Gigabyte aorus z270x gaming 7 review in Spanish (complete analysis)

Today is a great day for consumers as the launch of Intel Kaby Lake meets the needs of the most junkyards who want to try the latest from Intel. This time we bring you the analysis of the Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 7 with Z270 chipset, capacity for up to 64GB of DDR4 memory at speeds of 4000 MHz and quite interesting improvements over the previous generation.

We appreciate the trust in Gigabyte Spain for sending the product for analysis:

Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 7 technical features

Unboxing and design

The Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 7 is presented in a cardboard box in which the color black predominates although orange also stands out on the edges. On its cover we find an image of the product, large letters and the great variety of certificates it incorporates.

Already in the back we have all the most important technical characteristics very well detailed.An excellent staging so that the user is informed of all the characteristics of the product before going through the box.

Inside we find the following accessories:

Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 7 motherboard. Backplate. Instruction manual and quick guide. CD disk with drivers. SATA Cable Set. SLI bridge. Stickers to identify wiring.

The Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 7 is an ATX format motherboard with dimensions of 30.5 cm x 24 cm for the LGA 1151 socket . The board has a beautiful design with its matte black PCB color and white heatsinks, it really is a very successful combination that gives it an unbeatable aesthetic.

The motherboard features two zones with cooling: power phases and Z170 chipset. It has nothing more and nothing less than 16 phases of power supply of the best quality and with first-rate components such as Japanese Nichicon capacitors . What does this whole set of technology do? offers us the best experience, durability and overclocking possibilities on a high-end board.

Nor can we forget the incorporation of Ultra Durable PCIe Armor technology that is responsible for reinforcing the PCI-Express ports so that they can easily support the most powerful and heavy-duty graphics cards on the market. There is also the Double Locking Bracket that provides a better grip of the cards for a more optimal operation. Anti-Sulfur Resistor Design and Ultra Durable Memory Armor technologies protect all major electronic components and DDR4 DIMMM slots from wear and tear so they last like new for much longer. It is more than clear that the Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 7 is a high quality motherboard made to last.

Detail of the 8-pin EPS connection.

It has 4 available 64 GB compatible DDR4 RAM memory sockets with frequencies up to 4000 Mhz and compatible with the XMP 2.0 profile.

The Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 7 presents a very good layout, since it allows us to connect two Nvidia graphics cards in SLI or three AMDs in CrossFireX. It has a total of three PCIe 3.0 to x16 slots and three PCIe 3.0 connections at x1 speed.

It is also important to know that it incorporates a slot for the M.2 connection and thus install any disk of this format and type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (42/60/80 and 110mm). There is also a second SLOT to place it vertically and connect another high-speed M.2 connection. To this are added the 4 SATA III 6 Gb / s ports so we will not lack storage capacity, we can also perfectly combine all the advantages of the high speed of SSDs and the large capacity of HDDs.

It incorporates a Creative Sound Core3D sound card that combines Creative's advanced quad-core audio processor with powerful Creative SBX Pro StudioTM Audio Suite software. With this you can modify many parameters and all the work related to sound processing is downloaded to the CPU to improve the overall performance of the system.

The SBX Pro Studio suite audio technology will provide you with a new level of sound immersion so that you can enjoy all your favorite multimedia content and, of course, games like never before. Creative's specific algorithms allow users to feel specific sounds in the middle of the battlefield.

We also highlight the interchangeable OP-AMP so that the user can modify the characteristics of the sound offered according to their preferences, this allows improving the sound quality in a very comfortable way and without the need to purchase new speakers with a very high price.

We detail the rear connections. Point out that we have two Killer E2500 Gaming Network + Intel Gigabit LAN i219 connections They provide great performance and prioritize video game related packages to reduce latency and improve data transfer speed.

1 x DisplayPort. 1 x HDMI. 2 x Network (RJ45). 1 x Optical S / PDIF output. 2 x USB 3.1 Type A.2 x USB 3.1 Type C.2 x USB 3.0. 2 x USB 2.0.1 x E / S 8 audio channels.

To finish we talk about the advanced RGB Fusion lighting system that consists of a total of three light zones, four programmable zones and configuration in 16.8 million colors. We also have at our disposal 8 different light effects and a connector for an LED strip with which we can give an even more personal touch of light to our system.

The new RGB software allows users to access different lighting profiles in various colors so that they can choose the one that best meets their needs. It even offers you the possibility of synchronizing the lighting system with your favorite music so that it follows the rhythm or with the temperature of the processor so that it changes according to the load of the system. The advanced mode will give you access to personalization individually for one of the areas.

Test bench and tests

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel i7-7700k.
Base plate:	Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming
Memory:	Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR4
Heatsink	Corsair H115
HDD	Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB.
Graphic card	Nvidia GTX 1080.
Power supply	Corsair AX860i.

To check the stability of the i7-7700k processor at 4500 MHZ (stock values) and the motherboard we have stressed with Prime 95 Custom and air cooling. The graphics we have used is an Nvidia GTX 1080, without further delay, let's see the results obtained in our tests with a 1920 x 1080 monitor.

BIOS

Gigabyte brings the best BIOS we've tested to date. It allows us to optimize any manageable component, also modify lighting effects, perform fully stable overclocking and in our language, Spanish.

We quite liked that from its software in Windows it allows us to activate an overclock option and leave the processor to a 4700 MHz overclock without touching anything. This is ideal for people who do not know how to overclock and makes your life a lot easier.

Final words and conclusion about Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 7

If we liked the Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 5 version, Gaming 7 has enchanted us even more and ranks among our favorites for the best motherboards of the year 2017. And it has all the ingredients we like: attractive design, lighting customizable, 12 + 2 power phases, support up to 64 GB DDR4 at 4000 MHz, SATA, U.2 and Double M.2 NVMe connections. Good job! ?

Regarding our tests we have reached up to 4900 MHz without any problem, but since this unit is quite hot we have not been able to upload more to the processor. The results speak for themselves.

Another of the great improvements is to incorporate a good Red Killer E2500 card, a sound system supported by the 4-core Sound Core3D chip with compatibility with headphones with great impedance and a reinforcement both in the 3 PCI Express connections and the sockets RAM memory.

It is one of our favorite motherboards and the performance is really good. We recommend it 100%.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ DESIGN WITH VERY GOOD TASTE.	- NONE AT THE MOMENT.
+ QUALITY OF COMPONENTS WITH ULTRA DURABLE TECHNOLOGY.
+ OVERCLOCK CAPACITY.
+ REINFORCEMENT IN SLOTS.
+ VERY STABLE BIOS.