Top 5 Intel Z370 Motherboards

Afterward looking at our selection of the best budget-oriented AMD B350 motherboards, now we're looking at our favorite Z370 motherboards meant to exist coupled with Intel'southward latest 8th-gen Core processors a.1000.a. Coffee Lake. In that location are loads of great Z370 motherboards to cull from and pricing starts at a little over $100.

We've considered multiple options from the likes of Asus, Asrock, MSI, Gigabyte, SuperMicro and Evga, breaking downwards choices in the categories described below based on budget and grade factor. The good news is that for the most office you can't become really wrong, just every bit usual nosotros hope these picks can help you narrow downward your choices.

Best Entry-Level Motherboard
Best Value All-Round Motherboard
All-time 'No Compromises' Board
Best Micro ATX Motherboard
Best Mini-ITX Motherboard

Best Entry-Level

MSI Z370-A Pro

The Contenders

Asrock Z370 Pro4 ($130)
Asus Prime Z370-P ($140)
MSI Z370-A Pro ($120) - Our top choice
Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming WiFi ($130) - Runner upwards

For those wanting to salve every last dollar on a faster GPU. There are a few candidates hither priced between $120 and $130. The Asus Prime Z370-P looks okay, non great simply a decent offering. That said we're going to swipe left on that one, I swear Asus is incapable of competitive pricing their motherboards, $140 for a board with budget sound and networking, and super underwhelming storage options, next.

For $ten less the Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming WiFi is an attractive option with Intel Gigabit networking, Creative Audio Cadre 3D audio, half dozen SATA ports and Wireless networking with Bluetooth. Y'all can too get the Asrock Z370 Pro4 at this cost and while that board has a ameliorate VRM information technology does away with WiFi support and offers a cheaper audio solution.

And so we have the cheapest lath and arguably the best, the MSI Z370-A Pro. This unassuming Z370 motherboard overclocks like a gnaw, pushing both 8th-gen CPUs and DDR4 retention to the max. The feature prepare won't blow your socks off but overall a loftier quality board that can't exist vanquish at this cost, and so MSI's Z370-A Pro wins my best entry-level board honour.

Coming in 2d I aching over the Asrock Z370 Pro4 and Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming WiFi, both selling for $130 right now. The Asrock board is arguably the better overclocker just the Aorus is no slouch either. For us the Gigabyte board is the more well-rounded offering an unbeatable feature set at this price point, so it'due south the runner up.

All-time Value All-Rounder

ASRock Z370 Farthermost 4

The Contenders

Asus Prime Z370-A ($175)
MSI Z370 Gaming M5 ($170) - Runner upward
Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming ($170)
Asrock Z370 Extreme4 ($165) - Our meridian selection

For those willing to spend a little more in that location'south no shortage of options simply the standouts are listed above. Again, the Asus is quite solid simply sadly overpriced at $175, this feels more like a $140-ish motherboard.

The other three boards are and then evenly matched it's difficult to brand a pick. Though the Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming has suffered reports of high VRM temperatures and I've noticed very mixed reviews online, peculiarly at Newegg, so with possible bug there I'd await to either the MSI Z370 Gaming M5 or Asrock Z370 Extreme4.

For me the Asrock Z370 Extreme4 is the winner here. The lath is non just the almost affordable of the bunch but offers a dandy feature set and very solid VRM. User reviews for this one are as well overwhelmingly positive everywhere you look. The Asrock UEFI is easy to navigate and overclocking is a breeze, fifty-fifty for novice users.

Notwithstanding if you can't get the Z370 Extreme4 or don't care much for Asrock, a worthy alternative is MSI's Z370 Gaming M5 which on top of well rounded is an awesome looking motherboard, likewise.

All-time of the Best, No Compromises

MSI Z370 Godlike Gaming

The Contenders

MSI Z370 Godlike ($500) - Our top choice
Asus Maximus 10 Formula ($450) - Runner up

So you desire the best of the best, you don't care if your motherboard costs more than the CPU, you lot've got money to burn down. Well in that example you can skip over Gigabyte and Asrock, at least for now, both are as well reserved for the likes of you. $220 for Gigabyte's Gaming 7 and Asrock'southward Taichi... you don't have time for that mainstream rubbish.

