ASUS Z170 Deluxe Review
Category : Z170
Published by Marc Büchel on 10.09.15
With the Z170 Deluxe, ASUS for sure has one of the most interesting boards ready at launch. First of all there is a great looking color scheme and apart from that there are countless features. A quick look reveals for example that there is support for NVMe drives as well as an M.2 x4 SSD slot. At this point we're already really curious to find out what this board is capable of.
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With their Signature Series motherboards ASUS always have
interesting products in their portfolio and in the past it happened quite
frequently that the "Deluxe board" from ASUS was the most mature model available
at launch day. For obvious reasons, this makes us really curious about what we
can expect from this board on the following pages.
Specs and Delivery
| Chipset | Intel Z170 |
| Memory | Dual Channel DDR4, 4 x DIMM, Max. 64 GB DDR4, 3466 (O.C) / 3400 (O.C.) / 3333 (O.C.) / 3300 (O.C.) / 3200 (O.C.) / 3000 (O.C.) / 2800 (O.C.) / 2666 (O.C.) / 2400 (O.C.) / 2133 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory |
| Multi-GPU |
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| Slots |
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| Sound | Realtek ALC1150 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
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| Storage |
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| Network |
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| Internal Connectors |
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| Extrenal Connectors |
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| Forfactor | ATX (30.5cm x 24.4cm) |
| BIOS | Bios (128 Mb flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS) |
- 1 x ASUS 3T3R dual-band WiFi antenna
- 6 x SATA Data Cables
- 1 x ASUS SLI bridge
- 1 x ASUS Q-Shield
- 1 x Q-connector(s) (2 in 1)
- 1 x Hyper M.2 x4 Mini-card
- 1 x Hyper Kit
- 1 x CPU Installation Tool
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD
Features
Digi+ |
Since quite some time ASUS has been equipping its boards with digital power designs. Using the right software it is not only possible to adjust voltages while being in Windows on can now also control impedances. Furthermore this board features high quality 10K black metallic capacitor which guarantee a long lifespan. |  |
ASUS Fan Xpert 3 |
ASUS Fan Xpert 3 provides customizable settings for fans that have been attached directly to the onboard fan headers. With the Fan Auto Tuning feature, ASUS Fan Xpert 3 automatically detects and tweaks all fan speeds and in the end reduces unwanted noise. |
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EPU |
EPU automatically detects the current system load and moderates power usage. It offers a system-wide energy optimization and is able to reduce fan noise. |  |
SATA Express |
SATA Express is a new port for storage devices that basically combines two SATA connectors and bundles them. Each SATA Express port has been wired using two PCI Express Gen2 lanes offering a total of 10 Gbps bandwidth. Compared to SATA-III with 6 Gbps bandwidth this is quite an improvement. |  |
M.2 / NVMe support |
The new ASUS Z170 Deluxe motherboard from ASUS features an M.2 slot and included in the delivery there is also a NVMe adapter card. This motherboard can be equipped with an SSD in M.2 format and it is wired directly to the Z170 PCH via four PCI Express Gen 3 lanes, therefore offering x4 bandwidth. In other words up to 32 Gbps can be pushed over the bus through this slot. | |
Crystal Sound 3 |
With Crystal Sound 3 you get ASUS' interpretation of high quality onboard audio. Supporting up to eight channels, the Crystal Sound 2 solution received shielding from other onboard components. Apart from that there are high quality ELNA capacitors offering as clear as possible audio. |  |
Layout
With the Z170 Deluxe ASUS decided to use the same color scheme, which is already in place with their X99 offerings. You find a black PCB as well as coolers with white elements and a white cover for the back I/O panel, which reaches over to the Crystal Sound 3 solution as well. As you might have expected, the layout has been well thought and there is for example enough clearance around the CPU socket to install even todays largest CPU coolers. If you want to install extra long graphics cards, there will be no issues, thanks to the angled SATA ports.
The
ASUS Z170 Deluxe comes with a
digital 20+2 phase power design. The CPU gets 20 phases and the memory gets a stable current supply from
two individual
phases. Furthermore ASUS equips this board with high quality chokes, which can cope with high current per phase.
A closer look at the capacitors reveals there are 10K Black Metallic Caps, which
have an average life span of 10'000 hours.
