Supermicro is well-known in the server market. Meanwhile the manufacturer also has a focus on the overclocking/gaming sector and it is their approach to bring server-grade quality to the table. Therefore the C7Z170-OCE could be an interesting product and we're certainly curious what it can do in our review.


Supermicro is well-known for their high-end server products. Since the past few chipset generations the vendor also offers gaming products. At a first glance the C7Z170-OCE comes with a color scheme which is unusual these days, whereas the colors are black and green. Apart from that there is a PLX on this board, which means, there are plenty of lanes to build high-end rigs.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 14 - UC Bench
Page 3 - Layout	Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 4 - Connectors and I/O	Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 5 - BIOS	Page 17 - Cinebench
Page 6 - Test setup	Page 18 - Tomb Raider
Page 7 - Preview / Gallery	Page 19 - Metro Last Light
Page 8 - 3D Mark	Page 20 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 9 - 3D Mark	Page 21 - Power Consumption
Page 10 - 3D Mark Vantage	Page 22 - Performance Rating
Page 11 - PC Mark 8	Page 23 - Price Comparison
Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 24 - Conclusion