Asus does offering a few high-end boards similar the ROG Maximus X Noon, an interesting looking board for $350. The focus for the Apex is on overclocking and that comes with a number of compromises making this specialist besides focused for this category. So there's the Maximus X Formula, Asus has caked it in that plastic armor and I don't know nigh yous, just I detect that incredibly tacky on a $450 motherboard. I notice it tacky on any motherboard to exist honest, just at this price point information technology just seems out of identify.

There's likewise the MSI Z370 Godlike at an insane $500, but it's a pretty awesome motherboard that i. Even so MSI has gone a bit overboard on the plastic bits here equally well and for reasons I'll never empathise they've shielded the VRM heatsinks from airflow using plastic covers, they've got RGB though, so worth it, am I right?

Seriously though. I really can't give MSI a hard time over this, the Z370 Godlike is an amazing motherboard. I was able to attain an incredible 5.3 GHz with the 8700K, something no other Z370 board has been able to replicate.

Despite the plastic shrouds the VRM temp under full load remained surprisingly low. Nosotros're talking around 70 degrees, which is most impressive. And then a well deserved win here for MSI, even if the board does toll $500, though the feature list is unlike anything I've seen before.

Best Micro ATX

Asrock Z370M Pro4

The Contenders

Asrock Z370M Pro4 ($130) - Our pinnacle choice
Asus ROG Strix Z370-K Gaming ($185)
EVGA Z370 121-KS-E375-KR ($200)

If you've got 24.4 ten 24.four cm worth of motherboard tray to fill, which Z370 motherboard should you get? Well, your options here are extremely limited, there are three means to become that I'm aware of, and just one of them makes sense.

The Asrock Z370M Pro4 is the obvious choice as information technology's the MicroATX version of the like sounding Z370 Pro4 that we looked at earlier. Priced at $130 you get a very solid VRM, iv-DIMM slots, 6-SATA ports, Intel Gigabit LAN and ii PCIe three.0 x16 slots, though of course the 2nd is only wired for x4 bandwidth.

For considerably more, the Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming can be had at $185, just you'll be hard pressed to work out what yous're getting for the extra $55. Asus does take a better audio solution, you too get wireless networking and a few extra USB ports. That said y'all as well get tightly packed PCIe x16 slots and VRM heatsinks without proper fins.

Then at that place's the insanely underwhelming EVGA Z370 121-KS-E375-KR. You accept to wonder how EVGA came up with that name, but that aside, for an expensive $200 you lot get Intel Gigabit networking, no wireless, a bones Realtek ALC1220 codec, standard storage and basic a USB configuration, no Type-C. Crazy, just not at this price point, thank you very much.

So Asrock and their practical Z370M Pro4 win this category, most by default.

All-time Mini-ITX

ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/Air conditioning

The Contenders

Asus ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming ($190) - Runner upwards
Asrock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/air-conditioning ($180) - Our top choice
MSI Z370I Gaming Pro Carbon Air-conditioning ($180) - Runner upwards
Gigabyte Z370N WiFi ($160)
Asrock Z370M-ITX/ac ($135)

I know what yous're thinking, MicroATX boards are pretty big, but don't worry, we exercise have something smaller. There are a few nice Mini-ITX Z370 boards on offering and the three most expensive and best include the Asus ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming for $190, besides as the Asrock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/air conditioning, and MSI Z370I Gaming Pro Carbon Air conditioning for $180.

Of those iii boards I don't recall you can go wrong. I like the Asrock for its plethora of USB three.0 ports including a Type-C on the I/O panel. Information technology also offers all 6 SATA ports along with an M.2 on the dorsum of the board. The VRM is solid and yous go Thunderbolt 3, Intel wired and wireless networking along with a overnice sound solution.

The MSI model lacks the same caste of USB iii.0 back up, drops two SATA ports and the four ports that practise exist are poorly positioned on the lath. So of the two I'g leaning towards the Asrock model.

Then there's the Asus ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming which costs merely $10 more, arguably looks better in terms of aesthetics and it offers 2 M.2 ports, though does only back up iv SATA ports. The VRM looks keen on this model, too.

I'm not a fan of the Gigabyte Z370N WiFi. At $160, it's a expert bit cheaper than the models but discussed, the VRM isn't nearly equally impressive though the rest of the feature set is quite solid. However you can get a similar level of features from the $135 Asrock Z370M-ITX/ac, so if I was later an affordable Z370 Mini-ITX board, that's what I'd go with.

So for this category I was going to telephone call it a tie between Asrock and Asus, however after seeing numerous complaints of coil whine with the Asus, I'll favor the Asrock option.