ASRock Z170 Extreme4 Takes Home Tom’s Hardware 2016 Editor Approved Award

If you’re still stuck with an ancient and slow personal computer, now may be the right time to upgrade to Intel 100 series. Especially ASRock’s Z170 Extreme4, which is a mid to high end motherboard with a modest price. This week, Tom’s Hardware the authority on tech did a full length review on this motherboard, and awarded it with Tom’s Hardware 2016 Editor Approved.

Compared to its competitors from Gigabyte and ECS, ASRock Z170 Extreme4 offers more high quality features, such as support for USB 3.1, basic SLI support, Intel LAN plus a better audio solution. Moreover, it shows its strength in superior overclocking and power efficiency, making it a solid Z170 motherboard that simply brings more value than the rest of the crowd.

Actually ASRock Z170 Extreme4 delivers more than your average motherboard. The main features suggest that it is built for professional content creators. For example, the three PCIe Gen3 x16 slots are compatible with both ordinary graphics cards and professional NVIDIA Quadro/AMD FirePro workstation graphics solutions. Furthermore, the onboard USB 3.1 ports and Ultra M.2 slot makes data transfer snappy.