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B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

 Compatible Components (from 2,143 PCs)

Popular components in PC builds with the MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples546x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples322x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples258x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples231x
Core i5-6600Intel  $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples202x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples316x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples225x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples172x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples128x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples125x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples48x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples48x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples44x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples138x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair  $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples52x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples50x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 2,143 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500IntelBench 64%, 241,476 samples$67
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidiaBench 56%, 1,368,019 samples$117
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsungBench 103%, 951,591 samples$100
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperXBench 73%, 59,072 samples$125
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $508

 User benchmarks for this motherboard (9 of 2,143)

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SSD
HDD
RAM
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USA-User, 18 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3090-Ti Average UFO - 193 88 160  83  242  33  70  72 $241
CAN-User, 12 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 4080 Below average UFO - 204 87 169  82  257  89  58  71 $1,119
SWE-User, 1 month ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4070-Ti Good UFO - 189 85 161  81  243  94  82  74 $1,197
POL-User, 21 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 12GB Good UFO - 167 93 141  86  198  362  100  73 $280
EST-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3080 Above average UFO - 164 91 140  88  192  91  69  72 $1,422
BEL-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 167 91 144  87  197  119  63  73 $1,443
FRA-User, 17 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090-Ti Very poor UFO - 148 80 121  75  208  104  -  36 $280
USA-User, 22 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 157 89 130  85  189  126  100  67 $1,393
USA-User, 18 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3080 Above average UFO - 152 96 128  86  179  301  109  69 $1,416
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