MSI Z170A PC MATE

CPU

Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151
* Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

Intel® Z170 Chipset

Main Memory

4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
- Supports DDR4 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz
Dual channel memory architecture
Supports ECC, un-buffered memory
- ECC UDIMM memory (non-ECC mode)
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Please refer to Compatibility reports for more information of compatible memory.
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs

Slots

2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16, x16/ x4 modes)
3 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
2 x PCI slots

Onboard Graphics

1 x HDMI ports, support a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz
1 x DVI-D port, support a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
1 x VGA port, support a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz

Multi-GPU

Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire Technology

On-Board SATA

Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports* (2 ports reserved for SATA Express port)
1 x M. 2 slot*
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards, 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M. 2 SSD cards
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo U. 2 Host Card**
1 x SATAe port (PCIe 3.0 x2)***
Support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices.
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core processors.

* SATA1~2 ports will be unavailable when installing the M. 2 SATA interface module in M. 2 slot. SATA3~4 ports will be unavailable when installing the M. 2 PCIe interface module in M. 2 slot.
** The Turbo U. 2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
*** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.

USB

ASMedia® ASM1142 Chipset
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) ports onthe back panel

Intel® Z170 Chipset
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB 3.1 Gen1 connector)
- 4 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)

Audio

Realtek® ALC887 Codec
7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

LAN

1 x Realtek RTL8111H Gigabit LAN controller

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 mouse port
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 x VGA port
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 ports
- 3 x audio jacks

Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 1 x SATAe connector (is compatible with SATA1~2)
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
- 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Parallel port connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Dimension

12 in. x 8.9 in. (30.4 cm x 22.5 cm) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

6 mounting holes