Totally you'll find four DIMM-slots on the Z170 Deluxe. Officially supported are DDR4 3466 (O.C) / 3400 (O.C.) / 3333 (O.C.) / 3300 (O.C.) / 3200 (O.C.) / 3000 (O.C.) / 2800 (O.C.) / 2666 (O.C.) / 2400 (O.C.) / 2133. There is engough space between the DIMM-slots and the CPU socket which means that you wont encounter compatibility problems with big coolers even when you choose to install RAM with big heatspreaders. Also supported are Xtreme Memory Profiles (XMP) in version 2.0.
On the
Z170 Deluxe the southbridge is being cooled by a
passiv cooling block. A closer look at the area where the VRM is, shows
that there are two more heatsinks, which have been connected to eachother by a heatpipe. Since this is a high-end motherboard build quality is on an exceptionally good level. Apart from that all the cooling blocks are very heavy and that extra weight leaves a good impression.
Connectors and I/O
ASUS equipped the Z170 Deluxe with six angled SATA ports. All of them offer 6Gbps bandwidth. Other than that there is one SATA Express port, natively wired to the PCH as well as an M.2 x4 Gen 3 slot. You'll also find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons as well as a debug LED on this board, which is definitely something you can expect from todays high-end board. What's standard since quite a few generations is the MemOK buttons which has proven useful quite a few times. ASUS also decided to place a PCIe x1 slot right below the I/O panel on the back of the board. After that one there is a PCIe x16 Gen 3 slot. This means that it's well possible to remove a graphics card even if a large CPU heatsink has been installed.
There is a total of seven fan headers on the Z170 Deluxe which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped high-end or workstation with fresh air. The fan header are located close to the CPU as well as spread over the board. Other than that it's a good thing that all of them feature four pins, which allows for rpm regulation in BIOS as well as under Windows.
Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASUS equipped the Z170 Deluxe with six USB 3.1 ports whereas there is one Type-C connector, one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0 port, two Intel gigabit ethernet ports, as well as an optical out and an analogue audio panel. Furthermore there is also an HDMI and a DisplayPort out and there is even an onboard WiFi modules with screw threads to attach an antenna.
BIOS
The most recent version of ASUS’s UEFI BIOS presents itself with an attractive design, and especially the new interface which called EzMode, where we can not only monitor system information, CPU and motherboard temperature, CPU voltage and DRAM status but also set system and CPU fans as well as directly change the boot priority and tune the system to different profiles, is leaving a good impression.
If you wish to go back to the good old times, where you were racing through the menus hammering up and down arrows as well as the enter key ridiculously fast, you just have to press F7 and there you go. Since this motherboard features a very solid power design it is suitable for gaming and high overclocking. The BIOS features all the usual ASUS options, which allow for altering virtually anything when it comes to overclocking. Overall, there is certainly no lack of options in this BIOS.
Test setup
Hardware |
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| Motherboard |
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| Processor | Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.0 GHz |
| Memory | 8 GB (2x4) G.Skill Ares DDR4-2133 CL15-15-15-2T 350 |
| Graphic card | ASUS GeForce GTX 980 |
| Driver | ForceWare 353.62 |
| Hard disk | Intel 335 Series SSD 120 GB |
| Power supply | Seasonic Platinum Fanless 520W |
Preview / Gallery
| Product Picture | Link to Gallery |
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ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ |
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ASUS Maximus VIII Gene |
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ASUS Maximus VIII Hero |
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ASUS Z170 Deluxe |
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ASUS Z170-A |
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MSI Z170 Gaming M7 |
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Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 |
3D Mark
Ice Storm
| 3D Mark Ice Storm Score |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 195'178 | 100.85% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 195'737 | 101.14% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 195'107 | 100.82% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 193'524 | 100.00% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 187'768 | 97.03% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 186'491 | 96.37% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 185'448 | 95.83% | |
| more is better | |||
Ice Storm Physics
| 3D Mark Ice Storm Physics Score |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 68'073 | 104.08% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 66'332 | 101.42% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 65'681 | 100.42% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 65'404 | 100.00% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 63'524 | 97.13% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 62'866 | 96.12% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 62'072 | 94.91% | |
| more is better | |||
Fire Strike
| 3D Mark Fire Strike Score |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 12'089 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 12'085 | 99.97% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 12'085 | 99.97% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 12'071 | 99.85% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 12'061 | 99.80% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 12'061 | 99.80% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 12'059 | 99.75% | |
| more is better | |||
Fire Strike Physics
| 3D Mark Fire Strike Physics Score |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 13'000 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 12'993 | 99.95% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 12'987 | 99.90% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 12'977 | 99.82% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 12'972 | 99.78% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 12'938 | 99.52% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 12'925 | 99.42% | |
| more is better | |||
3D Mark 11
| 3D Mark 11 Total |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 16'425 | 100.25% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 16'416 | 100.20% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 16'406 | 100.13% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 16'384 | 100.00% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 16'366 | 99.89% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 16'377 | 99.96% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 16'357 | 99.83% | |
| more is better | |||
CPU
| 3D Mark 11 Physics |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 11'548 | 100.84% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 11'531 | 100.69% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 11'519 | 100.59% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 11'502 | 100.44% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 11'459 | 100.06% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 11'452 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 11'357 | 99.17% | |
| more is better | |||
3D Mark Vantage
