Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Good looking board.
Clean, logical layout.
Debug LED and onboard OC tools.

Cons:

Cheaper boards offer similar stock performance.
Lacks DisplayPort output.

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Last revision on March 9, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Good looking board
Clean, logical layout
Debug LED and onboard OC tools
SATA Express and M.2 support
Half a dozen fan headers
Dual Gigabit Ethernet
CrossFire and SLI capabilities
Flexible BIOS and Windows apps

Reviewers Didn't Like

Cheaper boards offer similar stock performance
Lacks DisplayPort output

Expert reviews and ratings

When Haswell replaced Ivy Bridge last year it came accompanied by Intel's 8-series chipset. Codenamed 'Lynx Point', the Z87 flagship offered broader SATA 6Gb/s support, more USB 3.0 ports, and did so while consuming almost 40% less power.It had been...

By TechSpot on September 16, 2014

100

The Z97X-UD5H-BK is built to be reliable, with great performance and an unbeatable warranty – a fantastic choice for a rock-solid...

By Expert Reviews on April 13, 2015

The Gigabyte Z97XUD5H BK is available for as little higher than 180 Euro and therefore comes with a really interesting price tag This board offers a lot of different features mix in combination with an attractive design as well as good build quality...

By Ocaholic on February 26, 2015

The closest motherboard price-wise we've looked at is the Asus Maximus VII Hero and for the most part the ROG board does have an edge in quite a few departments. It's arguably better-looking, has a more attractive and much better-featured EFI that's much...

By Bit-tech.net on January 15, 2015

An impressive, feature-heavy motherboard designed for reliability and backed up by a 5-year warranty. An excellent choice for users with a variety of functional...

By Kitguru.net on May 11, 2014

Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK is a very feature rich motherboard that will keep a lot of users happy. Then...

By hardwarebbq.com on May 04, 2015

The Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK Black Edition motherboard is aimed at the upper-mid range market. It is an LGA 1150 board based on Intel's Z97 chipset. Of course, owners of 4 th generation Core (Haswell) desktop processors can use their workhorses inside on...

By Fudzilla on December 29, 2014

In our comparison tables, meanwhile you find benchmark values regarding 43 recent Z97 and Z87 motherboards. Furthermore 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...

By Ocaholic on December 03, 2014

Gigabyte have given their Ultra Durable series a bit of a revamp for Z97 offering their boards up in Black Edition flavours. Whilst the implications of the Black Edition are fairly obviously, it is an overwhelmingly black-coloured motherboard, it also...

By eTeknix on June 30, 2014

GIGABYTE is known the world over as a motherboard manufacturer and a maker of other computer related devices including peripherals, video cards, laptops and more. GIGABYTE likes to think of itself as an innovator and industry leader. While the latter is...

By HardOCP on June 26, 2014

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