MSI Z170A GAMING M5 LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard

To master the game you need a masterful system. The MSI Enthusiast GAMING motherboards are honored with the suffix "M for Master" to cite its truly outstanding design, ready to guide you to the next level in gaming.

With traditional memory design the memory signals are often distorted by electromagnetic signals from other components, making the system perform slower or become unstable. MSI introduces DDR4 Boost technology with optimized traces and fully isolated memory circuitry. This design ensures the memory signals stay pure for optimal performance and stability.

An added XMP LED highlights an active Extreme Memory Profile for the best memory speed and stability setting.

Transferring your favorite games, music and mocies over USB has never been faster. USB 3.1 Gen2 enables lightning fast transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s!

• -2x faster than USB 3.1 Gen1
• -10x faster than USB 2.0
• -Up to 10Gbps data transfer bandwidth
• -Boost transfer rate for your PC and peripherals

Get all the performance benefits from USB 3.1 Gen2 combined with the convenience of the USB Type-C connector. This reversible connector allows for effortless connecting of USB devices.

Delivering speeds up to 32Gb/s using Gen3 x4, Turbo M.2 is more than 5 times faster than a regular SATA III connection! Enjoy a blazing fast system boot up and insanely fast loading of applications and games with MSI motherboards.

MSI Gaming Device Port is optimized to deliver the best connectivity for high end gaming mice to fully utilize its speed. You can fully customize the polling rate using the easy to use Mouse Master software. This results in a much faster and smoother mouse reponse in games.

With Audio Boost 3, powered by Nahimic Sound Technology, we're delivering the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components. That way, you can enjoy breathtaking, crystal clear sound and music through 8-channel HD Audio or high impendence headphones and truly dominate the game.

Gaming Hotkey provides you with more functionality from your existing keyboard. Simply load your favorite apps with 1 key, load overclocking profiles, do real-time overclocking by just using your keyboard, the possibilities are endless. You can even customize the F1 to F10 keys to function as Macro Keys, to perform any desired action you program. Quick load up of your favorite game? Press F2. It's that simple!

Explore the greatly improved, award-winning CLICK BIOS 5 and use it to tune your system to maximum performance to get the most out of your games. MSI CLICK BIOS 5 is the next generation UEFI BIOS with optimizations for Windows 10.

Control your system in two modes: EZ mode, for the most used settings and functions. Advanced mode for more detailed settings and fine-tuning options to boost your system's performance.

The new Killer™ E2400 with the all new Advanced Stream Detect 2.0, taking intelligence, speed, and control to the next level

The LAN connector has a LED inside and features a 15KV anti-surge protection.

Featuring 15KV anti-surge protection for your network from lightning strikes and static electricty, LAN Protect is a LAN connector designed to give you the best networking experience. It's highlighted with a red LED inside the RJ45 connector to show it's functionality.

To protect against damage from heavy VGA cards during transport. Additionally Steel Armor also has more solder points on the PCB for more strength.