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MSI Z170A Gaming M7 Motherboard Review

3DMark

We used 3DMark‘s ‘Fire Strike Ultra’ benchmark which is designed to be used on high-resolution gaming PCs.

3dmark

Grand Theft Auto V

We apply very near maximum settings in Grand Theft Auto V and a 1920×1080 resolution to push today’s hardware. Our data was recorded using the built-in benchmark. The game's latest updates may slightly affect performance on the more recently tested motherboards compared to competitors tested many weeks ago.

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GTA V

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

We used a 1920×1080 resolution and the Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor built-in benchmark set to ‘Ultra’ quality.

ShadowOfMordor-settings

SOM

Gaming performance from the MSI Z170A Gaming M7 is solid. Performance differentials between competing motherboards are all within the margin of error of our tests.

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6 comments

  1. I have this board with a i7 6700k @ 4.5GHz, Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz (2x8GB), and Samsung 950 Pro M.2, and GTX 980 Ti – and I use Command Center all the time. I notice no performance hit when doing so, and after reading your review tested it on several programs and games. No difference. It’s not really impacting anything I do on my rig, gaming or not. If there is any performance drop it’s so tiny it makes no difference. BTW I really like this board. Been trouble free from day 1.

  2. Bought this last year shortly after the Skylake launch day and its a beast. No issues with performance, BIOS, gaming or software. One of the best motherboards I’ve owned.

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