[PConline Review] After the official launch of the Intel i7-7700K at the beginning of the month, major brands have stepped up their own Z270 motherboards and demonstrated their own homesight skills. The initial listing of the Intel i7-7700K must have the top products used to press the field, like today we Evaluation of this white PCB's MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM, configuration is very good, there is a custom overclocking panel in the upper right corner, to the overclocking player is not the same overclocking experience.
â— Out of the box: white PCB is bright
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Open the box and the main board's packing box is very tight, so as to ensure that it will not be damaged by impact during transportation. Motherboard PCB adopts pure white design. The design and production of white PCB is more difficult than black and green, and the input cost will be even greater. Therefore, we only see the white PCB on the high-end motherboard.
There is a separate overclock button panel in the upper right corner of the motherboard
Just put it in the box is not obvious, you can see out of this overclocking panel is prominent in the edge of the motherboard, is a detachable design, if you do not need to use it can also be removed. There are frequency and voltage settings and a number of terminals for voltage measurement. Ultimate overclockers will be more willing to believe that they use the number measured by the instrument rather than the number in the BIOS.
Overclocking panel
Official instructions
MSI Dragon South Bridge cooling
Due to the design style of the motherboard, the Weixing Dragon did not use the classic red and black colors. It seems to have another feeling.
PCIe&M.2
The motherboard's expansion capability is very powerful, and it is the top-level presence in the Z270. Four alloy-cured PCIe 3.0 slots are configured to support multi-channel CF&SLI, and three M.2 SSD interfaces are also provided. The top is 22110 size, the middle and lower is 2280 size, and the middle covers M.2 SHIELD. Armor can enhance the heat dissipation capability of M.2 SSD and support the protection of M.2 SSD. MSI has applied for a unique patent for this armor.
M.2 SHIELD
U.2 interface & SATA 3.0 interface
The U.2 SSD interface supports Intel's 750 series U.2 SSD. The speed is very impressive, but there are no other brands of equipment. The 6×SATA 3.0 interface can meet the needs of most players for capacity. If you want to pursue speed, you can choose the current super-fast flagship M.2 product, such as the Samsung 960 series.
I/O flapper interface
I/O bezel interface is also very rich, equipped with a 4 x USB 3.0 interface and a set of USB 3.1 A&C interface, to meet your maximum demand for high-speed storage, including two USB 3.0 interface with an additional configuration a VR BOOST The chip can better stabilize voltage and data transmission, avoid signal loss and frame dropping, and get a better VR experience. The network interface is also equipped with two programs that are all Intel Gigabit LANs.
MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM is MSI's highest-end Z270 motherboard. At first glance, it seems to be quite tall. If you look closely at it, you really have the ability to expand. Some of the interfaces are available, and the number is very rich. The motherboard JD is priced at 3999 yuan, which is the range of top-level Z series. It is a dazzling product in the front line of many brands.
Dismantling: 16-phase ultra-luxury power supply & VR BOOST chip
CPU power supply module
After removing the heat-dissipating armor, you can see that the 9+7-phase CPU power supply is neatly arranged on the white PCB board, which really can be regarded as a piece of art. The ultra-high phase power supply can evenly divide the current of the CPU to achieve the effect of reducing the full-load temperature, and it can control the current more precisely, making the overclocking performance more stable.
4×DDR4 memory slots
The alloy curing design is standard on the high-end motherboard memory slot. It can effectively shield the interference current and perform higher temperature in the high-frequency state. The memory can support up to 4133MHz frequency, very extreme.
AUDIO BOOST audio module
MSI's dedicated audio technology uses high-end Japanese audio capacitors and high-end audio chips as physical support. It can also install corresponding audio control software on the CD to make the sound more suitable for itself.
NUVOTON sensor chip
VR BOOST chip
Last year, VR hardware and games broke out on a large scale, and all manufacturers have brought their products closer to the air outlet. MSI has also specially designed a USB voltage regulator chip according to the needs of VR equipment. Because VR head display requires a USB cable to achieve power supply. + Data transmission, when the data cable reaches a certain length, the influence of its own impedance can not be ignored, its own resistance will divide a part of the voltage, but also affect the data signal, after adding the VR BOOST chip, can Better support for the long wire without affecting the VR experience is still very intimate.
