Gigabyte GA-Z170X Ultra Gaming

GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming (rev. 1.0)

• Intel^® Thunderbolt™ 3 Certified Motherboard
• Supports 7^th / 6^th Generation Intel^® Core™ Processors
• Dual Channel, Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
• Intel^® USB 3.1 with USB Type-C™ & PD 2.0 100W Support
• 2-Way SLI™ & CrossFire™ Multi-Graphics Support
• NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 22110 M.2 Interface & U.2 Interface for Intel^® SSD 750
• Best Support for 3 Intel^® SSD 750 Devices in RAID 0
• 2 SATA Express Connectors for Up to 16Gb/s Data Transfer
• Intel^® GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software
• High Quality Audio Capacitors and Audio Noise Guard with Ambient LED Trace Path Lighting
• Ultra Durable Metal Shielding over PCIe and DDR Slots
• Ultra Durable Anti-Sulfur Resistors for Longer Lifespan
• Ultra Durable Anti-Rust Rear I/O Connectors
• Dual Hybrid Fan Headers with Precise PWM / Voltage Control for Water Pump & Fan
• GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™ Technology
• APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities
• Rear Panel Mini DisplayPort-In for Future Feature Upgrade

• CPU

  1. Support for 7^th/6^th Generation Intel^® Core™ i7 processors/Intel^® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel^® Core™ i3 processors/Intel^® Pentium^® processors/ Intel^® Celeron^® processors in the LGA1151 package
     * For 7^th Generation Intel^® Core™ processors support need to update the latest BIOS.
  2. L3 cache varies with CPU
  (Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

• Chipset

  1. Intel^® Z170 Express Chipset

• Memory

  1. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
     * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed.
  2. Dual channel memory architecture
  3. Support for DDR4 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666(O.C.) / 2400(O.C.) / 2133 MHz memory modules
  4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules
     (operate in non-ECC mode)
  5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
  6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
  (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

• Onboard Graphics

  Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel^® HD Graphics support:
  1. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24 Hz
     * Support for HDMI 1.4 version.
  2. 1 x Mini-DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60 Hz
     * Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version.
  3. ŠŠ
  Maximum shared memory of 1024 MB

• Audio

  1. Realtek^® ALC892 codec
  2. High Definition Audio
  3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  4. Support for S/PDIF Out

• LAN

  1. Intel^® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

• Expansion Slots

  1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
     * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
  2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
     * The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
  3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
     * The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the SATA3 0/1 connectors. When the PCIEX4 slot is installed with a x4 or above card, the SATA 3 0/1 connectors becomes unavailable.
  4. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
     (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

• Multi-Graphics Technology

  1. Support for NVIDIA^® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 2-Way NVIDIA^® SLI™ technologies
  2. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies

• Storage Interface

  Chipset:
  1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support)
  2. 1 x U.2 connector
  3. 2 x SATA Express connectors
  4. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  5. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
     * Refer to "1-8 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the U.2, M.2, SATA Express, and SATA connectors.

• USB

  Chipset+Intel^® Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller:
  1. 1 x USB Type-C™ port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 support
  2. 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A port (red) on the back panel
  Chipset:
  1. 6 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
  2. 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

• Internal I/O Connectors

  1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  3. 1 x U.2 connector
  4. 1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector
  5. 2 x SATA Express connectors
  6. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  7. 1 x CPU fan header
  8. 1 x water cooling fan/pump header (CPU_OPT_PUMP)
  9. 2 x system fan headers
  10. 1 x system fan/water cooling pump header (SYS_FAN2_PUMP)
  11. 1 x front panel header
  12. 1 x front panel audio header
  13. 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
  14. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  15. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  16. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
  17. 1 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connector
  18. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

• Back Panel Connectors

  1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  2. 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 support
  3. 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A port (red)
  4. 1 x Mini-DisplayPort In port
  5. 1 x Mini-DisplayPort
  6. 1 x HDMI port
  7. 4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
  8. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  9. 1 x RJ-45 port
  10. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  11. 5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

• I/O Controller

  1. iTE^® I/O Controller Chip

• H/W Monitoring

  1. System voltage detection
  2. CPU/System/Chipset temperature detection
  3. CPU/CPU OPT/System fan (pump) speed detection
  4. CPU/System/Chipset overheating warning
  5. CPU/CPU OPT/System fan (pump) fail warning
  6. CPU/CPU OPT/System fan (pump) speed control
     * Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.

• BIOS

  1. 2 x 128 Mbit flash
  2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
  3. Support for DualBIOS™
  4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

• Unique Features

  1. Support for APP Center
     * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
     3D OSD
     @BIOS
     AutoGreen
     BIOS Setup
     Color Temperature
     Cloud Station
     EasyTune
     Easy RAID
     Fast Boot
     ON/OFF Charge
     Platform Power Management
     Smart TimeLock
     Smart Keyboard
     Smart Backup
     System Information Viewer
     USB Blocker
     V-Tuner
  2. Support for Q-Flash
  3. Support for Smart Switch
  4. Support for Xpress Install

• Bundled Software

  1. Norton^® Internet Security (OEM version)
  2. Intel^® Smart Response Technology
  3. cFosSpeed

• Operating System

  1. Windows^® 10 64-bit (for 7^th Generation Intel^® Processors)
  2. Windows^® 10 64-bit / Windows^® 8.1 64-bit / Windows^® 7 32-bit / 64-bits (for 6^th Generation Intel^® Processors)
     * Please download the "Windows USB Installation Tool" from GIGABYTE's website and install it before installing Windows 7.

• Form Factor

  1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm