Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

1
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Stock performance, Board aesthetics, layout, and design, Price, LED placement, Motherboard manual details and quality, UEFI BIOS design and usability, Intel GigE network controller performance, M.2 port placement
Z170 Chipset, LED Lighting, Price, Performance, Useful Software, User Friendly Software
Good Overclocking Features and Ability, Darth Vader Looks, Red, Red, Red Lighting, Up to 2-Way SLI

Cons:

Lack of RGB LEDs, Overclocking performance, Odd surface mounting for SATA ports 4 / 5
No Debug LED Readout

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Last revision on April 13, 2018

Reviewers Liked

Stock performance, Board aesthetics, layout, and design, Price, LED placement, Motherboard manual details and quality, UEFI BIOS design and usability, Intel GigE network controller performance, M.2 port placement
Z170 Chipset, LED Lighting, Price, Performance, Useful Software, User Friendly Software
Good Overclocking Features and Ability, Darth Vader Looks, Red, Red, Red Lighting, Up to 2-Way SLI

Reviewers Didn't Like

Lack of RGB LEDs, Overclocking performance, Odd surface mounting for SATA ports 4 / 5
No Debug LED Readout

Expert reviews and ratings

GIGABYTE Z170X-Ultra Gaming Motherboard Review. Today on the bench is a Z170 motherboard from GIGABYTE. Sporting an all black design, it is perfect for any consumer theming a sleek rig. The ambient lighting is an interesting take on the current RGB...

By techicize.com on July 28, 2016

Good...

By techteamgb.co.uk on July 22, 2016

Meanwhile you can find benchmark values of 28 recent Z270 and Z170 motherboards in our comparison tables. We do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right...

By Ocaholic on March 22, 2017

In order to bring U.2 support to the Z170 while keeping the final cost reasonable, GIGABYTE had to make certain sacrifices. PCIe lane sharing aside, the company had to remove certain features that sopme people might take for granted on motherboards this...

By AnandTech on January 04, 2017

GIGABYTE's Z170X-Ultra Gaming motherboard has quite a bit going for it, including design and aesthetics, stock performance, and price. The board is a solidly designed product with looks and performance that should appeal to any gamer. Its black and red...

By PCPer on November 18, 2016

In conclusion, this motherboard is an excellent full-featured, overclocking motherboard that has all of the basic essentials that a hardcore gamer or entry-level enthusiast could ask for. If you are craving high-end performance without sacrificing...

By funkykit.com on November 01, 2016

The Z170X-Ultra Gaming motherboard leaves an odd feeling in me after testing; that somehow the name does not quite describe it fully. Sure it has the red LEDs (perhaps too many) draped across a black conservatively styled layout for contrast and...

By Modders-Inc on August 17, 2016

Pricing Currently, the Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming is available from the respected retailer Box.co.uk for £145.99 including delivery. Around this price point, there's a lot of competition from models like the ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA costing £158.99...

By eTeknix on August 15, 2016

Gaming is a large part of the enthusiast hardware world and is often mistaken to be the same thing. While it is true that gamers will go to great lengths to get the best performance from their system that doesn't always include overclocking, in fact...

By hardwareasylum.com on July 27, 2016

The Z170 chipset was a big deal when it was released (a little less than a year ago) because it introduced DDR4 to mainstream Intel processors and significantly increased the number and speed of the PCIe lanes from the chipset. Specifically, Z170 more...

By ComputerPowerUser on July 15, 2016

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