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Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

 Compatible Components (from 354 PCs)

Popular components in PC builds with the MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples247x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples44x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples15x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples10x
Core i5-4690Intel  $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples9x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples65x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples29x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples29x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples22x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples14x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples16x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston  $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples10x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples7x
RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples15x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples10x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples10x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 354 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntelBench 79%, 455,746 samples$348
GPU
GTX 970NvidiaBench 49%, 834,238 samples$200
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsungBench 112%, 695,664 samples$109
RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $657

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CPU
GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
Price
GRC-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3070-Ti Excellent UFO - 152 95 130  90  172  115  -  78 $1,028
USA-User, 14 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3080 Above average UFO - 151 84 124  77  203  76  -  52 $1,258
TUR-User, 20 months ago.Core i7-4790K, GTX 1080-Ti Very good UFO - 118 96 101  93  127  105  54  85 $957
USA-User, 22 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3070 Above average UFO - 129 91 109  87  149  87  38  84 $881
DEU-User, 18 months ago.Core i7-4790K, GTX 1080-Ti Very good UFO - 113 91 95  87  131  106  -  67 $982
GRC-User, 17 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3070-Ti Below average UFO - 120 86 95  77  158  153  -  63 $994
ITA-User, 21 months ago.Core i7-4790K, GTX 1080-Ti Very good UFO - 112 94 95  88  126  162  -  83 $833
USA-User, 11 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3070 Above average UFO - 123 87 102  84  151  60  48  52 $833
CAN-User, 20 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3070 Below average UFO - 117 85 98  84  145  58  77  37 $906
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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