MSI Z390-Ace Intel Motherboard

MSI Z390-Ace Intel Motherboard

Features

Unique and infinity design combining 13 phases VRM optimized of Intel Core i9 and the rich specification. Features Mystic Light Infinity, Triple Turbo M.2 with Shield Frozr, Audio Boost HD, Game Boost and Dual Front USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C connectors

• Supports 9th / 8th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ / Pentium® Gold / Celeron® processors for LGA 1151 socket
• Supports DDR4 Memory, up to 4500(OC) MHz
• Mystic Light Infinity: 16.8 million colors / 29 effects controlled in one click. Mystic Light Extension supports both RGB and RAINBOW LED strip
• Pre-installed I/O Shielding: Better EMI protection and more convenience for installation
• Lightning Fast Game Experience: 3x Turbo M.2 with Shield Frozr, Dual Front USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C
• Audio Boost HD: Isolated audio with a high quality audio processor with ESS DAC & Nahimic for the most immersive gaming experience
• M.2 Shield Frozr: Strengthened built-in M.2 thermal solution. Keeps M.2 SSDs safe while preventing throttling, making them run faster
• Game Boost: One second automated overclocking by controlling up-to-11 gears, your PC gets another adrenalin shot

DIY FRIENDLY

MSI motherboards feature tons of convenient and smart design, such as convenient pin-header keep out zone, friendly SATA & USB location and so on, so DIY users can pick and choose any gaming rig they want.

Cooling

Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. MSI motherboards feature excellent power design with solid and heavy heatsink. We've made sure to include enough fan headers with full control to allow you to cool your system any way you want.

STAY COOL FOR ULTIMATE GAMING PERFORMANCE

Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. MSI motherboards feature excellent power design with solid and heavy heatsink. We've made sure to include enough fan headers with full control to allow you to cool your system any way you want.

HW

MSI motherboards feature tons of convenient and smart design for DIY users, countless system tuning and troubleshooting tools are at your disposal to push your system to new heights and satisfy even the most demanding tweaker. Makes it so easy to install your own motherboard and gaming rig without any issue.

USER FRIENDLY DESIGN

MSI motherboards feature tons of convenient and smart design for DIY users, countless system tuning and troubleshooting tools are at your disposal to push your system to new heights and satisfy even the most demanding tweaker. Makes it so easy to install your own motherboard and gaming rig without any issue.

PRE-INSTALLED I/O SHIELDING

Featuring the pre-installed I/O shielding, makes your installation process easier and safer. The patent-pending design protect your I/O ports also prevent electrostatic discharge damage, makes your motherboard a strong gaming foundation.

KEEP OUT ZONE

MSI motherboards circuitry ensure the case standoff keep out zones are pure and clean, preventing any component contact or damage to the motherboard.

* Please ensure to remove the unnecessary mounting stand-off when installing the motherboard into the case.

XL CLIP

The enlarged PCI-E clip helps you swap or remove your devices easier. Keep the PCI-E slot stronger and safer.

EASY BUTTON 3

This motherboard features accessible physical buttons for instantly resetting and powering up/down your system. The buttons are illuminated so you can easily spot them in a dark environment.

DEBUG LED

Run into trouble? The digital LED display will indicate the source of the problem so you know exactly where to look to get up and running again.

EZ DEBUG LED

Run into trouble? Onboard LEDs for key components will indicate the source of the problem so you know exactly where to look to get up and running again.

BOOT UP GUARANTEED

Run into trouble when updating your BIOS or somehow corrupted it? Don’t worry, MSI motherboards offer 2 easy to use options to successfully boot your system again.

CLEAR CMOS

Helps to restore the BIOS default settings which helps in 99% of the cases to successfully boot again.

BIOS FLASHBACK+

Run into trouble? Simply flash BIOS version and continue gaming within minutes with BIOS Flashback+. (works even without hardware!)

STEP 1

No CPU/DDR/VGA required

STEP 2

Connect 24-pin & CPU power

STEP 3

Insert dongle with BIOS file

STEP 4

Use Flashback hotkey/button

Compatibility

Every MSI motherboards are certified by strict mechanic that feature convenient pin-header keep out zone, friendly SATA & USB location for compatibility with the widest range of components and devices, so DIY user can pick and choose the components they want. More than that, we offer a dedicated Qualified Vendor List (QVL) for the most critical part - memory. Combining with MSI DDR4 Boost technology, we provide the maximum compatibility even over clocking, so you confirm and choose any gaming rig as you want.

