Asus Z170M Plus mATX Motherboard Review

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The Asus Z170M Plus holds its own in the PCMark08 and 3DMark Professional results. Still behind the EVGA Z170 Stinger for some, and comfortable ahead of the confusing ASRock Z170 Extreme4 motherboard results!

Asus Z170M Plus PCMark08 | amCharts

Asus Z170M Plus 3DMark Pro | amCharts

Storage next, and the Asus is solid across the board for the Read tests and even manages a victory in the Write tests.

Asus Z170M Plus CrystalDiskMark Seq Read | amCharts


Asus Z170M Plus CrystalDiskMark Seq Write | amCharts

Single disk performance is excellent, right in line with the recent internet data for the Intel Z170 chipset, the Asus Z170M Plus takes full advantage! The EVGA Z170 Stinger also demonstrated a step change in disk performance, it is good to see the trend continue.

Asus Z170M Plus mATX Motherboard Review

Package - 7.5
Performance - 8.5
Price - 8
Consumer Experience - 8

8

It's hard to see why Asus would call this a flagship micro-ATX motherboard, it just doesn't have the prestige or the package. We would have also thought that a flagship motherboard would have both SLi and CrossFireX support. So we are not sure on the whole flagship front, but we do like this little gem a lot. It doesn't throw any heavyweight punches, or come with amazing accessories, it's just arrives ready to go and performs really well.

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