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A8-6600K APU

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 49.8% (759th of 1406)

Based on 21,890 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F31, Model: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 36%Average: 49.8% Great: 60%
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

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Below average average bench

The AMD A8-6600K APU averaged 50.1% 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 70.1Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 63.1Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-6600K APU is 23.7%. 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 Speed 178Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 177Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 21,890 samples)
Rank 75949.8%
Min Avg Max
52.3 Memory 70.1 85.6
39.4 1-Core 63.1 73.7
71.8 2-Core 112 137
50.4% 81.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
104 4-Core 173 211
113 8-Core 177 211
23.3% 175 Pts
Min Avg Max
112 64-Core 178 212
11% 178 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 3.85 GHz (avg)
55.2% Above average
Memory 82.7
1-Core 62.2
2-Core 111
54% 85.4 Pts
4-Core 160
8-Core 177
22% 169 Pts
64-Core 168
10% 168 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
52.6% Above average
Memory 75.5
1-Core 64
2-Core 119
53% 86.1 Pts
4-Core 173
8-Core 183
24% 178 Pts
64-Core 185
12% 185 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
27.2% Poor
Memory 37.5
1-Core 11.3
2-Core 42
20% 30.3 Pts
4-Core 98.1
8-Core 104
13% 101 Pts
64-Core 94.6
6% 94.6 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
23.6% Poor
Memory 29.8
1-Core 25.3
2-Core 34.1
20% 29.7 Pts
4-Core 103
8-Core 92.2
13% 97.4 Pts
64-Core 124
8% 124 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A - $116

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD  $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples44x
GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples28x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples27x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $80Bench 17%, 309,423 samples16x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $40Bench 54%, 339,020 samples11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples11x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples19x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples10x
F3-2400C11-4GXM 8GBUnknownBench 36%, 173 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $226

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 Comments

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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

11 months ago.

I have this APU and was wondering if upgrading the the A10 to max out my FM2 motherboard would be worth the cost. Based on the comparison here I would say ... no, it is not worth the money.

GBR-User
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5,542

Excellent

2 years 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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5,489

Poor

4 months ago.

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

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