MAXIMUM COMPATIBILITY

Every MSI motherboards are certified by strict mechanic that feature convenient pin-header keep out zone, friendly SATA & USB location for compatibility with the widest range of components and devices, so DIY user can pick and choose the components they want. More than that, we offer a dedicated Qualified Vendor List (QVL) for the most critical part - memory. Combining with MSI DDR4 Boost technology, we provide the maximum compatibility even over clocking, so you confirm and choose any gaming rig as you want.

9TH AND 8TH PROCESSORS SUPPORT

MSI Z390 motherboards perfectly support Intel® 9th and 8th processors, so you can still enjoy latest MSI motherboard technology if you use 8th processors. Combining MSI Core Boost, you can release maximum performance no matter what CPU you use.

EXTREME

STABILITY & COMPATIBILITY TESTING

MSI conducts thorough memory testing with the most popular memory brands under extreme conditions to ensure your system runs stable no matter what. Our memory partners include brands like Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, G.Skill and many more to optimize memory modules, configurations and even improve overclocking.

BIOS and Software

With years of experience in creating performance enhancing tools that are easy to use, only the highest quality applications are at your disposal. Use these tools to get the most out of your motherboard and achieve victory when gaming. Moreover, we made sure our BIOS contains all the latest options and is easy to use for everyone. The extensive features let you fine-tune your system to deliver reliable maximum performance when gaming.

APPS TO GREATLY IMPROVE EFFICIENCY

With years of experience in creating performance enhancing tools that are easy to use, only the highest quality applications are at your disposal. Use these tools to get the most out of your motherboard and achieve victory when gaming. Moreover, we made sure our BIOS contains all the latest options and is easy to use for everyone. The extensive features let you fine-tune your system to deliver reliable maximum performance when gaming.

DRAGON CENTER

The exclusive and brand-new UI merges all the MSI software functions into one specific application – MSI Dragon Center. Not only integrates all the MSI software functions, but also sync all the MSI desktop products to work together, providing the best user experience. No more messy programs or ICONs, just one click and you can enjoy all the functions in Dragon Center.

Gaming Mode

MSI Gaming Mode provides the most suitable setting for your whole gaming system, bring you the best gaming experience with one click!

Game Boost

Need more power from your CPU and memory to get more FPS? MSI Game Boost enables one-second overclocking, giving you the performance boost you need.

Gaming Hotkey

Easily program your most-used commands and execute them with a single keystroke. You’re free to choose any key you want, so choose wisely.

USB Speed Up

When enabled, it optimizes your devices for even better transfer speeds and can provide up to 20% increase in USB performance, saving a lot of time when transferring data.

OC Setting

With an intuitive interface, OC Setting allows you to tune settings to increase system stability, maximize performance and optimize your system’s cooling features.

Total Fan Control

Total Fan Control allows you to take control of your fans. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.

VR Ready

A single click sets all your key components to their highest performance and makes sure other software applications won’t impact your virtual adventure.

Live Update

Never miss out on important updates. MSI Live Update automatically downloads and installs the latest drivers, BIOS and software so you can focus on your game.

MSI APP PLAYER

Developed under an exclusive partnership with BlueStacks, the MSI APP Player brings seamless gaming experience between mobile games and PC platform, and leverages customized features as specific keyboard lighting and better graphics with multi-task works.

CLICK BIOS 5

We made sure our BIOS contains all the latest options and is easy to use for everyone. The extensive features let you fine-tune your system to deliver reliable maximum performance when gaming.

GAME BOOST

Safely overclock your CPU with a single button for more performance.

XMP

Extreme Memory Profiles which simplified RAM overclocking on Intel motherboards.

M-FLASH

Allows user to conveniently flash, or upgrade the BIOS from the CMOS Setup Utility.

HARDWARE MONITOR

Shows you critical hardware information in real-time; temperature, usage, clock speed, and voltage.

TOTAL FAN CONTROL

Check and manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans.

SECURE ERASE+

Using an optimized formatting algorithm, lets you enjoy your SSD at maximum speed, making your system feel brand new!

MEMORY TRY IT

Best way to get maximum speed out of your system memory and gaming performance.

M.2 Genie

Brilliant feature to make setting up RAID 0 for M.2 and U.2 much easier and less time consuming.

SEARCH & FAVORITES

A permanent search & favorite option in the top right corner can be used to find what you need.

