Introduction

The Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 motherboard Supports 6th Generation Intel® Core Processors. Dual Channel DDR4, 4 DIMMs. Intel® USB 3.1 with USB Type-C The World's Next Universal Connector. 3-Way Graphics Support with Exclusive Ultra Durable Metal Shielding over the PCIe Slots. Dual PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 Connectors with up to 32Gb/s Data Transfer (PCIe & SATA SSD support). 3 SATA Express Connectors for up to 16Gb/s Data Transfer.

Mainboard Type

Model number

GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Socket / Slot Type

Intel® LGA 1151 (Socket H3)

Form Factor

ATX

Dimension

30.5cm x 24.4cm

Processor

Supported Types

6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Series,6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Series,6th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Series

Chipset

Intel® Z170 Express

Supported FSB Speed

8.0 GT/s

BIOS

UEFI

Memory

Memory Type

DDR4

Maximum

supporting up to 64 GB of system memory

Memory Bus

Support for DDR4 3866(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

Slots

4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets

Expansion Slots

PCI EXPRESS

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
3 x PCI Express x1 slots

I/O Ports / Connectors

PS2

1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

RJ 45

2 x RJ-45 ports

USB

1 x USB Type-C port, with USB 3.1 support
1 x USB 3.1 port
5 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports

SATA

3 x SATA Express connectors
8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

Power connector

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

Fan Connector

1 x CPU fan header
1 x water cooling fan header (CPU_OPT)
3 x system fan headers

S/PDIF

1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector

Other Ports / Connectors

2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
1 x I/O shield audio LED power connector
1 x front panel header

Display Port

1 x DisplayPort

HDMI

1 x HDMI port

Multimedia

Audio Controller

Creative® Sound Core 3D chip
Support for Sound Blaster Recon3Di
TI Burr Brown® OPA2134 operational amplifier

Graphic Controller

Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics

Networking

LAN

1 x Intel® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)(LAN1)
1 x Qualcomm® Atheros Killer E2400 chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN2)

Miscellaneous

OS Supported

Support for Windows 10/8.1/7

H/W Monitoring

System voltage detection
CPU/System/Chipset temperature detection
CPU/CPU OPT/System fan speed detection
CPU/System/Chipset overheating warning
CPU/CPU OPT/System fan fail warning
CPU/CPU OPT/System fan speed control