My Review for MSI Z97 Gaming 7: Its so fantastic without lag!!

Lately, the plural was found a desktop PC components to affix the word "Gaming" in the product name. Of course, the addition of the word "Gaming" is not without reason where the manufacturer has optimized their products as much as possible, to satisfy the users, particularly gamers, who use them. Not until there are, the producers also use quality components with above average to ensure their products are "resilient" during use.

The motherboard is one component of a desktop PC where the latter is often sold as a product "Gaming". Motherboard "Gaming" is generally characterized as has support for multi-graphics card, has fitu auto overclocking, use the audio chip along with a special networking chips, and many more. Interestingly, although sold at prices above the average motherboard with similar chipset, motherboard "Gaming" was very interested by the number of PC users. It is therefore not surprising that today and in the future will be more and more motherboard manufacturers that offer "Gaming".

In this article we will discuss one motherboard product "Gaming" on the market today, the MSI Z97 Gaming 7. As to whether the capabilities and superior features offered by MSI on the motherboard "Gaming" is? Check out the full review below?

Testing of MSI Z97 Gaming Platform 7

Processor: Core i7 4790K
Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 7
Memory: 8GB DDR3 2400 MHz (Dual Channel)
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Twin Frozr V Gaming
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K SSD

Power Supply: Corsair AX850

CPU Heatsink: Corsair H80

Monitor: 1920 × 1080 LCD Monitor
Input: Generic Keyboard and Mouse
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
Intel Z97 Chipset Block Diagram

Intel Z97 chipset is a high-end class desktop PC platform for mainstream classes. The motherboard chipset supports Intel Haswell, Haswell Refresh and Broadwell will also be present in the future. A number of standard features that can be found on the motherboard chipset Intel Z97 is a 16 lane PCI Express 3.0, dual-channel DDR3 memory / L, 6 ports SATA III 6Gbps, six USB 3.0 ports, 14 USB 2.0 ports, 8 lanes of PCI Express 2.0, and support tuning for the processor and memory components.

Specification

CPU

Supports 4th and 5th Generation Intel® Core ™ Processors, and the Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® Processors for Socket LGA1150
chipset

Intel® Z97 Express Chipset
Main Memory

Support four DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866 * / 2000 * / 2133 * / 2200 * / 2400 * / 2600 * / 2666 * / 2800 * / 3000 * / 3100 * / 3200 * / 3300 * (* OC) MHz DRAM , 32GB Max
Slots

3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, (support x16, x8 / x8, x8 / x4 / x4 modes)
4 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
On-Board SATA

Intel Z97 Express Chipset
6x SATA 6Gb / s ports (SATA1 ~ 6)
1x M.2 port
ASMedia ASM1061 Chipset
2x SATA 6Gb / s ports (SATA7 ~ 8)
USB

Intel Z97 Express Chipset
4x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB 3.0 connectors)
6x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors *)
ASMedia ASM1074 Chipset
4x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel
ASMedia ASM1042 chipset
2x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel
Audio

Realtek® ALC1150 Codec
LAN

1x Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller
Multi-GPU

Supports 3-Way AMD CrossFire ™ Technology
Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI ™ Technology
Internal I / O Connectors

1x ATX 24-pin main power connector
1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
8x SATA 6Gb / s connectors
1x M.2 port
2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
1x USB 3.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports)
2x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
3x 4-pin system fan connectors
1x TPM module connector
1x Serial port connector
1x Front panel audio connector
1x Direct audio power connector
2x System panel connectors
1x Chassis Intrusion connector
1x Clear CMOS jumper
9x V-Check connectors
1x Power button
1x Reset button
1x OC Genie button
1x Multi-BIOS switch
Audio 1x power switch
1x 2-Digit Debug
Back Panel I/O Ports

1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
1x Clear CMOS button
1x LAN (RJ45) port
2x USB 2.0 ports
8x USB 3.0 ports
1x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
6x OFC audio jacks
2x HDMI port
1x DisplayPort
Dimension

12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ATX Form Factor
Mounting

9 mounting holes.