Introduction and Technical Specifications

The C7Z170-SQ is SUPERMICRO’s enthusiast-centered offering for the Intel Z170 with support for the Skylake-S processor and DDR4 memory…

Introduction

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SUPERMICRO's latest venture into the consumer realm is the C7Z170-SQ motherboard, featuring an appealing black and red enthusiast-friendly aesthetic and a gamer-friendly feature set. Centered on the Intel Z170 chipset, the board offers fully support for the Intel Skylake-S processor line as well as DDR4 memory in Dual Channel mode. At a competitive $219.99 MSRP, the SUPERMICRO C7Z170-SQ motherboard is competitively-priced considering its features and performance potential.

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The C7Z170-SQ was designed with an 8+1 phase digital power delivery system to power the CPU and integrated graphics. SUPERMICRO integrated the following featured into the board: six SATA 3 ports; a PCIe X4 M.2 slot; an Intel i219-V Gigabit NIC; three PCI-Express x16 slots; three PCI-Express x4 slots; 2-digit diagnostic LED display; on-board power, CMOS clear, and BIOS restore buttons; and USB 2.0, 3.0, and USB 3.1 Type-C port support.

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Technical Specifications (taken from the SUPERMICRO website)

Product SKUs
Motherboard C7Z170-SQ
Physical Stats
Form Factor ATX
Dimensions 12" x 9.6", (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
Processor
CPU Intel® 6th Gen Core i7/i5/i3 series processors; CPU TDP support up to 160W TDP
Single Socket H4 (LGA 1151)
System Memory
Memory Capacity 4 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM slots
Supports up to 64GB DDR4 Non-ECC Un-Buffered memory (UDIMM) in 4 DIMM slots
Memory Type Frequency up to 3200MHz (OC) non-ECC DDR4 SDRAM 72-bit, 288-pin (UDIMM) gold-plated DIMMs
Support overclocking up to 3200MHz*

* Please check the operation manual for supported components
DIMM Sizes 16GB, 8GB, 4GB, 2GB, 1GB
Memory Voltage 1.2V
On-Board Devices
Chipset Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
SATA SATA3 via PCH w/ RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Network Controllers Intel® i219V Controller
Supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T, RJ45 output
Audio RealTek ALC1150 High Definition Audio
Input / Output
Serial ATA 6 x SATA3 (6Gbps) ports
LAN 1 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN port
USB 6 x USB 3.0 ports (2 rear, 4 via headers)
6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 rear, 4 via headers)
1 x USB 3.1 (10Gbps) Type C port (rear)
1 x Thunderbolt AIC header
Audio 7.1 HD Jacks
Display 1 x DVI – D, 1 x DP (Display Port), 1 x HDMI
Serial Port / Header 1 x COM port (header)
Expansion Slots
PCI-Express 2 PCI-E 3.0 x16 (1 x16 or dual x8) slots
1 PCI-E 3.0 x16 (x4) slot
1 PCI-E 3.0 x4 slot
2 PCI-E 3.0 x1 (in x4) slots
1 PCIe M.2 (PCIe x4 2260 / 2280 / 22110)
System BIOS
BIOS Type 128Mb SPI Flash EEPROM with AMI BIOS
BIOS Features DMI (SMBIOS) 2.7
ACPI 5.0
USB Keyboard support
Management
Software SuperDoctor® 5
Power Configurations ACPI / ACPM Power Management
Main Switch Override Mechanism
Power-on mode for AC power recovery
Internal/External modem ring-on
PC Health Monitoring
Voltage Monitors for CPU Cores, +12V, +3.3V, +5V, +5V Standby, VBAT, HT, Memory, Chipset Voltages.
5-Phase-switching voltage regulator with auto-sense from 0.8375V-1.60V
FAN Total of five 4-pin fan headers supporting up to 5 fans
5x fans with tachometer status monitoring
Status monitor for speed control
Status monitor for on/off control
Support 3-pin fans (w/o speed control)
Low noise fan speed control
Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) fan connectors
Temperature Monitoring for CPU and chassis environment
CPU thermal trip support
FC temperature sensing logic
Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) support
PECI
LED CPU / System Overheat LED
+5V Standby alert LED
Other Features Chassis intrusion detection
Chassis intrusion header

 

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