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A8-6600K APU

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 56% (585th of 1307)

Based on 18,130 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F31, Model: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 45%Average: 56% Great: 65%
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat

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Average average bench

The AMD A8-6600K APU averaged 44.0% 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 74.8Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 68.9Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-6600K APU is 20.6%. 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 220Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 220Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 18,130 samples)
Rank 58556%
Min Avg Max
59.6 Memory 74.8 88.7
43.8 1-Core 68.9 78.6
84.1 2-Core 128 149
56.2% 90.6 Pts
Min Avg Max
122 4-Core 216 254
135 8-Core 220 255
29.8% 218 Pts
Min Avg Max
133 64-Core 220 254
14.8% 220 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz
62.7% Good
Memory 82.2
1-Core 78.1
2-Core 149
63% 103 Pts
4-Core 251
8-Core 253
34% 252 Pts
64-Core 254
17% 254 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
60.7% Good
Memory 80.2
1-Core 77.1
2-Core 150
62% 102 Pts
4-Core 238
8-Core 249
33% 243 Pts
64-Core 251
17% 251 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
60.1% Good
Memory 79.9
1-Core 75.6
2-Core 135
60% 96.8 Pts
4-Core 238
8-Core 227
32% 232 Pts
64-Core 227
15% 227 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
57% Above average
Memory 73.7
1-Core 63.1
2-Core 137
56% 91.4 Pts
4-Core 238
8-Core 223
32% 230 Pts
64-Core 241
16% 241 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
55.8% Above average
Memory 68.7
1-Core 75.4
2-Core 146
58% 96.8 Pts
4-Core 250
8-Core 248
34% 249 Pts
64-Core 245
16% 245 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
51.4% Above average
Memory 62.5
1-Core 68.5
2-Core 117
51% 82.8 Pts
4-Core 231
8-Core 246
32% 239 Pts
64-Core 239
16% 239 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
48% Average
Memory 65.9
1-Core 71.6
2-Core 131
54% 89.5 Pts
4-Core 184
8-Core 136
23% 160 Pts
64-Core 157
11% 157 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 42,154,645 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A - $80

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD  $124Bench 56%, 18,130 samples179x
GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 7%, 22,427 samples127x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 19,204 samples119x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 743,604 samples91x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $66Bench 54%, 290,857 samples65x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 66%, 270,305 samples54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 104%, 772,089 samples30x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 136,852 samples117x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 138,118 samples66x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 8GBUnknownBench 40%, 565 samples38x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $270

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Excellent

3 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

2 months ago.

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

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