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Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

 Compatible Components (from 9,885 PCs)

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $290Bench 89%, 319,030 samples4,690x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $234Bench 84%, 181,471 samples2,986x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $350Bench 97%, 291,649 samples544x
Core i7-6700Intel  $297Bench 77%, 109,755 samples459x
Core i5-6500Intel  $206Bench 70%, 93,350 samples336x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $380Bench 97%, 574,429 samples2,181x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 448,609 samples1,439x
GTX 970Nvidia  $374Bench 63%, 453,333 samples1,129x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $208Bench 70%, 570,049 samples881x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 152%, 327,765 samples721x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 437,871 samples1,320x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 113%, 331,339 samples1,056x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 129,236 samples281x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 216%, 85,368 samples216x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung  $339Bench 197%, 25,199 samples186x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 87%, 195,624 samples721x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $76Bench 73%, 40,441 samples702x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $85Bench 92%, 85,808 samples395x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $122Bench 73%, 29,243 samples347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 74%, 27,386 samples273x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 9,885 user systems.
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntelBench 89%, 319,030 samples$290
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 97%, 574,429 samples$380
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsungBench 104%, 437,871 samples$70
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 195,624 samples$80
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $960

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CPU
GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
Price
USA-User, 3 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 2080 Ti Very good UFO - 167 167 122  100  227  346  84  97 $1,737
DEU-User, 2 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080 Ti Good UFO - 163 141 97  89  232  276  90  72 $1,829
BEL-User, 4 months ago.Core i5-6600K, RTX 2080 Ti Very good UFO - 162 131 87  96  233  221  58  77 $1,687
DEU-User, 4 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080 Ti Good UFO - 162 160 111  87  223  372  51  89 $1,748
USA-User, 3 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080 Ti Very good UFO - 162 129 100  100  231  208  56  89 $1,669
CAN-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080 Ti Excellent UFO - 160 137 105  106  223  245  -  80 $1,745
DEU-User, 7 months ago.Core i5-6600K, RTX 2080 Ti Excellent UFO - 159 131 84  91  227  278  -  83 $1,632
DEU-User, 3 months ago.Core i5-6600K, RTX 2080 Ti Excellent UFO - 158 138 88  98  219  272  -  96 $1,632
USA-User, 5 months ago.Core i7-6700K, HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) Good UFO - 157 123 97  102  221  177  66  89 $1,669
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