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Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

 Compatible Components (from 7,263 PCs)

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $310Bench 83%, 526,268 samples3,465x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $195Bench 79%, 321,546 samples1,876x
Core i7-6700Intel  $350Bench 76%, 228,958 samples456x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $379Bench 88%, 490,787 samples384x
Core i5-6500Intel  $235Bench 71%, 208,965 samples383x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 80%, 1,127,629 samples1,325x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 106%, 831,064 samples787x
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 51%, 671,374 samples673x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,201,235 samples559x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $1,074Bench 136%, 654,831 samples374x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 798,238 samples623x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $135Bench 112%, 684,094 samples587x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $110Bench 112%, 425,043 samples229x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 106%, 590,418 samples210x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 301%, 254,425 samples140x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $96Bench 81%, 510,924 samples466x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $89Bench 71%, 92,802 samples406x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 468,078 samples284x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 72%, 55,625 samples192x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $97Bench 72%, 55,199 samples154x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 7,263 user systems.
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntelBench 83%, 526,268 samples$310
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 80%, 1,127,629 samples$400
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsungBench 103%, 798,238 samples$100
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsairBench 81%, 510,924 samples$96
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $1,036

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GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
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ESP-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Very good UFO - 182 100 155  91  202  293  108  103 $2,170
FRA-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 188 97 159  92  207  141  -  99 $1,140
DEU-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 179 95 148  93  197  140  117  82 $1,333
USA-User, 6 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 209 99 176  90  236  345  78  99 $1,140
SWE-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Very good UFO - 162 101 136  92  177  311  98  99 $1,225
USA-User, 4 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Above average UFO - 212 98 177  88  246  330  80  104 $2,169
POL-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Above average UFO - 168 95 142  92  186  136  69  82 $1,140
USA-User, 8 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3090 Good UFO - 197 101 163  91  219  294  82  108 $2,480
FRA-User, 6 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Above average UFO - 194 93 159  87  230  120  66  88 $2,435
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