ASUS Z270I Strix ITX Motherboard Review

Test Setup

ASUS Z270I Strix
0223 BIOS
Intel i7-7700K
Corsair LPX 3200MHz (stock XMP tests)
Corsair LPX 4266MHz
Corsair LPX 4000MHz
Corsair MP500 M.2
Samsung 960 Evo M.2
Corsair HX1000i
Corsair H110i GT
Corsair ML Fans

Overclocking

Our first image below show you that the baby Strix ITX XMP’d 4266MHz memory without any fuss what so ever. One change in the BIOS – Bosh. As stated above this was tested on the 0223 launch bios so the memory scores were not amazing running 4266. They did go up a little rather than down as they can when pushed too far but not quite enough which normally means the subtimings are a little slack. Need to remember this is on a launch BIOS though so we would assume this will be rectified fairly soon.

Our test clocks in the end were 5.1GHz on the CPU and 4000MHz memory you can see this in the 2nd and 3rd pictures below. It maybe small but its more than capable!