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Asus Z170 PRO Gaming Motherboard
Asus Z170 PRO Gaming
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MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Motherboard
MSI Z270 Gaming Pro
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Over the past few months we have been testing what seems like an endless number of Z170 motherboards from a wide range of manufactures and a quite a few price points. However, in all those reviews we keep coming back to a few very specific models to use as the benchmarks upon which all others...Read more
ASUS Z170I Pro GamingRead more
The ASUS Z170-PRO (Intel Z170) motherboard gets reviewed as we compare it to similar products and work out if its worth buying or not.Read more
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4.3 out of 5
3 user ratings
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MSI's Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon is the company's take on a mid-range motherboard with features that wilRead more
In our next Intel Z270 motherboard review we take a look at the MSI Z270 GAMING PRO series with the Carbon edition; which boasts some prominent improvements over the previous generation.Read more
Having already reviewed Z270 motherboards from the likes of ASUS, ASRock, and GIGABYTE, we are starting off the new month with a look at an interesting model from the last of the big four motherboard manufacturers, Micro-Star International, better known as MSI. The model that we are going to be...Read more
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4.3 out of 5
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4.2 out of 5
34 user ratings
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3.3 out of 5
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General

Motherboard typeATXATXATXExtended ATX
Processor socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
LGA 2011

Memory

Supported memory bus clock
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 2933 MHz
  • 2666 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2400 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 3100 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3400 MHz
  • 3333 MHz
  • 2400 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3600 MHz
  • 3800 MHz
  • 2400 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3600 MHz
  • 3800 MHz
  • 1600 MHz
  • 1333 MHz
  • 1066 MHz
  • 800 MHz
RAM technologyDDR4DDR4DDR4DDR3
Memory slots typeDIMMDIMMDIMM
N/A
Maximum RAM size64 GB64 GB64 GB512 GB
Number of memory slots444
N/A
Unbuffered memoryyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Memory channelsDualDualDual
N/A
Non-ECCyesyesyes
N/A
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)yes
N/A
N/A
N/A

Technical details

Compatible processor series
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
N/A
Maximum number of processors1112
Data bus transfer rate
N/A
N/A
N/A
8 GT/s

BIOS

BIOS typeUEFI AMIUEFIUEFIAMI
BIOS features
  • WfM 2.0 support
  • Multilingual BIOS
  • ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution
  • UEFI BIOS
  • ACPI 5.0 support
  • ASUS EZ Flash 3
  • DMI 3.0 support
  • SMBIOS 3.0 support
MSI ClickBIOS 5MSI ClickBIOS 5
  • APM 1.2 support
  • ACPI 1.0 support
  • DMI 2.3 support
  • ACPI 2.0 support
  • SMBIOS 2.3 support
  • IPMI support
  • ACPI 3.0 support
  • UEFI BIOS
  • ACPI 4.0 support
BIOS memory size16.0 mB
N/A
N/A
N/A
ACPI version5.0
N/A
N/A
N/A

Dimensions

Width12.01 in9.61 in9.61 in12.01 in
Depth9.61 in12.01 in12.01 in12.99 in

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