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE

MSI motherboards featured all the latest solution for enthusiast gamers and prosumers. CPU and memory enhancement and fast storage and USB transfer speed are ready to be on the battlefield.

CPU

High quality materials and smart fan optimizations contribute to cooling all essential components, which is key to making sure your system runs stable and delivers the best performance at all times.

LOOKING COOL WHILE KEEPING COOL

High quality materials and smart fan optimizations contribute to cooling all essential components, which is key to making sure your system runs stable and delivers the best performance at all times.

DDR

Optimized layout design and a fully isolated memory circuitry ensures perfect stability and performance. You never have to worry about your system crashing during games with MSI DDR4 BOOST.

UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE

Optimized layout design and a fully isolated memory circuitry ensures perfect stability and performance. you never have to worry about your system crashing during games with MSI DDR4 BOOST.

DRAGON ALLIANCE

THESE SELECTED DDR MODULES PASSED CRITICAL TESTS, THEY ARE HIGHLY COMPATIBLE WITH MSI Z390 MOTHERBOARDS.

FOR HIGHER MEMORY SPEED DDR4 BOOST 2

Besides optimized PCB design, MSI OC lab has also co-worked with world-known memory brands, pushing memory speed to a peak. MSI Z390 motherboards are going to free the these selected memories’ performance with stability.

A-DATA

AX4U360038G17-DRZ

AX4U360038G17-SRZ

A HUGE STEP OF DDR PERFORMANCE

MSI OC LAB does not merely work hard on extreme overclocking. Compare to Z370 motherboard memory support, MSI does have great improvement on performance and efficiency.

LOWER LANTENCY AND MORE EFFICIENCY

RELEASE HIGHER MEMORY FREQUENCY

EASY OVERCLOCKING WITH XMP PROFILE

The XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles) in MSI BIOS are tested and certified by MSI OC lab. It is easy to enable with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability.

Storage

MSI motherboards support all the latest storage standards, which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies.

FAST AND FUTURE-READY STORAGE

MSI motherboards support all the latest storage standards, which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies.

OPTANE: BOOST YOUR HDD TO PERFORM LIKE AN SSD

Gamers and PC Enthusiasts can now enjoy the performance of an SSD on their HDD by coupling it with the new Intel® Optane™ Memory device. Intel® Optane™ technology provides an unparalleled combination of high throughput, low latency, high quality of service, and high endurance.

STORAGE BOOST YOUR STORAGE PERFORMANCE

This great little tool is very simple to use and automatically detects your storage devices connected to the system. When enabled, Storage Boost optimizes your SSDs to keep your system fast and maximize storage performance, saving you a lot of time when loading or transferring data.

EASY RAID SETUP WITH M.2 GENIE

Looking to go all out in terms of raw data speed and put multiple SSDs in RAID 0? Setting this up can prove to be quite the challenge. That's why we created M.2 Genie, a brilliant feature to make setting up RAID 0 for M.2 and U.2 much easier and less time consuming.

USB

Read and write your files over USB faster than ever. MSI offers a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB devices, delivering lightning-fast transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s.

MAXIMIZE YOUR USB DEVICE PERFORMANCE

Read and write your files over USB faster than ever. MSI offers a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB devices, delivering lightning-fast transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s

MORE STABILITY WITH INTEL TURBO USB 3.1 GEN2

Featuring the Intel TURBO USB 3.1 GEN2, MSI motherboards offer never before seen USB speeds with more stability when connecting USB devices.

IN-GAME ADVANTAGE

MSI motherboards provide the most fascinating in-game advantages, allowing gamers to dominate any game anytime. Elevate your listening experience and network connection with MSI Audio & LAN. Enjoy extreme sound quality and uninterrupted online gameplay.

LAN

Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI GAMING LAN. Featuring the highest quality components tuned to deliver the best online gaming experience without lag.

DOMINATE THE GAME WITH THE LOWEST LATENCY

Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI GAMING LAN. Featuring the highest quality components tuned to deliver the best online gaming experience without lag.

Audio

Deliver the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components and get the most immersive sound experience when gaming. MSI motherboards let you enjoy breathtaking, gaming-changing sound.

SOUND THAT PULLS YOU INTO THE GAME

Deliver the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components and get the most immersive sound experience when gaming. MSI motherboards let you enjoy breathtaking, gaming-changing sound.

AUDIO BOOST HD

ISOLATED AUDIO DESIGN

EMI-shielded HD audio processors let you enjoy the purest sound quality in front and rear connectors.

