42% 52.4 Pts
QC Int 132
QC Float 119
QC Mixed 125
28% 125 Pts
MC Int 126
MC Float 126
MC Mixed 108
18% 120 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 11,527,500 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 45%, 7,912 samples204x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 39%, 209,104 samples142x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 8%, 11,723 samples126x
GTX 750 TiNvidia  $110Bench 22%, 123,622 samples111x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $65Bench 54%, 130,276 samples98x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $78Bench 104%, 285,868 samples60x
Fury 120GBHyperX  $64Bench 61%, 2,842 samples22x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 42,392 samples213x
1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 56,095 samples97x
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 8GBUnknownBench 35%, 300 samples54x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $421

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