What BIOS version does the Z97 Gaming include?

As the title suggests, I'm curious about what BIOS version the Z97 Gaming 5 will ship with if I were to order it, say, right now or sometime next week.
I'm planning on getting the Z97 Gaming 5 together with an i7-4790k, without any plans to overclock it (maybe in the future).
I've read horror stories about people having flashing the BIOS and it failing, and honestly I don't think I'd feel comfortable doing it. I don't know much either when it comes to that specific part of computers.
I'm mostly just curious what version the board will ship with, seeing as it's been out for a while and there's quite a few versions available for download. I haven't been able to find a solid answer anywhere, although most people seem to say that the board will come with one of the later versions, instead of the oldest, or older ones.
Can anyone clarify this for me? I'm a little confused and just want to be sure before I make a purchase. I've finally managed, as a poor student, to get the money to buy this expensive stuff, and I just want to be sure about everything before doing anything else.
Think first, Act later! 
Thanks in advance.

Hi
Main difference between Gaming 3 and 5 is that 3 supports only 2-way XFire, but 5 supports 2 way SLI or 3 way XFire.
Another is visual difference:Gaming 3 is looking like Z87 G45 with slight changed, Gaming 5 has the newer Z97 look.
Apart from that I see little differences like number of PCIe slots etc. If you only will use single/dual graphics cards without any WiFi cards or sound cards, then Gaming 3 is ok for that. But choice is up to you: if you don't plan to SLI/XFire, then I would go for Gaming 3 as it's enough for single GPU. If you however would like to SLI/XFire(even in the future) then Gaming 5 is better for that.

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