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Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

 Compatible Components (from 1,805 PCs)

Popular components in PC builds with the MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples1,200x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $143Bench 72%, 342,244 samples241x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $370Bench 84%, 634,862 samples138x
Core i7-6700Intel  $350Bench 72%, 282,363 samples109x
Core i5-6500Intel  $153Bench 64%, 241,476 samples30x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples265x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $323Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples264x
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples119x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples116x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples92x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples138x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples100x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $55Bench 310%, 455,997 samples59x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 276%, 367,854 samples38x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples36x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples87x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples63x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $43Bench 71%, 98,777 samples45x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples43x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples39x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 1,805 user systems.
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntelBench 81%, 588,978 samples$163
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 80%, 1,459,281 samples$200
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsungBench 112%, 695,664 samples$109
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 606,405 samples$43
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $695

 User benchmarks for this motherboard (9 of 1,805)

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CPU
GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
Price
IND-User, 3 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4090 Average UFO - 241 88 201  82  305  121  64  75 $1,945
USA-User, 3 months ago.Core i5-6600K, RTX 4080 Below average UFO - 222 93 176  81  285  180  64  75 $1,498
USA-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090-Ti Good UFO - 213 93 182  91  244  73  -  69 $163
USA-User, 3 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090-Ti Very good UFO - 209 97 173  89  240  254  -  111 $163
USA-User, 5 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090-Ti Above average UFO - 202 96 169  87  236  256  -  112 $163
ZAF-User, 4 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090-Ti Above average UFO - 187 91 163  87  224  79  89  72 $163
USA-User, 8 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090-Ti Average UFO - 186 83 159  80  244  27  -  65 $163
FRA-User, 18 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Very good UFO - 208 102 176  99  216  390  108  85 $1,554
USA-User, 17 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Good UFO - 193 99 162  91  215  275  85  103 $1,255
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