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Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

 Compatible Components (from 10,050 PCs)

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $280Bench 82%, 592,963 samples4,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $195Bench 79%, 374,836 samples2,543x
Core i7-6700Intel  $280Bench 76%, 266,592 samples625x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $379Bench 86%, 623,615 samples543x
Core i5-6500Intel  $170Bench 71%, 238,860 samples494x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $138Bench 80%, 1,277,123 samples1,807x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 106%, 1,005,992 samples1,034x
GTX 970Nvidia  $125Bench 50%, 794,147 samples881x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,347,327 samples765x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 80%, 228,611 samples496x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 104%, 900,642 samples805x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 111%, 759,910 samples762x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 113%, 629,713 samples299x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 751,699 samples289x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $169Bench 305%, 309,104 samples194x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 82%, 566,942 samples623x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $56Bench 71%, 104,616 samples575x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $58Bench 86%, 616,718 samples390x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 74%, 58,145 samples268x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $62Bench 73%, 65,390 samples209x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 10,050 user systems.
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntelBench 82%, 592,963 samples$280
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 80%, 1,277,123 samples$138
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsungBench 104%, 900,642 samples$100
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 566,942 samples$70
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $728

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SSD
HDD
RAM
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ESP-User, 21 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Very good UFO - 182 100 155  91  202  293  108  103 $1,709
FRA-User, 21 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Above average UFO - 188 97 159  92  207  141  -  99 $1,180
DEU-User, 21 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 179 95 148  93  197  140  117  82 $1,363
USA-User, 11 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3090 Good UFO - 221 97 186  89  255  241  -  89 $1,714
USA-User, 20 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 209 99 176  90  236  345  78  99 $1,180
ROU-User, 3 days ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3080-Ti Excellent UFO - 220 100 188  91  247  366  -  116 $1,419
SWE-User, 21 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Very good UFO - 162 101 136  92  177  311  98  99 $1,239
USA-User, 4 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Good UFO - 219 97 184  88  254  330  79  105 $1,731
USA-User, 3 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Excellent UFO - 218 98 185  92  245  353  115  89 $1,686
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