Connectors and I/O

Totally Gigabyte equipped the X99-UD4 with ten angled SATA ports, which is enough for every gaming rig, overclocking setup or workstation. Two SATA ports can be combined to a SATA-Express connector offering additional flexibility. All the SATA ports support 6Gbps bandwidth and they've been natively wired to the PCH. Apart from that, in order to enhance storage flexibility even further there are two M.2 slots located inbetween the second and the third PCIe x16 slot. 
What you won't find are practical onboard power- and reset-buttons as well as a debug LED. If you need to reset the BIOS you need to use a jumper, since there is not button to do the job. As for the PCIe connectors with this motherboard you get four PCIe 16x Gen 3.0 slots and three PCIe x1 slots.



Totally you'll find five fan headers on the Gigabyte X99-UD4 which is more than enough to provide even an overclocking rig or a high-end gaming machine with plenty of fresh air. What's practical is the fact, that those are all 4-pin connectors, which allow for fan speed control from within BIOS or Windows.



Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel Gigabyte equipped the X99-UD4 with five USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 ports and one Gigabit ethernet port. Furthermore there is an analogue audio panel as well as a digital audio out and a bracket to hold WiFi antennas.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 15 - UC Bench
Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 3 - Features	Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 4 - Layout	Page 18 - Cinebench
Page 5 - Connectors and I/O	Page 19 - Tomb Raider
Page 6 - BIOS	Page 20 - Metro Last Light
Page 7 - Test setup	Page 21 - Thief
Page 8 - Preview / Gallery	Page 22 - Right Mark Audio Analyzer
Page 9 - 3DMark	Page 23 - BCLK Overclocking
Page 10 - 3DMark 11	Page 24 - Power Consumption
Page 11 - 3DMark Vantage	Page 25 - Performance Rating
Page 12 - PC Mark 8	Page 26 - Price Comparison
Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 27 - Conclusion
Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2