The Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX Motherboard provides you with a vast amount of features for building a reliable gaming system, utilizing high-performance components. It comes with an LGA 1151 socket and an Intel Z170 chipset to support Intel's 6th-generation line of processors. Gigabyte has equipped this motherboard with four DIMM slots that support DDR4 technologies so you can populate these slots with up to 64GB of 2133 MHz memory modules. To deliver data quickly to the processor and RAM, this motherboard provides two 32 Gb/s PCIe x4 M.2 slots and allows you to configure them into a RAID array. If you want to use your existing drives, it comes with six SATA III 6 Gb/s connectors and three SATA Express 16 Gb/s connectors. It also comes with two USB 3.1 ports that transfer data at a rate of up to 10 Gb/s. One of these ports is built using a type-C form factor, which has a reversible design and is smaller than the other type-A USB 3.1 port.

This Gaming 3 motherboard sports three PCIe 3.0 x16 slots to support multiple graphics cards linked via 2-way SLI or 2-way/3-way CrossFire. Additionally, three PCIe 3.0 x1 slots are available. With integrated Intel HD graphics and the motherboard's HDMI port, you can view 4K visuals on your 4K-compatible display. To complete the multimedia experience, Realtek ALC1150 delivers high quality audio with the use of Sound Blaster X-Fi MB3. You also get a TI Burr Brown amp to enhance the sound quality further. With these audio features, you will be immersed in clearer sounds and music through the motherboard's five audio jacks and an optical S/PDIF Out connector.

Network connectivity is achieved using an Atheros Killer E2201 Gigabit LAN controller that helps you win your online competitions by prioritizing the network traffic. Other connections include three USB 3.0 and four USB 2.0 ports as well as a VGA port, DVI-D port, and a PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port. Furthermore, Gigabyte provides Easy Tune that overclocks your components and Cloud Station, which communicates with mobile devices.