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Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

 Compatible Components (from 11,647 PCs)

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $281Bench 76%, 373,448 samples5,509x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $200Bench 69%, 208,151 samples3,519x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $340Bench 83%, 281,619 samples638x
Core i7-6700Intel  $318Bench 67%, 128,349 samples543x
Core i5-6500Intel  $185Bench 58%, 127,160 samples427x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $359Bench 78%, 613,412 samples2,548x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 100%, 528,238 samples1,647x
GTX 970Nvidia  $399Bench 50%, 481,930 samples1,283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 56%, 706,813 samples1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $722Bench 125%, 373,933 samples826x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $57Bench 106%, 497,964 samples1,479x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 113%, 417,557 samples1,239x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 139,046 samples294x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 221%, 94,207 samples242x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung  $199Bench 199%, 27,174 samples208x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 85%, 245,677 samples851x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $75Bench 72%, 53,992 samples809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 88%, 123,108 samples469x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 32,763 samples409x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 73%, 31,287 samples332x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 11,647 user systems.
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntelBench 76%, 373,448 samples$281
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 78%, 613,412 samples$359
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsungBench 106%, 497,964 samples$57
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsairBench 85%, 245,677 samples$65
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $903

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CPU
GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
Price
USA-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 2080-Ti Very good UFO - 142 156 104  88  178  346  84  97 $1,673
DEU-User, 6 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080-Ti Good UFO - 136 131 85  78  179  276  90  72 $1,816
BEL-User, 9 months ago.Core i5-6600K, RTX 2080-Ti Very good UFO - 135 125 70  79  183  221  58  77 $1,653
DEU-User, 9 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080-Ti Good UFO - 136 142 93  73  174  372  51  89 $1,794
USA-User, 8 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080-Ti Very good UFO - 136 120 85  89  180  208  56  89 $1,661
CAN-User, 12 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080-Ti Excellent UFO - 135 127 88  94  174  245  -  80 $1,736
DEU-User, 12 months ago.Core i5-6600K, RTX 2080-Ti Excellent UFO - 133 122 68  76  179  278  -  83 $1,584
SWE-User, 3 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080-Ti Very good UFO - 131 93 68  77  185  119  63  88 $1,521
DEU-User, 8 months ago.Core i5-6600K, RTX 2080-Ti Excellent UFO - 132 129 71  81  172  272  -  96 $1,584
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