AORUS Z270X-Gaming 5 Motherboard Review

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Test System and Testing Procedures

Item	Name
Processor	Intel Core i7-7700K, Intel Core i7-6700K (Z170 motherboards)
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15S
Power Supply	Corsair HX850W 80 Plus Gold PSU
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 2x8GB @ 2666MHz 15-17-17-35 2T (XMP)
Storage	Silicon Power S80 240GB SSD (OS), OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD (Test)
Graphics	Integrated CPU Graphics, Gigabyte GTx 960 Windforce 3x OC
Router	Cisco E3200 stock firmware with 2x 6ft Cat5E cables for network testing
Motherboard(s)	Gigabyte Z170X-Designare (BIOS F2), Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming (BIOS F4)Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 (BIOS F4), EVGA Z170 FTW (BIOS v1.03), Gigabyte Z170-Gaming 7 (BIOS F2)
Operating System	Windows 10 Enterprise*

Latest working BIOS, updates and drivers were used at the time of the review. Each test was conducted at least three times for accuracy with the exception of PCMark 8 which already does three sets per benchmark run. *All performance benchmarks in this review and all reviews going forward will be using the Windows 10 operating system.

System Benchmarks