| 3D Mark Vantage Total |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 46'052 | 100.26% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 45'932 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 45'900 | 99.93% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 45'891 | 99.91% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 45'881 | 99.89% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 45'793 | 99.70% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 45'717 | 99.53% | |
| more is better | |||
| 3D Mark Vantage CPU |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 32'852 | 100.63% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 32'850 | 100.62% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 32'801 | 100.47% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 32'646 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 32'590 | 99.83% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 32'461 | 99.43% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 32'304 | 98.95% | |
| more is better | |||
PC Mark 08
| PC Mark 08 Total |
Review Rating |
Points | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 4'631 | 100.02% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 4'630 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 4'627 | 99.94% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 4'621 | 99.81% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 4'620 | 99.78% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 4'618 | 99.74% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 4'612 | 99.61% | |
| more is better | |||
| Web Browsing - JunglePin |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 0.28177 | 100.08% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 0.28200 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 0.28200 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 0.28215 | 99.95% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 0.28219 | 99.93% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 0.28284 | 99.70% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 0.28300 | 99.65% | |
| more is better | |||
| Web Browsing - Amazonia |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 0.12182 | 100.07% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 0.12185 | 100.05% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 0.12186 | 100.04% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 0.12191 | 100.00% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 0.12200 | 99.88% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 0.12200 | 99.93% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 0.12256 | 99.42% | |
| more is better | |||
| Writing |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 3.09199 | 100.26% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 3.10012 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 3.10024 | 99.99% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 3.14001 | 98.73% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 3.11766 | 99.44% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 3.21000 | 96.58% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 3.21000 | 96.58% | |
| more is better | |||
| Casual Gaming |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 140.10 | 100.96% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 139.32 | 100.40% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 139.05 | 100.11% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 138.90 | 100.09% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 138.77 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 138.65 | 98.97% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 137.39 | 98.07% | |
| more is better | |||
| Video Chat Playback 1 |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 30.00 | 100.00% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 30.00 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 30.00 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 30.00 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 30.00 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 30.00 | 100.00% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 30.00 | 100.00% | |
| more is better | |||
| Video Chat encoding |
Review Rating |
ms | Percent |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 48.62 | 100.00% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 48.88 | 99.47% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 49.00 | 99.22% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 49.00 | 99.22% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 49.00 | 99.22% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 49.00 | 99.22% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 50.00 | 97.24% | |
| more is better | |||
| Advanced Photo Editing |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 0.30548 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 0.30810 | 99.15% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 0.31100 | 98.23% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 0.31240 | 97.78% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 0.31300 | 97.60% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 0.31357 | 97.42% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 0.31645 | 96.53% | |
| more is better | |||
SiSoft Sandra 1
Arithmetic Benchmark
| SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Dhrystone |
Review Rating |
GIPS | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 155.23 | 102.46% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 155.20 | 102.44% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 155.10 |
102.38% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 155.00 | 102.31% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 155.00 | 102.31% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 152.00 | 100.33% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 151.50 | 100.00% | |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Whetstone |
Review Rating |
GFLOPS | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 108.47 | 100.57% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 107.86 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 107.46 | 99.63% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 107.41 | 99.58% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 107.17 | 99.36% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 106.73 | 98.95% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 106.14 | 98.41% | |
| more is better | |||
Multimedia
| SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Integer |
Review Rating |
MPixels/sec | Percent |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 512.34 | 101.54% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 504.69 | 100.03% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 504.56 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 502.20 | 99.53% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 501.55 | 99.40% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 499.12 | 97.42% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 498.84 | 97.37% | |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Floating Point |
Review Rating |
MPixels/sec | Percent |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 495.73 | 101.83% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 490.73 | 100.81% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 490.29 | 100.72% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 489.18 | 100.49% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 488.07 | 100.26% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 486.80 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 480.54 | 98.23% | |
| more is better | |||
Crytography
| SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - AES 256 |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 7.80 | 101.17% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 7.80 | 101.17% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 7.78 | 100.91% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 7.73 | 100.26% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 7.71 | 100.00% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 7.68 | 99.61% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 7.66 | 99.35% | |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - SHA 256 |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 1.55 | 101.31% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 1.55 | 101.31% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 1.55 | 101.31% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 1.55 | 101.31% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 1.55 | 101.31% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 1.55 | 101.31% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 1.53 | 100.00% | |
| more is better | |||
SiSoft Sandra 2
Memory bandwidth
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - Integer |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 23.35 | 101.52% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 23.32 | 101.39% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 23.12 | 100.52% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 23.11 | 100.48% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 23.00 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 23.00 | 100.00% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 22.91 | 99.61% | |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - floating point |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 23.34 | 102.46% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 23.11 | 101.45% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 23.00 | 100.97% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 22.86 | 100.35% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 22.80 | 100.09% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 22.78 | 100.00% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 22.67 | 99.52% | |
| more is better | |||
Memory latency
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory latency |
Review Rating |
ns | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 22.8 | 101.32% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 22.9 | 100.87% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 23.0 | 100.43% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 23.1 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 23.1 | 100.00% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 23.1 | 100.00% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 23.2 | 99.57% | |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Memory and cache access
| SiSoft Sandra - Cache |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 207.20 | 100.33% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 207.18 | 100.32% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 206.87 | 100.17% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 206.65 | 100.07% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 206.51 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 206.40 | 99.95% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 205.49 | 99.51% | |
| more is better | |||
UC Bench
| UC Bench |
Review Rating |
PW/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 1'056.3 | 100.28% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 1'055.9 | 100.24% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 1'055.9 | 100.24% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 1'055.5 | 100.20% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 1'055.1 | 100.16% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 1'054.6 | 100.11% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 1'053.4 | 100.00% | |
| more is better | |||
Super Pi 1M - 32M
Super Pi 1M
| Super Pi 1.5 XS - 1M |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 9.079 | 100.45% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 9.095 | 100.27% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 9.095 | 100.27% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 9.110 | 100.11% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 9.111 | 100.10% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 9.111 | 100.10% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 9.120 | 100.00% | |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Super Pi 32M
| Super Pi 1.5 XS - 32M |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 481.135 | 100.38% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 482.305 | 100.14% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 482.462 | 100.11% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 482.789 | 100.04% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 482.985 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 485.394 | 99.38% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 487.266 | 99.12% | |
| less is better | more is better | ||
wPrime 1024M Multicore
| wPrime - 1024M Multi Core |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 158.752 | 100.49% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 158.816 | 100.45% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 159.026 | 100.32% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 159.042 | 100.31% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 159.401 | 100.08% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 159.459 | 100.05% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 159.536 | 100.00% | |
| more is better | more is better | ||
Cinebench R15
| Cinebench R11.5 - Multi Core |
Review Rating |
pts | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 884 | 100.34% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 882 | 100.11% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 881 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 879 | 99.77% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 878 | 99.66% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 877 | 99.55% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 874 | 99.21% | |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Tomb Raider
Low resolution - 1024 x 768
| Tomb Raider (low resolution, low details) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 264.6 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 261.0 | 98.64% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 260.6 | 98.49% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 260.0 | 98.26% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 258.1 | 97.54% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 257.1 | 97.17% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 255.1 | 96.41% | |
| more is better | |||
High resolution - 1920 x 1080
| Tomb Raider (high resolution, high details) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 147.9 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 147.9 | 100.00% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 145.9 | 98.65% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 144.3 | 97.57% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 144.0 | 97.36% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 143.1 | 96.75% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 142.0 | 96.01% | |
| more is better | |||
Metro Last Light
Low resolution - 1024 x 768
| Metro Last Light (low details, low resolution) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 186.03 | 101.53% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 184.71 | 100.81% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 184.02 | 100.44% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 183.22 | 100.00% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 182.29 | 99.49% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 181.85 | 99.25% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 181.55 | 99.09% | |
| more is better | |||
High resolution - 1920 x 1080
