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Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

 Compatible Components (from 5,043 PCs)

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples2,526x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples1,180x
Core i7-6700Intel  $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples321x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $200Bench 84%, 712,312 samples285x
Core i5-6500Intel  $51Bench 64%, 241,476 samples207x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples878x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples453x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples378x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples362x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples203x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples306x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples292x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples127x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples121x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples117x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples285x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples248x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples201x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples118x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples91x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 5,043 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntelBench 81%, 588,978 samples$170
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 80%, 1,459,281 samples$278
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsungBench 112%, 695,664 samples$76
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 71%, 98,777 samples$35
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $699

 User benchmarks for this motherboard (9 of 5,043)

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CPU
GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
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USA-User, 17 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4090 Poor UFO - 234 92 194  81  297  304  84  74 $2,328
USA-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4080 Above average UFO - 229 94 191  84  281  369  106  74 $1,605
LUX-User, 21 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Good UFO - 202 101 172  93  221  272  -  105 $1,009
LUX-User, 20 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Excellent UFO - 202 101 173  91  226  305  -  104 $1,009
USA-User, 14 months ago.Core i5-6600K, RTX 4080 Above average UFO - 222 91 172  84  274  116  91  73 $1,381
LUX-User, 19 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Outstanding UFO - 199 96 166  91  223  102  -  106 $1,114
ROU-User, 24 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3080-Ti Excellent UFO - 199 100 171  92  220  366  -  116 $905
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Good UFO - 198 98 169  88  229  330  79  105 $1,578
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Excellent UFO - 197 99 168  92  218  353  115  89 $1,152
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