MSI Z170A Gaming M7 Review

Publié par Marc Büchel le 04.11.15
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Features

Military Class 5 Components

Since years MSI has been using digital power designs. On this board we find the latest implementation of their Military Class Components, which is meanwhile in its fifth generation. This board comes equiped with Hi-c Caps, Titanium Chokes and Dark CAPs for high stability, durability and efficiency.
 

MSI Steel Armor

There are two PCIe x16 slots on this particular board, which have been equipped with a steel frame. If you place a large and heave gaming graphics card, while the board is mounted in a case, you will notice, that over time the slots starts to bend by a little bit. Furthermore, when transporting a system it can happen, that the PCIe slot break by the sheer force, when somebody is not dealing carefully with an assembled system. In both cases the steel armor should help increasing protection of the PCIe slots.
 

DDR4 Boost + XMP LED

MSI equipped this board with fully isolated traces from the CPU to the DDR4 memory. This should help increasing stability and it should also be possible to reach higher maximum DDR4 clock speeds.
XMP LED shows when you're using an optimal XMP profile.
 

Audio Boost 3

MSI équipe ses cartes mères d'une technologie audio avancée qui inclue une puce Realtek ALC1150, un amplificateur pour casque intégré, l'isolation EMI, des condensateurs nichicon de haute qualité et une séparation des PCB. Elle a aussi le droit à des améliorations visant à rendre l'audio via USB plus stable et performant.
   

Killer Ethernet

It is rather obvious that MSI is not only optimizing this board for overclocking but for gaming as well. Next to the beefed up audio solution there is a Killer Ethernet chip, which gives gamers additional control over a variety of network settings, which in the end can help reduce latency. The application, which comes with the board allows the user to proritize network/internet traffic on an application level. If you're internet connection is limited you can define that gaming traffic receives the highest priority, which will allow for a smooth gaming experience even if you're downloading large files in the background.
     

M.2 Support

The Z170A Gaming M7 motherboard from MSI features two M.2 slots which are placed between the PCIe slots. This motherboard can be equipped with SSDs in M.2 format. Both slots are connected via four PCIe x4 lanes, offering up to 32 Gbps bandwidth. These slots can also be equipped with NVMe adapters, which are optionally available.


Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 2 - Spécifications / Bundle Page 15 - UC Bench
Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 5 - Connectique et I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Tomb Raider
Page 7 - Configuration de test Page 20 - Metro Last Light
Page 8 - Aperçu / Galerie Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Consommation électrique
Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Indice de Performance
Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Comparaison des prix
Page 12 - PC Mark 8 Page 25 - Conclusion
Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  




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