SEPARATED AUDIO LAYERS FOR CLEAN LEFT & RIGHT CHANNELS

Using separated layers in the PCB ensures equally pristine sound quality for both left and right audio channels.

ALL NEW NAHIMIC 3 - FOR NEXT LEVEL AUDIO IMMERSION

Get ready to be amazed by the all new Nahimic 3 and live the gaming immersion like never before! With simple and intuitive new UI, the Nahimic 3 not only further enhances in game 3D surround sound, but also offers even more finite control over your music, movies, and conference calls.

GET CLEARER ORDER WITH VOICE BOOST

Hear your teammates perfectly but still enjoy your audio. Voice Boost automatically reduces the game’s audio when teammates speak, and sets volume back when no one speaks.

DE-POP PROTECTION

Audio Boost protects your ears by eliminating those annoying loud popping sounds when you plug/unplug devices or turn your PC on/off.

DEDICATED HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER THAT AUTO-DETECTS IMPEDANCE

Ohm Chart

AUDIO BOOST

32O

TRADITIONAL

UP TO 600O

impedance by delivering studio-grade sound quality

The built-in dedicated headphone amplifier rewards audiophiles with headphones up to 600O impedance by delivering studio-grade sound quality from your gaming PC. Audio Boost 4 automatically detects the optimal impedance for your headphones and adjusts the output for the best sound quality.

IN-GAME ADVANTAGE

MSI motherboards provide the most fascinating in-game advantages, allowing gamers to dominate any game anytime. Elevate your listening experience and network connection with MSI Audio & LAN. Enjoy extreme sound quality and uninterrupted online gameplay.

LAN

Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI GAMING LAN. Featuring the highest quality components tuned to deliver the best online gaming experience without lag.

DOMINATE THE GAME WITH THE LOWEST LATENCY

Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI GAMING LAN. Featuring the highest quality components tuned to deliver the best online gaming experience without lag.

LOW LATENCY GAMING LAN WITH KILLERâ„¢ E2500m

Designed with gaming DNA, Killerâ„¢ LAN is optimized for championship level online and LAN eSports. The Killer E2500 Intelligent Networking Platform, featuring Advanced Stream Detect 2.0, is built to provide maximum networking performance for online games and high-quality streaming media. Killerâ„¢ LAN automatically detects and prioritizes game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother, stutter-free in-game performance and a competitive edge.

GAMING PERFORMANCE WHILE MULTITASKING IN-GAME LATENCY (LOWER IS BETTER)

LATENCY

KILLERâ„¢

OTHERS

*Tested with Overwatch with BitTorrent download

NETWORKING PERFORMANCE PACKETS PROCESSED PER SECOND (MORE IS BETTER)

UPD

KILLERâ„¢

OTHERS

TCP

KILLERâ„¢

OTHERS

*Netperf round trip packet test

NEXT-GEN INTEL® WI-FI AC & BLUETOOTH

This next-generation Intel Wi-Fi / Bluetooth solution uses smart MU-MIMO technology, delivering AC speeds up to 1.73Gbps without any cable limitation.

EXHILARATING AND INSPIRING

Each MSI motherboard is built based on the specific topic in order to match different tastes and favors. Furthermore, MSI also adopts the modern style to design the heatsink through huge surface and sleek but simple cuts in order to make the heatsink and appearance looks ripped and powerful. Combined with neutral color, such as black, grey and silver, as the main background, MSI motherboard can perfect fit different RGB LED effects and strongly shows the gamers tunes.

Industrial Design

MEG series motherboards, taken by MSI Enthusiast GAMING, are designed for maximum performance and extreme overclocking. Exclusive infinity design symbolizes the unlimited performance and power, also represents the sublime position over all the other challengers. The untold power can be obtained from two Z390 motherboards in the MEG series.

MASTER THE GAME

MEG series motherboards, taken by MSI Enthusiast GAMING, are designed for maximum performance and extreme overclocking. Exclusive infinity design symbolizes the unlimited performance and power, also represents the sublime position over all the other challengers. The untold power can be obtained from two Z390 motherboards in the MEG series.

Mystic Light

MSI Mystic Light provides a complete function to control the RGB light all around the ecosystem. Select the available colors from the palette to match your favorite and mood.

MYSTIC LIGHT

• 16.8 MILLION COLOR CUSTOMIZABLE
• 29 LED EFFECT

MSI Mystic Light provides a complete function to control the RGB light all around the ecosystem. Select the available colors from the palette to match your favorite and mood.

