coonhound AMD A6-3500 APU testing with a ASUS F1A55-M LX PLUS and AMD Radeon HD 6530D 512MB on PCLinuxOS 2014 via the Phoronix Test Suite dadandabigail pts compilation: Processor: AMD A6-3500 APU @ 2.10GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS F1A55-M LX PLUS, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 2560MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAJS-0 + 80GB SAMSUNG HD080HJ/ + 250GB TOSHIBA MK2565GS, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6530D 512MB (444/667MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: ASUS VH238 + ASUS VH238, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: PCLinuxOS 2014, Kernel: 3.17.4-pclos1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.6, Display Driver: fglrx 14.30.4, OpenGL: 4.4.13084, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A6 3500: Processor: AMD A6-3500 APU @ 2.10GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS F1A55-M LX PLUS, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 2560MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAJS-0 + 80GB SAMSUNG HD080HJ/ + 250GB TOSHIBA MK2565GS, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6530D 512MB (444/667MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: ASUS VH238 + ASUS VH238, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: PCLinuxOS 2014, Kernel: 3.17.4-pclos1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.6, Display Driver: fglrx 14.30.4, OpenGL: 4.4.13084, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Updated Video Driver/ Default settings: Processor: AMD A6-3500 APU @ 2.10GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS F1A55-M LX PLUS, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 2560MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAJS-0 + 80GB SAMSUNG HD080HJ/ + 250GB TOSHIBA MK2565GS, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6530D 512MB (444/667MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: ASUS VH238 + ASUS VH238, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: PCLinuxOS 2014, Kernel: 3.18.1-pclos1 (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.6, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 A8 66 K with 1333 memory: Processor: AMD A8-6600K APU @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A58M-HD2, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 2560MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAJS-0 + 80GB SAMSUNG HD080HJ/ + 250GB TOSHIBA MK2565GS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 8570D 512MB (844/667MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: ASUS VH238 + ASUS VH238, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: PCLinuxOS 2014, Kernel: 3.18.1-pclos1 (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.6, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1866 memory 2gig dedicated graphics memory: Processor: AMD A8-6600K APU @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A58M-HD2, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAJS-0 + 80GB SAMSUNG HD080HJ/ + 250GB TOSHIBA MK2565GS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 8570D 2048MB (844/933MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: ASUS VH238 + ASUS VH238, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: PCLinuxOS 2015, Kernel: 3.18.1-pclos1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.6, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 A8 6600K with 1866 memory: Processor: AMD A8-6600K APU @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A58M-HD2, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAJS-0 + 80GB SAMSUNG HD080HJ/ + 250GB TOSHIBA MK2565GS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 8570D 2048MB (844/933MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: ASUS VH238 + ASUS VH238, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: PCLinuxOS 2015, Kernel: 3.18.1-pclos1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.6, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 A8 6600k with 1866 memory: Processor: AMD A8-6600K APU @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A58M-HD2, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAJS-0 + 80GB SAMSUNG HD080HJ/ + 250GB TOSHIBA MK2565GS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 8570D 2048MB (844/933MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: ASUS VH238 + ASUS VH238, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: PCLinuxOS 2015, Kernel: 3.18.1-pclos1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.6, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better dadandabigail pts compilation . 174.96 |======================================= A8 6600K with 1866 memory ..... 92.42 |===================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better dadandabigail pts compilation . 366.76 |======================================= A8 6600k with 1866 memory ..... 207.35 |====================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better dadandabigail pts compilation . 163.51 |======================================= A8 6600K with 1866 memory ..... 90.89 |====================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better AMD A6 3500 . 264 |============================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD A6 3500 ............... 4988.71 |================== A8 6600K with 1866 memory . 11148.39 |========================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD A6 3500 ............... 5682.22 |=================== A8 6600K with 1866 memory . 12031.74 |========================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD A6 3500 ............... 110.13 |=========================================== A8 6600k with 1866 memory . 63.17 |========================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A6 3500 ................................ 15.62 |======== Updated Video Driver/ Default settings ..... 26.22 |============== A8 66 K with 1333 memory ................... 41.64 |====================== 1866 memory 2gig dedicated graphics memory . 50.72 |=========================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A8 6600K with 1866 memory . 5.06 |=============================================