first AMD A8-3850 APU testing with a Gigabyte GA-A75-D3H and Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 6550D 512MB on Ubuntu 14.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Samsung SSD 840 - AMD A8-3850 APU: Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75-D3H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 6550D 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: ASUS VH242H + SA300/SA350, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD A8-3850 APU . 2192 |===================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD A8-3850 APU . 6682.64 |================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD A8-3850 APU . 7575.92 |================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD A8-3850 APU . 54.30 |==================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD A8-3850 APU . 16880.45 |=================================