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Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

 Compatible Components (from 8,550 PCs)

Popular components in PC builds with the MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $359Bench 83%, 556,476 samples4,131x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $189Bench 79%, 339,100 samples2,175x
Core i7-6700Intel  $350Bench 76%, 256,634 samples534x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $379Bench 87%, 531,095 samples445x
Core i5-6500Intel  $235Bench 71%, 232,811 samples426x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $138Bench 80%, 1,199,785 samples1,541x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 106%, 953,693 samples889x
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 50%, 538,067 samples767x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,286,087 samples659x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 80%, 212,292 samples431x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 105%, 836,785 samples719x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $160Bench 111%, 700,281 samples663x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 496,262 samples258x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 538,085 samples244x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $124Bench 299%, 227,525 samples160x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 83%, 538,368 samples559x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $60Bench 71%, 95,202 samples494x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 86%, 449,944 samples340x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 74%, 50,501 samples225x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $66Bench 72%, 60,292 samples183x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 8,550 user systems.
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $130

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntelBench 83%, 556,476 samples$359
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 80%, 1,199,785 samples$138
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsungBench 105%, 836,785 samples$100
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsairBench 83%, 538,368 samples$74
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $801

 User benchmarks for this motherboard (9 of 8,550)

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GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
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ESP-User, 12 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Very good UFO - 182 100 155  91  202  293  108  103 $2,193
FRA-User, 12 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Above average UFO - 188 97 159  92  207  141  -  99 $1,189
DEU-User, 12 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 179 95 148  93  197  140  117  82 $1,407
USA-User, 3 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3090 Good UFO - 221 97 186  89  255  241  -  89 $2,108
USA-User, 12 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 209 99 176  90  236  345  78  99 $1,189
SWE-User, 12 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Very good UFO - 162 101 136  92  177  311  98  99 $1,254
FRA-User, 2 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Above average UFO - 215 93 177  94  239  110  86  71 $1,689
ITA-User, 2 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3090 Average UFO - 215 98 183  89  247  259  74  91 $2,356
AUT-User, 16 days ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Excellent UFO - 214 95 176  88  250  112  86  100 $1,900
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