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Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

 Compatible Components (from 155 PCs)

Popular components in PC builds with the MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples121x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples15x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples6x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples5x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples3x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples13x
RX Vega-64AMD  $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples13x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples10x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples8x
SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD  $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung  $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples7x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples6x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung  $210Bench 102%, 68,849 samples4x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples13x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 785 samples12x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples6x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples5x
HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 2,748 samples4x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 155 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntelBench 81%, 588,978 samples$180
GPU
GTX 1080NvidiaBench 102%, 1,082,454 samples$400
SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WDBench 277%, 114,373 samples$74
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 606,405 samples$43
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $697

 User benchmarks for this motherboard (9 of 155)

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CPU
GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
Price
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Very good UFO - 180 90 155  86  214  93  110  74 $1,053
BGR-User, 16 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Above average UFO - 169 90 142  83  210  117  61  72 $1,053
DEU-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 171 98 150  92  191  215  -  71 $1,133
BEL-User, 17 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Below average UFO - 163 91 139  80  207  312  112  72 $978
BEL-User, 17 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Poor UFO - 163 90 136  80  206  305  74  72 $1,118
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080-Ti Excellent UFO - 159 97 134  88  180  303  -  98 $695
USA-User, 13 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Average UFO - 169 89 145  79  218  287  -  74 $968
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 12GB Above average UFO - 155 93 131  85  182  200  -  91 $180
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 2080-Ti Above average UFO - 142 89 121  80  181  249  -  73 $695
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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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