Skylake, Kaby Lake chips have a crash bug with hyperthreading enabled Bios update available for Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 Motherboard . F22f = Update CPU micro code to fix HT flaw issue http://uk.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z170X-Gaming-7-EU-rev-10#support-dl I haven't updated mine just yet , just in case there any problems with the Bios.
Updates for Asus Z170 and Z270 boards, https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthre...OG-Strix-UEFI-updates-for-hyper-threading-bug I've flashed my m8h with no issues.