Gigabyte z270 gaming k3 review in Spanish (complete analysis)

Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3 technical characteristics

Unboxing and design

The Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3 It is presented in a compact box where black and the Gaming series predominate with a wide variety of colors. Thanks to its cover we can quickly identify what product it is.

Already in the back we have all the most important technical characteristics detailed. All very well illustrated and explained in English, plus a small box with its technical specifications.

Inside we find the following bundle:

Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3 motherboard. Back plate. Instruction manual and quick guide. CD disk with drivers. Set of SATA cables. SLI bridge.

The Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 5 is an ATX format motherboard, Its dimensions are 30.4 cm x 22.4 cm and it is compatible with the LGA 1151 socket. The motherboard has a very pleasing design with details in black and red. The PCB is brown, which although we would have liked in matte black, but we are sure that it will combine well with any component that we install.

Image of the rear, good welds and the track of the LED Zones enabled is clearly visible.

The motherboard features two zones with cooling: power phases and Z270 chipset. It has enough 7 power phases supported by Ultra Durable technology.

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Image of the 8-pin EPS connection for extra power to the motherboard.

It has 4 64 GB compatible DDR4 RAM memory sockets available with frequencies up to 3866 Mhz compatible with the XMP 2.0 profile.

The Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3 presents a basic layout but more than enough for any user. It has three PCIe 3.0 to x16 slots and three other PCIe 3.0 connections at x1 speed.

It is also important to know that it incorporates a single slots for the M.2 connection. This allows us to install any disc in this format and with size 2242/2260/2280/22110 (42/60/80 and 110mm). The advantages of taking advantage of this technology is that its bandwidth is 32 GB / s and we do not need any wiring to give it power, a plus for a cleaner installation.

The Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3 is fully compatible with M.2 SATA SSD and NVMe.

Another of the best in this new platform is the compatibility with Intel Optane natively. We recommend reading the article that is linked, to learn everything about it.

It incorporates an improved 8-channel Realtek ALC1150 sound card sound card. Among its most interesting features is the compatibility with amplifiers for ALC 1220 120dB helmets and high impedance speakers. All supported by Sound Blaster X-Fi MB5 software. Another great job from Gigabyte.

Regarding storage, it has six 6 GB / s SATA III connections with RAID 0.1, 5 and 10 support and two shared SATA Express connections. In the image we see only 4 SATA connections, but note that the other two connections are vertically designed in the corner of the board.

Other options that we would like to highlight is that the motherboard allows us to customize each of the fan heads, both in power that starts and its monitoring in hot. This is ideal for creating a curve when we want to lower the specific temperatures of our components.

Finally we detail the rear connections. Point out that we have a 10/100/1000 Gigabit LAN connection signed by Killer E2500. In addition, it incorporates two USB Type-C connections and USB 3.1 connections. We met with:

1 x PS / 2.1 x DVI-D.1 connection x HDMI. 1 x USB Type-C with USB 3.1 Gen 2.1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A.4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1.2 x USB2.0 / 1.1.1 x RJ-45 port6 x audio outputs.

Test bench and tests

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel i7-7700k.
Base plate:	Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3
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 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.

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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 Windows software it allows us to activate an overclock option and leave the processor at 4700 MHz without touching anything. That point has enchanted me, since people who have no knowledge can squeeze their processor to the maximum.

Final words and conclusion about Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3

The Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3 is an ATX format motherboard and it has all the ingredients to be the motherboard of choice in any PC Gaming configuration: design, build quality, the possibility of installing two AMD cards and a more refined sound than average.

It has 7 power phases, considerably less than its older sister Aorus Gaming 5 but it is much more affordable. Not for this reason, it has allowed us to overclock 4700 MHz (with the automatic system) to the i7-7700K.

In our tests we have been able to play with a GTX 1080 to the maximum in Full HD and 2560 x 1440p settings. Our tests give a spectacular result.

Special mention should be made of the improvements the Z270 offers against the Z170 series: increased motherboard LANES, support for Intel Optane natively, and compatibility without upgrading to Intel Kaby Lake.

In short, if you are looking for a quality motherboard with a price of around 150 euros, the Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3 is the perfect candidate to cover all your needs. A 100% recommended option.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.	- COULD HAVE AN RGB SYSTEM INSTEAD OF A STATIC LED.
+ STORAGE.
+ IT HAS ALLOWED US TO REACH UP TO 4700 MHz AT 7700K.
+ IMPROVED SOUND.
+ COMPATIBILITY WITH INTEL OPTANE.