Mystic Light

MYSTIC LIGHT INFINITY ON MOTHERBOARD

• OFF
• Rainbow
• Meteor
• Stack
• Breathing
• Flashing
• Double-flashing
• Steady
• Lightning
• CPU Temperature
• Random
• POP
• RAP
• JAZZ
• Movie
• Planetary
• Double Meteor
• Energy
• Blink
• Clock
• Color Shift
• Color Wave
• Rainbow Flashing
• Rainbow Double Flashing
• Double Meteor
• Rainbow Wave
• Visor
• Rainbow Flashing
• Rainbow Double Flashing
• Default

Addicted for the endless space? The Mystic Light Infinity takes advantage from the LED strips and mirror reflection effect to get the special endless light effect. Mystic Light Infinity also offers multiple colors and variety effects for you to set up the whole rig by your own way.

MYSTIC LIGHT EXTENSION

Still not satisfied with the decoration on the ecosystem? The Mystic Light Extension will help you to have more attractive way to decorate you gaming rig by the LED Strips and still under controlled by the Mystic Light application.

JRGB

The JRGB pin header provides the max 3A(12V) power supply for the up to 3 meters 5050 RGB LED strips showing single color.

MYSTIC LIGHT SYNC

MSI Mystic Light SYNC built with open SDK for all the peripherals. With Mystic Light application, you can easily control all the color and effect in one application.

LOYAL COMRADE

MSI has developed the motherboard market for many years. With rich R&D experience and a long history, the company continuously creates the best performance and humanized motherboard to help users meet the pursuit of high quality components and the stable, reliable and long-lasting system performance.

Components

Using only the finest quality components and integrating the latest technological innovations delivers the best possible professional experience. Rigorous quality testing under the most extreme conditions ensures a super reliable, long-lasting and high performance motherboard.

BUILT ON EVERLASTING QUALITY

Using only the finest quality components and integrating the latest technological innovations delivers the best possible professional experience. Rigorous quality testing under the most extreme conditions ensures a super reliable, long-lasting and high performance motherboard.

SHIELD YOUR MEMORY SIGNAL WITH STEEL ARMOR

Steel Armor protects your memory and memory slots from both physical damage and electrical overcurrent by adding extra ground points. But it also ensures a clean data signal for your memory by shielding it from electromagnetic interference (EMI), for a smooth gaming experience.

FORTIFY YOUR SYSTEM WITH PCI-E STEEL ARMOR

MSI PCI Express Steel Armor slots are armed with more solder points on the motherboard for a stronger hold, preventing any damage due to heavy-weight graphics cards. Steel Armor also protects PCI Express signals against electromagnetic interference for a pure gaming experience and even higher overclocking.

SUPER STABLE GAMING WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY COMPONENTS

MSI uses the high quality components , which is shielded by the best protection to make sure your system runs smoothly under the most extreme conditions.

SOLID CAP

With their aluminum core design and Japanese made quality, Solid CAPs are made for high-end design motherboard. Not only do Solid CAPs could provide lower Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR), but also work firmly for over-10-year.

DarkChoke

DARK CHOKE

A special core design allows the Dark Choke to run at a lower temperature offering better power efficiency and stability.

• HUMIDITY PROTECTION
• TEMPERATURE PROTECTION
• Circuit CIRCUIT PROTECTION
• ESD ESD PROTECTION
• EMI EMI PROTECTION

ULTIMATE MOTHERBOARD PROTECTION

MSI

DOBUBLE ESD PROTECTION

BEST

BRAND B

SINGLE ESD PROTECTION - AVERAGE

AVERAGE

BRAND G

SEMI ESD PROTECTION - POOR

POOR

We’ve made sure you can enjoy your system endlessly. MSI motherboards feature Double ESD protection with double layer grounding around the motherboard mounting holes, preventing Electrostatic discharge (ESD) surges from damaging the motherboard.

CERTIFIED FOR GAMING

Each model is tweaked to deliver the best FPS for a stutter-free gaming experience. Tested in 24-hour on- and offline gaming sessions with the most popular gaming gear by the world’s best eSports players, so you can enjoy top performance and reliability in the world’s most popular games.

WINDOWS 10 CERTIFIED

With MSI you benefit from great compatibility and a worry-free user experience when using Microsoft Windows 10.

With a true dedication to performance, our R&D team has made sure everything works as intended when using the latest version of Microsoft Windows on any MSI product.

Specifications