Review MSI Z170A GAMING M7
Kehadiran prosesor Intel generasi keenam, Skylake, disambut baik oleh banyak pihak termasuk para produsen motherboard yang langsung menghadirkan motherboard-motherboard berbasis Z170 andalannya. Salah satu yang merespon dengan cepat adalah MSI yang pada saat waktu peluncurannya prosesor terbaru sudah siap dengan salah satu motherboard andalanya, MSI Z170A GAMING M7.
Seperti pada artikel Preview MSI Z170 GAMING M7 kami sebelumnya, motherboard ini hadir dengan chipset Intel Z170 dan soket LGA-1151 yang mendukung prosesor Intel generasi keenam, Skylake. Motherboard yang masuk dalam Lini GAMING dari MSI ini juga dibekali dengan beragam fitur gaming dan fitur overclocking otomatis yang cukup mengesankan. Nah, bagaimana dengan performa motherboard ini saat menjadi pendamping prosesor unggulan Skylake, Intel Core i7-6700K? Mari simak terus artikel berikut.
Platform Pengujian MSI Z170A GAMING M7
Prosesor: Core i7 6700K
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (Intel Z170)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 2666 MHz (Dual Channel)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 240 GB SSD
Power Supply: Corsair AX850
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80
Monitor: LCD Monitor 1920×1080
Input: Generic Keyboard and Mouse
OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit
Intel Chipset Z170 Block Diagram
Intel Z170 adalah chipset unggulan untuk platform PC desktop kelas mainstream terbaru Intel. Motherboard dengan chipset tersebut mendukung prosesor Intel generasi keenam, Skylake, mulai dari prosesor Intel Skylake seri Pentium, Core i3, Core i5, hingga seri unggulannya, Core i7. Chipset ini juga mengalami sejumlah perkembangan dari segi fitur. Kini motherboard dengan Chipset Intel Z170 mengusung sejumlah fitur, seperti; 20 jalur PCI Express 3.0, dual channel memori DDR3L hingga 1600MHz/DDR4 hingga 2133MHz, 6 port SATA III 6Gbps, 10 port USB 3.0, 14 port USB 2.0, dan dukungan tuning untuk komponen prosesor dan juga memori.
CPU
- Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core&trade i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151
* Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
Chipset
- Intel® Z170 Chipset
Memory
- 4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GBSupports DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz.
- Dual channel memory architecture.
- Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory.
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP).
Slots
- 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16, x8/x8, x8/x8/x4 or x8/ x8/x2 modes)
- 4 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
Onboard Graphics
- 2 x HDMI™ ports, support a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@24Hz, 2560×1600@60Hz
- 1 x DisplayPort, support a maximum resolution of 4096×2304@24Hz, 2560×1600@60Hz, 3840×2160@60Hz, 1920×1200@60Hz
Multi-GPU
- Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
- Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
Storage
- Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports* (4 ports reserved for SATAe)
- 2 x M.2 slot*
– Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards,4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards
– Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo U.2 Host Card**
- 2 x SATAe port (PCIe 3.0 x2) ***
- Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors
* M.2, SATA and SATAe ports maximum support 1x M.2_PCIe + 6x SATAs or 1x M.2_SATA + 1x M.2_PCIe + 4x SATAs.
** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
*** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.
RAID
- Intel® Z170 Chipset
– Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
– Supports RAID 0 and RAID1 for M.2 PCIe storage devices*
* M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with UEFI BIOS
USB
- ASMedia® ASM1142 Chipset
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) port on the back panel
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port on the back panel
- Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
– 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connector)
– 7 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (3 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
Audio
- Realtek® ALC1150 Codec
– 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
– Supports S/PDIF output
LAN
- 1 x Killer™ E2400 Gigabit LAN controller
Internal I/O Connectors
– 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
– 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
– 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
– 2 x SATAe connectors
– 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
– 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
– 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
– 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
– 1 x Front panel audio connector
– 2 x Front panel connectors
– 1 x TPM module connector
– 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
– 1 x GAME BOOST button
– 1 x Power button
– 1 x Reset button
– 1 x BIOS FLASHBACK+ button
– 1 x HOTKEY switch
– 1 x Slow mode switch
– 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
– 1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED
Dimension
- 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
- ATX Form Factor
Mounting
- 9 mounting holes
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