We and our partners use cookies to give you the best online experience, including to personalise advertising and content. Data about your interaction with this site and the ads shown to you may be shared with companies involved in the delivery and/or personalisation of ads on this site and elsewhere online.

Compare 3 products

Close
Asus Z170 PRO Gaming Motherboard
Asus Z170 PRO Gaming
Close
MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Motherboard
MSI Z270 Gaming Pro
Close
MSI Z270 Gaming Pro CARBON Motherboard
MSI Z270 Gaming Pro CARBON
Editiorial reviews
9
9 editorial reviews
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
Read editorial reviews
10
4.3 out of 5
3 user ratings
5 stars
33 %
4 stars
66 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
Read editorial reviews
11
11 editorial reviews
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
Read editorial reviews
User rating
41
4.3 out of 5
41 user ratings
5 stars
51 %
4 stars
29 %
3 stars
19 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
33
4.3 out of 5
33 user ratings
5 stars
51 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
12 %
2 stars
3 %
1 stars
0 %
34
4.2 out of 5
34 user ratings
5 stars
41 %
4 stars
38 %
3 stars
20 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %

General

Motherboard typeATXATXATX
Processor socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
LGA 1151

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
RAM technologyDDR4DDR4DDR4
Memory slots typeDIMMDIMMDIMM
Maximum RAM size64 GB64 GB64 GB
Number of memory slots444
Unbuffered memoryyes
N/A
N/A
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Non-ECCyesyesyes
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)yes
N/A
N/A

Audio properties

Audio codecSupremeFXRealtek ALC1220Realtek ALC1220
Audio output channels7.17.17.1

Technical details

Compatible processor series
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
Maximum number of processors111

BIOS

BIOS typeUEFI AMIUEFIUEFI
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
BIOS memory size16.0 mB
N/A
N/A
ACPI version5.0
N/A
N/A

Storage

Supported storage drive interfaces
  • Serial ATA
  • Serial ATA III
N/A
N/A
RAID levels
  • 1
  • 5
  • 10
  • 0
  • 1
  • 5
  • 10
  • 0
  • 1
  • 5
  • 10
Supported drive types
N/A
  • HDD
  • SSD
  • HDD
  • SSD

Expansion slots

Number of M.2 (M) slots122
PCI Express x16 slots
N/A
33
PCI Express x1 slots
N/A
33

Internal I/O ports

S/PDIF out connectoryes
N/A
N/A
Number of COM connectors1
N/A
N/A
CPU fan connectoryesyesyes
Number of EATX power connectors1
N/A
N/A
Number of chassis fan connectors344
EPS power connector (8-pin)yesyesyes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)YYY
TPM connectoryesyesyes
Number of SATA III connectors466
Serial port headers
N/A
1
N/A
Front panel connector
N/A
yesyes

Rear panel I/O ports

Microphone inputyesyesyes
Headphone outputs111
HDMI ports quantity111
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports111
PS/2 ports quantity111
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity211
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity444
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity1
N/A
N/A
DisplayPorts quantity1
N/A
N/A
DVI-D ports quantity111
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity
N/A
11
S/PDIF out port
N/A
N/A
yes

Network

Ethernet LAN (Network)yesyesyes
Ethernet interface typeGigabit EthernetGigabit Ethernet
N/A
Wi-Fi
N/A
N/A
no

Dimensions

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

Often compared with Asus Z170 PRO Gaming

Often compared with MSI Z270 Gaming Pro CARBON