Asmedia USB 3.1 solution
The USB 3.1 interface at the I/O baffle is provided by the main control chip solution. The theoretical maximum bandwidth is 10 Gb/s, which is 1.25 GB/s. Currently, there is no such fast U disk on the market. The interface will definitely not waste every point of your U disk performance. Of course, this requires you to install the driver of the interface after installing Windows to experience the high-speed pleasure.
Dual Intel Gigabit LAN
Dual network cards are also standard on most high-end motherboards. They allow you to process data of two network cables at the same time to increase the maximum network bandwidth. You can also manually allocate bandwidth to ensure that games and downloads are correct.
After dismantling it can be seen that the Z270 XPOWER is also very luxurious and it can't find any obvious disadvantages. As a flagship motherboard, it can be given.
â— MSI Z270 XPOWER performance measured: full load temperature cool
M.2 SSD: Samsung 960EVO 1TB graphics card NVIDIA GTX1080
Fritz Chess Benchmark
CineBench R15 x64
WinRAR 5.12
3D game performance test:
3DMARK Fire Strike Extreme
Disk read-write test:
AS SSD Benchmark 1.6
Full load temperature test:
Prime95
This test will use MSI Z270 XPOWER motherboard equipped with i7-7700K, memory for dual-channel DDR4, graphics card use NVIDIA GTX1080, the purpose is to measure whether the motherboard can play a full performance of the hardware.
CPUZ
i7-7700K's highest multiplier can be up to 45 times, which is the highest frequency of 4500MHz, and Z270 motherboard can be overclocked, of course, we test the main frequency, so they are not overclocking.
BIOS: Still in the style of MSI Red Dragon:
Since the Intel Z270 chipset does not add a lot of new features over the previous generation, the BIOS of the motherboard makers does not need to change drastically at present. In addition to using the BIOS, you can avoid bugs, and you can cultivate the habits of fans to increase their stickiness. .
Benchmark performance test:
By comparing ASUS ROG's high-end motherboard M9F, it can be found that the performance of the two in the silent state is very consistent, indicating that the MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM can stably exert the performance of all the hardware on the motherboard.
Motherboard temperature test:
In the temperature test section, we mainly examined the problems of the CPU power supply of the mainboard. This part of the temperature is the place where the main board generates a large amount of heat, and it is also the key to the stability of the mainboard. We used the Fluke Ti25 thermal imager to test and recorded two data when idle (CPU, video card is empty) and full load (CPU full, video card is empty).
Idle temperature (left), full load temperature (right)
After our finishing, the motherboard fever comparison as shown below:
During the test, the evaluation room temperature is about 20°C. MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM has a full load temperature of only 53°C. This is a very good temperature control capability. Even if it is overclocked, there is still quite a lot of space. This is due to the fact that the 16-phase digital power supply is evenly divided. The current of each phase can press the temperature so low.
PConline evaluation room summary:
As the MSI's flagship Z270 motherboard, this Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM can be said to be all-embracing.
The most pleasant surprise is that the motherboard's white color and neat element layout design, the first impression makes people feel very tall, 16-phase digital power supply in the Z270 is difficult to find a more luxurious opponent, and thanks to the super With a high number of phases of luxury power supply, its full load temperature control is also very good, only 53 °C.
As for the expansion of the interface, it really should be exhausted, 4 × PCIe 3.0 × 16 slots, 3 × M.2 SSD interface, U.2 SSD interface, the latest and fastest interfaces are all available and the number is very sufficient.
Small details also reflect the importance of flagship motherboards, M.2 SHIELD armor, VR BOOST chips, overclocking panels, etc. can bring some small surprises. The remaining audio, USB 3.1, dual network card and so on are all quite satisfactory performance.
MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM has the flagship Z270's presence. To stack materials, you have to have a stack of materials and have a good face value. This is suitable for advanced fever DIY players to choose.
M.2 SSD: Samsung 960EVO 1TB Graphics NVIDIA GTX1080
Fritz Chess Benchmark
CineBench R15 x64
WinRAR 5.12
3D game performance test:
3DMARK Fire Strike Extreme
Disk read-write test:
AS SSD Benchmark 1.6
Full load temperature test:
Prime95
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