| Metro Last Light (high details, high resolution) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 57.23 | 100.81% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 56.77 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 56.77 | 100.00% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 56.70 | 99.88% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 56.57 | 99.65% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 56.54 | 99.59% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 56.06 | 98.75% | |
| more is better | |||
Sleeping Dogs
Low resolution, low details
| Sleeping Dog (low details, low resolution) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 555.2 | 101.52% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 550.4 | 100.64% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 550.2 | 100.60% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 548.3 | 100.26% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 548.1 | 100.22% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 546.9 | 100.00% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 545.7 | 99.53% | |
| more is better | |||
High resolution, high details
| Sleeping Dogs (high details, high resolution) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 244.4 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 242.5 | 99.22% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 241.7 | 98.90% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 241.1 | 98.65% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 241.0 | 98.61% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 240.8 | 98.53% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 238.4 | 97.55% | |
| more is better | |||
Power Consumption
Idle
| Idle |
Review Rating |
Watt | Percent |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 48 | 127.08% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 49 | 124.49% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 55 | 110.91% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 56 | 108.93% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 59 | 103.39% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 61 | 100.00% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 61 | 100.00% | |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Load
| Load |
Review Rating |
Watt | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 108 | 123.15% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 109 | 122.02% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 113 | 117.70% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 121 | 109.92% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 133 | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 133 | 100.00% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 133 | 100.00% | |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Performance Rating
| 3D and Gaming Benchmarks |
Review Rating |
Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 100.16% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 99.92% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 99.82% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 99.18% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 98.80% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 98.64% | |
| more is better | ||
| 2D Benchmarks |
Review Rating |
Percent |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 100.32% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 100.32% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 100.00% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 99.82% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 99.82% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 99.61% | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 99.41% | |
| more is better | ||
| Performance per Watt |
Review Rating |
Percent |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | 79.57% | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ | 84.57% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | 89.37% | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | 90.68% | |
| ASUS Z170-A | 98.91% | |
| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 | 99.50% | |
| ASUS Z170 Deluxe | 100.00% | |
| less is better | ||
Price comparison
| Model |
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| ASUS Z170 Deluxe |
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| ASUS Z170-A |
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| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene | |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Hero | |
| MSI Z170 Gaming M7 | |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ |
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| Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 |
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| The Z170 Deluxe from ASUS means business. Already at launch day, ASUS has a mature motherboard in its portfolio. Compared to the predecessor the motherboard maker changed the color scheme from black/gold to black/white, which in our opinion is quite a bit more attractive. As usual you get a plethora of features with ASUS's Deluxe motherboard. In this regard it doesn't matter wheter you're looking for a beefed-up audio solution or the possibility to install setup a multi card system. Apart from that we also like it that there are several ways to connect storage media to this board. There are SATA and SATA Express connectors, there is an M.2 slot and through an adapter you can even connect NVMe drives. | -
Design - Layout - Features |
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| Layout | + | - | |
| The ASUS Z170 Deluxe'sl layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power- and reset-buttons. There is also a debug display which is very useful in case you should have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. Apart from that also the placement of the PCI-Express x16 slots is very well chosen. There is a total of three full sized PCI Express slots and between the first two PCI Express x16 slots there are two PCIe x1 slots. This means that there is plenty of space for graphics card in multi GPU setups to breathe. Should you want to do that you can go ahead and build a triple-GPU system using this board as a basis. As we already mentioned we also like the flexibility regarding storage connectors. | -
Angled SATA
connectors - Space around the CPU socket - Placement of PCIe slots - Number of different storage connectors |
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| Performance | + | - | |
| Calculating the average of all 3D benchmarks results we ran, we see that this is the second fastest board. When taking the average of all 2D results, this board comes in on a good third spot. On another note, we had a look at power consumption and since this is a board with many features, power consumption is rather high. | - 3DMark Fire Strike |
- UC Bench - SuperPi 1M - wPrime |
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| Overclocking / BIOS | + | - | |
| ASUS has a beautiful looking BIOS when it comes to their Signature series motherboards. The UEFI BIOS gets a black background and there are a few additional blue and white design elements. Meanwhile it's almost normal that a BIOS is complete, offering countless features. If you're looking for overclocking options you'll find a great many of them and they are equally practical for novices and extreme overclockers. We always love the pre-defined profiles, which make overclocking quite a bit more efficient. Boosting our CPU to 5.0 GHz was absolutely no problem at all. | - Sheer amount of
options - Design |
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| The Z170 Deluxe is a very well equipped Z170 motherboard, which features good perfomance. Currently this board costs 283 Euro and at that price it's definitely not cheap. Nevertheless the price is adequate justified by the many features and as well as the great looking design. | -
Gaming - Enthusiast - Overclocking |
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| Rating | |||
| We give the ASUS Z170 Deluxe excellent 4 out of 5 stars. | |||
