Z170A GAMING PRO Rear I/O Panel (MS-7984v1.1)

LAN Port ATX Motherboard PS/2 Port USB 3.1 Gen1 CS-Out

Motherboard Components Overview Line-In SS-Out Line-Out

DIMM2 DIMM4 Mic DIMM1 DIMM3 CPU Socket J1 JPWR2 JSMB1 USB 2.0 Ports DVI Port USB 3.1 CPUFAN1 USB 3.1 HDMI Optical Gen1 Gen 2 S/PDIF-Out CPUFAN2

Motherboard Specification

SYSFAN3 CPU Support Onboard Graphics ●●Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i3/i5/ ●●1x HDMI port, supporting a maximum i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, ® JPWR1 Celeron processors for Socket LGA1151 2560x1600@60Hz

SYSFAN1 Chipset Multi-GPU Support ●●Intel® Z170 Express Chipset ●●upports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ PCI_E1 JUSB3 Technology* Memory Support ●●Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology PCI_E2 M2_1 ●●64GB * Supports Windows® 7 and Windows® 8/ 8.1 PCI_E3 ▶▶Supports DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ JSPI1 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/

T1 Storage

PCI_E4 BA SATA6 2400(OC)/ 2133 MHz ●●Intel® Z170 Express Chipset SATA5 PCI_E5 ●●Dual channel memory architecture ●●4x SATA 6Gb/s ports SATA3 ●●Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory ●●1x M.2 ports, supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and PCI 1 SATA4 ●●Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile SATA 6Gb/s standards, 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm PCI_E6 (XMP) length SSD cards JAUD1 JLED1 ●●1x SATAe ports (PCIe3.0x2 Expansion Slots ●●Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID JFP2 JUSB2 ●● 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x0/x4 SYSFAN2 10 JFP1 JTPM1 JUSB1 SE1_21 ，x8/x8/x4 modes) ® JTBT1 ●●Supports Intel Smart Response ●●3x PCIe x1 slots Technology, Intel® Rapid Start Technology Motherboard Specification

and Intel® Smart Connect Technology*** ●● 2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 ●● Military Class 5 * M.2, SATA and SATAe ports maximum support USB 2.0 ports) ●● Command Center 1x M.2_PCIe + 2x SATAs or 1x M.2_SATA ●● 1x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) connector ●● RAM Disk + 2x SATAs. Please refer to M.2 slots with ●● 2x 4-pin CPU fan connectors examples of various combination possibilities ●● Live Update 6 ●● 3x 4-pin system fan connectors ** SATAe port is backward compatible with ●● M-Cloud ●● 1x Clear CMOS jumper SATA. ●● 1x Front panel audio connector Form Factor *** Supports Intel® Core processors on ●● 2x System panel connectors ●●ATX Form Factor Windows® 7 and Windows® 8/ 8.1. ●● 1x TPM module connector ●● 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) USB ●● 1x Chassis Intrusion connector ●● Intel® Z170 Express Chipset I/O Controller ▶▶6x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through ●● NUVOTON NCT6793 Controller Chip the internal USB connector) Hardware Monitor ●●ASMedia® ASM1142 Chipset ●● CPU/System temperature detection ▶▶2x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps) ports ●● CPU/System fan speed detection ●● CPU/System fan speed control ●●Audio ® ●● Realtek ALC1150 Codec BIOS Features ●● 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio ●● 1x 128 Mb flash ●● Supports S/PDIF output ●● UEFI AMI BIOS ●● ACPI 5.0, PnP 1.0a, SM BIOS 2.7, DMI 2.0 LAN ●● Multi-language ●● 1x Intel I219-V Gigabit LAN controller Special Features Back Panel Connectors ●● DDR4 Boost Support ●● 1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse port ●● PCI Express 3.0 Support ●● 2x USB 2.0 ports ●●USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps) ●● 4x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports Ready ●● 2x USB 3.1 Gen2(SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps) ●● M.2 Ready ports ●● SATA Express Support ●● 1x HDMI™ port ●● 1x LAN (RJ45) port Enthusiast GAMING features ●● 1x DVI ●● Audio Boost 3 ●● 1x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector ●● Game Boost ●● 5x OFC audio jacks ●● GAMING LAN ●● GAMING APP Internal Connectors ●● Optimized Thermal Design ●● 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector ●● 1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector MSI Exclusive features ●● 4x SATA 6Gb/s connectors ●● Click BIOS 5

* These specification is subject to change without prior notice. (MS-7984v1.1)2015/06/18