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Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

 Compatible Components (from 2,879 PCs)

Popular components in PC builds with the MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $165Bench 81%, 588,978 samples1,503x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples645x
Core i7-6700Intel  $165Bench 72%, 282,363 samples176x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $149Bench 84%, 712,312 samples158x
Core i5-6500Intel  $49Bench 64%, 241,476 samples103x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples549x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples336x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples324x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples156x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples100x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples129x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $44Bench 103%, 951,591 samples121x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples70x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung  $150Bench 94%, 75,831 samples61x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples57x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples132x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples96x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples92x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples84x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples74x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 2,879 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntelBench 81%, 588,978 samples$165
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 80%, 1,459,281 samples$278
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsungBench 112%, 695,664 samples$76
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 606,405 samples$42
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $689

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GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
Price
SWE-User, 18 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4090 Above average UFO - 278 98 237  92  314  212  -  93 $2,034
USA-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4090 Above average UFO - 267 98 223  89  310  253  133  102 $1,895
USA-User, 16 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4090 Average UFO - 249 94 205  84  304  289  90  101 $1,895
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Very good UFO - 211 103 183  95  226  289  -  97 $825
BEL-User, 3 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Excellent UFO - 212 97 178  94  231  103  -  115 $869
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090-Ti Good UFO - 194 97 163  88  226  331  97  77 $165
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Good UFO - 198 93 165  90  226  88  64  110 $1,055
PRT-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Outstanding UFO - 190 101 165  94  206  228  -  99 $1,193
CAN-User, 20 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Excellent UFO - 189 95 161  87  223  280  -  74 $1,510
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