Performance

After getting to know the features of the Z170A Gaming M5 I ran it through our normal benchmark suite. This includes a variety of benchmarks both CPU and Gaming related to see how well everything runs. As a whole, these results don’t typically show any major differences between motherboards as long as things are running well, but they do help pinpoint any potential issues. Until I have the chance to test more Z170 motherboards the results look a little lonely and it is hard to compare the results but I didn’t see any issues that should be a concern. The Gaming M5 performed very well when paired with the new Skylake i7-6700K and our GTX 780.