Testseek.com have collected 42 expert reviews of the ASRock Z170 OC Formula and the average rating is 91%. Scroll down and see all reviews for ASRock Z170 OC Formula.
December 2015
(91%)
42 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Overclocking, Onboard overclocking controls & switches, Switchable & replaceable dual firmware ICs, Triple M.2 support, Ten SATA ports, Twoway SLI
Lack of advanced SLI support, Scarcity of other additional controllers expected in the highend market
With two extra SATA controllers and a bunch of extra connectors that rely on basic chipset features, overclocking alone is the Z170 OC Formula's pathway into the high-end price segment. We saw some of that potential in our own tests, but must rely on ex...
Published: 2016-11-07, Author: Tomas , review by: hw4all.com
Employees ASRock managed to preserve the heritage and to produce a decent ASRock Z170 OC Formula, which is crowned by a series of motherboards based on the Intel Z170 chipset. This primarily refers to the wide range of settings in UEFI, multiple ready-mad...
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Published: 2016-04-04, Author: Ivan , review by: laptopmedia.com
Wide choice of overclocking options, “Unlimited” BIOS settings, Possible installation of ultra-fast SSDs, Great design and “Armor”, protecting the I/O panel, LED Monitor, recognizing possible hardware errors, Buttons at the very bottom allowing easier con
Lack of Wi-Fi Module, Unable to install more than two NVIDIA video cards
Looking back at my experience and the results leave me with pretty good impression of the board. It comes with three of M.2 slots, USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports (Type-A and C), the Intel I-219V NIC, a very robust (if not overkill, in a good way) VRM area made for...
Published: 2015-11-17, Author: Thomas , review by: tomshardware.com
Overclocking, Onboard overclocking controls & switches, Switchable & replaceable dual firmware ICs, Triple M.2 support, Ten SATA ports, Twoway SLI
Lack of advanced SLI support, Scarcity of other additional controllers expected in the highend market
With two extra SATA controllers and a bunch of extra connectors that rely on basic chipset features, overclocking alone is the Z170 OC Formula's pathway into the high-end price segment. We saw some of that potential in our own tests, but must rely on ex...
Published: 2015-09-28, Author: Steven , review by: legitreviews.com
ASRock might not be the first motherboard manufacturer I personally look at, however my experience with the Z170 OC Formula has shown that they are capable of making incredible motherboards and warrant a closer look at their offerings. While experience w...
Published: 2015-09-17, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
easy UEFI interface, performance, overclocking, power consumption, price/performance ratio
no Conformal Coating
After the good impression left by the X99 OC Formula, the Z170 impersonation raises the enjoyment level even more. It is a very good motherboard that offers a user friendly UEFI interface, full of every settings you may need and even more. The overclockin...
ASRock was able to design a motherboard with only two DIMMs, while all its competitors have four, made sure it overclocks very well, and got it into stores. The motherboard has many world records to its name to back up its overclocking genes, and many ov...
Published: 2015-09-16, Author: Steven , review by: tweaktown.com
ASRock's Z170 OC Formula is listed at $253 on Newegg at the time of writing. This price reflects a premium for the overclocking capabilities of the motherboard. If you want to get some extreme overclocks out of the Z170 platform, and I mean very extreme...
Decent out-of-the-box performance, Supports wide range of memory frequency, Excellent overclocking potential, Outstanding memory overclocking capability, Nick Shih's OC profiles, Good looking, Solid build quality with high-end components, 18+2-phase digit
Doesn't support 3- and 4-way SLI, Formula Drive software is missing from the support disc, Lacks WiFi/Bluetooth module, ASRock Z170 OC Formula received Editor's Choice Award from OCDrift.com, Disclaimer: OCDrift.com gives out our own award based on the Ha
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