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Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 LGA1151 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel S1151 by stefan @ 2016-12-15

The Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 motherboard was built from scratch for the mainstream segment but this does not mean that it is not a capable product: it is packed with support for some of the latest technologies as USB 3.1, metallic shielding over the main PCI-E slot, a Gen3 x4 M.2 connector for installing additional storage, 2 SATA Express connector(plus two regular SATA 3), one ALC1150 HD Audio codec with built-in rear audio amplifier, a Killer E2200 Gigabit LAN adapter for minimizing in-game lag and more.

RMAA Test Results

In our RMAA test, the GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming K3 has scored really well in the 24/96 tests but fell a bit behind when testing at 16/44, trailing the SOC Force board; this is an usual behavior we have also seen at some other motherboards featuring the same ALC1150 CODEC from Realtek.

BIOSTAR GAMING Z170X 16/44

BIOSTAR RACING B150GT5 16/44

BIOSTAR RACING Z170GT7 16/44

Supermicro C7Z170-OCE 16/44

GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-SOC FORCE 16/44

GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming K3 16/44

BIOSTAR GAMING Z170X 24/96

BIOSTAR RACING B150GT5 24/96

BIOSTAR RACING Z170GT7 24/96

Supermicro C7Z170-OCE 24/96

GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-SOC FORCE 24/96

GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming K3 24/96

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