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Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples1,431x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples627x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples164x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples152x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples100x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples529x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples308x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples153x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples94x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples69x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung  $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples57x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples54x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples85x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples82x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples71x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 2,756 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$180
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 80%, 1,459,281 samples$132
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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $592

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RAM
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SWE-User, 13 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4090 Above average UFO - 278 98 237  92  314  212  -  93 $2,070
USA-User, 3 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4090 Above average UFO - 267 98 223  89  310  253  133  102 $2,027
USA-User, 11 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4090 Average UFO - 249 94 205  84  304  289  90  101 $2,027
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Very good UFO - 211 103 183  95  226  289  -  97 $810
BEL-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Excellent UFO - 212 97 178  94  231  103  -  115 $910
USA-User, 20 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090-Ti Good UFO - 194 97 163  88  226  331  97  77 $180
USA-User, 22 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Good UFO - 198 93 165  90  226  88  64  110 $1,034
PRT-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Outstanding UFO - 190 101 165  94  206  228  -  99 $1,299
CAN-User, 15 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Excellent UFO - 189 95 161  87  223  280  -  74 $1,655
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