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A8-6600K APU

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 55.3% (610th of 1316)

Based on 19,899 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F31, Model: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 43%Average: 55.3% Great: 64%
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 40%
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Average average bench

The AMD A8-6600K APU averaged 44.7% 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 73.1Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 69.1Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-6600K APU is 20.9%. 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 221Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 220Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,899 samples)
Rank 61055.3%
Min Avg Max
57.4 Memory 73.1 87.7
42.9 1-Core 69.1 78.4
82 2-Core 128 150
55.7% 90.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
129 4-Core 218 254
142 8-Core 220 254
30% 219 Pts
Min Avg Max
136 64-Core 221 255
14.8% 221 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
61.8% Good
Memory 81.8
1-Core 76.8
2-Core 136
61% 98.2 Pts
4-Core 243
8-Core 247
34% 245 Pts
64-Core 245
16% 245 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
60.7% Good
Memory 80.6
1-Core 72.6
2-Core 138
60% 97.2 Pts
4-Core 238
8-Core 238
32% 238 Pts
64-Core 236
16% 236 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
60.1% Good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 71.9
2-Core 126
60% 94.1 Pts
4-Core 209
8-Core 201
28% 205 Pts
64-Core 216
14% 216 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
53.7% Above average
Memory 65.2
1-Core 76.5
2-Core 144
57% 95.3 Pts
4-Core 247
8-Core 234
33% 241 Pts
64-Core 239
16% 239 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
50.5% Above average
Memory 66
1-Core 67.3
2-Core 110
51% 81.3 Pts
4-Core 204
8-Core 205
28% 204 Pts
64-Core 216
14% 216 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
41.8% Average
Memory 49.6
1-Core 56.8
2-Core 101
42% 69.3 Pts
4-Core 197
8-Core 196
27% 197 Pts
64-Core 231
16% 231 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 45,061,723 CPUs tested.

 Prices

AmazonUS $1243 years
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A - $122

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD  $124Bench 55%, 19,899 samples196x
GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 7%, 20,978 samples141x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 18,366 samples136x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 810,808 samples100x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $73Bench 53%, 343,513 samples70x
A400 240GBKingston  $31Bench 65%, 325,966 samples64x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 102%, 817,963 samples35x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 33%, 140,514 samples131x
1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 149,204 samples70x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 8GBUnknownBench 40%, 584 samples45x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 45% - Average Total price: $319

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GBR-User
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Excellent

6 months ago.

doesnt rly game as good and cant handle different apps at the same time even ifmits at 4mhz

DEU-User
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Poor

6 months ago.

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

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