MSI reserves the right to change the specifications without prior notices. 2017H1 30 Model MS-98H9 MS-98B5 MS-98A9 ATX board Processor CPU SKU: C236 SKU: Q170 SKU:H110 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium® /Celeron® Processor, Max. 84W 3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium® /Celeron® Processor, Max.77W 7th/6th Gen Intel® Desktop Kaby Lake/ Skylake Xeon/ i7/i5/ i3/Pentium® / Celeron® Series Processor, Max 95W 7th/6th Gen Intel® Desktop Kaby Lake/Skylake i7/i5/i3/ Pentium® /Celeron® Series Processor, Max 95W Frequency 2.6 GHz~4.5 GHz (Depends on CPU) 2.4GHz~4.0 GHz (Depends on CPU) 2.8GHz~3.9 GHz (Depends on CPU) L2 Cache 2MB~8MB (Depends on CPU) 2M~8M (Depends on CPU) 3M~8M (Depends on CPU) CPU Type Socket (LGA 1151) Socket (LGA 1150) Socket (LGA 1155) Chipset Intel® C236 Express Intel® Q170 Express Intel® H110 Express Intel® H81/Q87 Express Intel® Q77 Express BIOS AMI UEFI AMI AMI Memory Technology Dual-channel DDR4 (ECC) 2133MHz Dual-channel DDR4 (non-ECC) 2133MHz Dual-channel DDR3/DDR3L 1333/1600MHz Dual-channel DDR3 1333/1600MHz Max. Capacity Up to 64 GB Up to 32 GB Up to 32 GB Up to 32 GB Socket 4 x 288-pin UDIMMs 2 x 288-pin UDIMMs 4 x 240-pin DIMMs 4 x 240-pin DIMMs Display Controller Intel® HD Graphics Intel® HD Graphics Intel® HD Graphics Graphic Memory Shared system memory up to 1.7 GB SDRAM Shared system memory up to 1.7 GB SDRAM Shared system memory up to 1.7 GB SDRAM VGA 1 N/A 1 DVI 1 (DVI-D) 1 (DVI-I) 1 (DVI-D) DisplayPort 2 1 1 Multiple Display 3 independent displays 2 independent displays (H81 SKU) 3 independent displays (Q87 SKU) 2 independent displays (SNB CPU only) 3 independent displays (IVB CPU only) Display Interface VGA up to 1920 x 1080 DVI-D up to 1920 x 1200 DP up to 4096 x 2304 VGA up to 1920 x 1080 DVI-D up to 2560 x 1600 DP up to 2560 x 1600 VGA up to 1920 x 1080 DVI-D up to 1920 x 1200 DP up to 2560 x 1600 HDMI up to 1920 x 1200 Ethernet Controller 1 x Intel® I219-LM GbE LAN PHY (Support Intel® AMT 11) 1 x Intel® I210-AT GbE LAN 1 x Intel® I217-LM GbE LAN PHY 1 x Intel® I210-AT GbE LAN 1 x Intel® 82579LM GbE LAN PHY 1 x Intel® 82583V GbE LAN Audio Controller Realtek® ALC887 HD Audio Codec Realtek® ALC887 HD Audio Codec Realtek® ALC887 HD Audio Codec Super I/O Controller Fintek F81866AD-I Fintek F81866AD-I Fintek F81866 H/W Monitor Watchdog Timer 256-level Watchdog Timer 256-level Watchdog Timer 256-level Watchdog Timer Smart Fan Yes Yes Yes TPM Controller Box header Pin header Pin header I/O Interface USB 6 x USB3.0 (4 x rear, 2 x internal) 6 x USB2.0 (2 x rear, 4 x internal) 4 x USB3.0 (4 x rear) 4 x USB2.0 (2 x rear, 2 x internal) 8 x USB 2.0 (Q87: 2 x rear; 6 x internal; H81: 4 x rear; 4 x internal) 4 x USB 3.0 (Q87: 4 x rear; H81: 2 x rear) 4 x USB 3.0 (rear) 8 x USB 2.0 (2 x rear; 6 x internal) Serial 6 x COM (COM1~6: internal) COM1~2: RS-232/422/485, 0V/5V/12V COM3~6: RS-232, 0V/5V/12V 6 x COM (COM1~2: rear; COM3~6: internal) COM1~2: RS-232/422/485, 0V/5V/12V COM3~6: RS-232, 0V/5V/12V 6 x COM ports (COM1: rear; COM2~6: internal) COM1&2: RS-232/422/485, 0V/5V/12V COM3~6: RS-232, 0V/5V/12V Parallel Yes Yes 1 PS/2 1 x PS/2 port by Y-cable for keyboard and mouse 1 x PS/2 port by Y-cable for keyboard and mouse 1 GPIO 8-bits (4 x GPI; 4 x GPO), 5V 8-bits (4 x GPI; 4 x GPO), 5V 8-bits (4 x GPI; 4 x GPO), 5V Expansion Slot PCIe x16 1 1 1 PCIe x4 2 1 N/A 1 PCIe x1 N/A 3 N/A PCI 4 3 5 Mini-PCIe 2 x Full-size (one w/ mSATA) N/A 2 x Full-size (Q87 only) 1 x Full-size Storage SATA 5 x SATA 3.0 (Support RAID 0/1/5/10) 4 x SATA 3.0 6 x SATA 3.0 (H81 SKU only support 2 x SATA 2.0, 2 x SATA 3.0)(Q87 SKU support RAID 0/1/5/10) 2 x SATA 3.0; 3 x SATA 2.0 (support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10) mSATA 1 N/A N/A 1 Power Supply DC N/A N/A N/A ATX ATX-Power 24P, 12V-8P ATX-Power 24P, 12V-4P ATX-Power 24P, 12V-4P Environment Operating Temperature -10 ~ 60°C 0 ~ 60°C 0 ~ 60°C Operating Humidity 10 ~ 90%, non-condensing 10 ~ 90%, non-condensing 10 ~ 90%, non-condensing Storage Temperature -20 ~ 80°C -20 ~ 80°C -20 ~ 80°C Storage Humidity 10 ~ 90%, non-condensing 10 ~ 90%, non-condensing 10 ~ 90%, non-condensing Form Factor Dimensions 305mm x 244mm (ATX) 305mm x 244mm (ATX) 305mm x 244mm (ATX) Weight 0.70 kg 0.70 kg 0.75 kg Certification EMC FCC, CE, RCM, VCCI, BSMI (Class B) FCC, CE, C-Tick, VCCI, BSMI (Class A) FCC Class A, CE, C-Tick, VCCI, BSMI Software Platform OS Support Windows 7 (32/64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 10 (64-bit) Windows XP (32/64-bit) Windows 7 (32/64-bit) Windows 8 (32/64-bit) Windows 10 (64-bit) Windows XP (32/64-bit) Windows 7 (32/64-bit) Windows 8 (32/64-bit) * 1 x ISA (optional) HMI Panel PC Embedded System Embedded Board Semi-rugged Terminal POS System COM Express Board Qseven Board Pico-ITX Board 3.5" Board EPIC Board PICMG 1.0 Board Mini-ITX Board Micro-ATX Board ATX Board