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A8-6600K APU

Average Bench: 55.8% (562nd of 1276)

Based on 16,384 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F31, Model: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 42%Average: 55.8% Great: 64%
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 44.1% 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 74.5Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 68.2Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-6600K APU is 22%. 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 219Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 220Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,384 samples)
Rank 56255.8%
Min Avg Max
55 Memory 74.5 87.4
43.1 1-Core 68.2 78.3
75 2-Core 127 149
55.8% 90 Pts
Min Avg Max
120 4-Core 216 253
130 8-Core 220 254
29.8% 218 Pts
Min Avg Max
129 64-Core 219 253
14.7% 219 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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
63.4% Good
Memory 84.4
1-Core 69.7
2-Core 137
61% 97.2 Pts
4-Core 248
8-Core 243
34% 246 Pts
64-Core 246
16% 246 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
61.9% Good
Memory 82.6
1-Core 72.2
2-Core 142
61% 98.8 Pts
4-Core 241
8-Core 241
33% 241 Pts
64-Core 240
16% 240 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
61.7% Good
Memory 81.1
1-Core 76.4
2-Core 135
61% 97.6 Pts
4-Core 247
8-Core 248
34% 248 Pts
64-Core 233
16% 233 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
58.5% Above average
Memory 70
1-Core 81.9
2-Core 150
60% 101 Pts
4-Core 274
8-Core 268
37% 271 Pts
64-Core 266
18% 266 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
55.8% Above average
Memory 77.1
1-Core 64.8
2-Core 124
56% 88.7 Pts
4-Core 205
8-Core 182
27% 194 Pts
64-Core 199
13% 199 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
50.6% Above average
Memory 68.9
1-Core 72.1
2-Core 133
56% 91.2 Pts
4-Core 191
8-Core 174
25% 182 Pts
64-Core 181
12% 181 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 38,914,088 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%, 16,384 samples146x
GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 7%, 18,836 samples113x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 17,871 samples97x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 695,028 samples72x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $66Bench 55%, 257,819 samples51x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 67%, 266,434 samples43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples26x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 121,175 samples95x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 133,174 samples52x
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 8GBUnknownBench 35%, 631 samples33x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 47% - Average Total price: $270

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Excellent

9 days ago.

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

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Poor

15 hrs ago.

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

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