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August 2015
(86%)
72 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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1865 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Attractive styling
Excellent performance
Great onboard audio solution
Intuitive BIOS
Great value for money
High quality audio
Not weighted down with utilities
White colour scheme is refreshing
Great price
Fantastic and very competitive price point
Unique Visuals
USB 3.1 and type C connections
Highquality LAN and Sound solution
Polished BIOS
Decent bundle
7 Fan headers
Has at least one of everything you actually need
Great all
Round performance
Impressive performance for its price
Good selection of essential features
Easy to install and use
The editors didn't like
Overclocking requires Turbo mode to be enabled
None
But I219V LAN is rather power hungry compared to the previous version
“The ASUS Z170-A is a great step forward for new and old users alike. The addition of DDR4 has really livened up the performance and the i7-6700K brings extreme performance to en
Published: 2015-10-20, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
At the start of this review I discussed the nostalgia elements of the industry. There is a fondness to reminisce about former glory days - personally this means setting up my Commodore 64 with a CRT and playing Mayhem in Monsterland, the Atari ST, getting...
Abstract: The Z170-A and Maximus VIII Gene boxes.Today, a pair of Asus Z170 motherboards are up for evaluation. Belonging to the Republic of Gamers series, the Maximus VIII Gene is a high-end model packed into a microATX form factor. The Z170-A is a less expensive...
Stock performance, Overclocking performance, Board aesthetics, layout, and design, Motherboard manual details and quality, UEFI BIOS design and usability, Quality of included power circuitry, Intel GigE network controller performance, M.2 port location, C
Inclusion of PCI slot, Circuitry in close proximity to socket on underside of board
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this board. It has a very stunning appearance with its white and black coloration, suitable for just about any build. All integrated components are placed well and easily usable. Further, ASUS did not appear to scrim...
The ASUS Z170-A motherboard is currently priced at $159. That puts it at literally half the cost of the previously reviewed ASUS Z170-Deluxe. On the overclocking front, all we gave up was the huge RAM overclocks. That said, we still were able to easily ee...
From strictly a performance point of view, the ASUS Z170-A matches up well with motherboards costing twice as much. Sure, you don't get things like dual LAN ports and Wi-Fi, dual M.2 slots, and extra SATA ports from a third party controller, but you als...
This preview of the ASUS Z170-A motherboard was meant to give you an introduction to ASUS' enhancements introduced for the Intel Z170 Express chipset motherboards as well as a performance comparison to the last generation Z97 and X99 platforms. ASUS updat...
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Published: 2015-08-05, Author: Mark , review by: overclock3d.net
When looking at a new CPU platform, motherboards are always the unsung heroes of the day, providing us with all the tools we require to get the most out of the latest releases from both AMD and Intel. Without them we would not be able to overclock and wi...
Published: 2015-08-05, Author: Mark , review by: Techreport.com
Alongside support for Skylake CPUs, the Z170 platform brings some very welcome updates. Chipset-based PCIe lanes have been upgraded to Gen3 speeds. The USB 3.0 port count has gone up. Uber-fast RAID arrays can be created from PCIe-based SSDs. Add these t...
Lots of features for an entry-level board, Dedicated water pump header, Great BIOS, USB 3.1 and 32 Gb/s M.2, CPU installation tool, Ai Suite III software
No post code display, No CMOS reset button
You are not going to get everything with this board, but definitely get what you want out of a Skylake motherboard. First you have both USB 3.1 and M.2 support. You have USB Type-A and Type-C ports on this board so that gives you a lot of options for devi...
165. That’s a number to keep in your mind throughout this conclusion as it is a defining aspect of ASUS’ Z170-A motherboard. Most of all, remember it because everything you read from here on out will fly straight in the face of that price.Intel’s Skylake...
