[section_title title=”Specifications”]Specifications
| General | |
| Gaming Armor | CPU Power – Hi-Density Power Connector – Ultra Dual-N MOSFET (UDM) – Multiple Filter Cap (MFC) (Filter different noise by 3 different capacitors: DIP solid cap, POSCAP and MLCC) Memory – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots VGA Card – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1 and PCIE3) – PCIe Power Connector Internet – Intel® LAN – Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer™ LAN Cooling – XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink – 2oz Copper PCB – Heat Pipe Design Audio – Purity Sound™ 2 |
| Unique Feature | ASRock Super Alloy – XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink – Premium 60A Power Choke – Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke) – Ultra Dual-N MOSFET (UDM) – Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) – Sapphire Black PCB ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3) ASRock HDD Saver Technology ASRock Full Spike Protection ASRock Cloud ASRock APP Shop |
| CPU | – Supports Intel® Core™ i7 and Xeon® 18-Core Processors Family for the LGA 2011-3 Socket – Digi Power design – 12 Power Phase design – Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology – Supports Untied Overclocking Technology |
| Chipset | – Intel® X99 |
| Memory | – Quad Channel DDR4 Memory Technology – 8 x DDR4 DIMM Slots – Supports DDR4 3000+(OC)*/2933+(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory – Supports non-ECC RDIMM (Registered DIMM) – Supports DDR4 ECC, un-buffered memory/RDIMM with Intel® Xeon® processors E5 series in the LGA 2011-3 Socket – Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB – Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0 *Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.** Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock’s website for more information. |
| BIOS | – 2 x 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS) – Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology – ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events – SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support – CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V, VPPM Voltage Multi-adjustment |
| Audio, Video and Networking | |
| Graphics | – n/a |
| Audio | – 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec) – Premium Blu-ray Audio support – Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) – Supports Purity Sound™ 2 – Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps – 115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier – TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets) – Direct Drive Technology – EMI shielding cover – PCB isolate shielding – Supports DTS Connect |
| LAN | – 1 x Intel® I218V (Gigabit LAN PHY 10/100/1000 Mb/s) – 1 x Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer™ E2200 Series (PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s) – Supports Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake On Internet Technology (on Qualcomm® Atheros®Killer™ E2200 Series) – Supports Wake-On-LAN – Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az – Supports PXE |
| Expansion / Connectivity | |
| Slots | – 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1 @ x16 mode; PCIE3 @ x16 mode; PCIE5 @ x8 mode)* – 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots – 1 x mini-PCI Express Slot – Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ – Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™, 3-Way SLI™ and SLI™*** *If you install CPU with 28 lanes, PCIE1/PCIE3/PCIE5 will run at x16/x8/x4.**If M.2 PCI Express module is installed, PCIE5 slot will be disabled. ***If you install CPU with 28 lanes, 3-Way SLI™ is not supported. |
| Storage | – 10 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel® Rapid Storage 13), NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug and ASRock HDD Saver Technology – 1 x eSATA Connector, supports NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug – 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) *SSATA3_3 connector is shared with the eSATA port, SSATA3_2 connector is shared with Ultra M.2 Socket**RAID is supported on SATA3_0 ~ SATA3_5 ports only. |
| Connector | – 1 x COM Port Header – 1 x TPM Header – 1 x Power LED Header – 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) – 3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control) – 1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin) – 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector – 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) – 1 x HDD Saver Connector – 1 x PCIe Power Connector – 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector – 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector – 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 1 x Vertical Type A USB 2.0 – 2 x USB 3.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 1 x Dr. Debug with LED – 1 x Power Switch with LED – 1 x Reset Switch with LED – 1 x BIOS Selection Switch |
| Rear Panel I/O | – 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port – 1 x eSATA Connector – 1 x USB 2.0 Port (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 4 x USB 3.0 Ports (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 2 x USB 3.0 Ports (ASMedia ASM1042) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) – 1 x Clear CMOS Switch – HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone |
| Other Features / Miscellaneous | |
| Software and UEFI | Software – ASRock F-Stream – ASRock Disk Health Report – ASRock USB Key – ASRock Key Master – ASRock APP Charger – ASRock XFast RAM – ASRock Restart to UEFI UEFI – ASRock Full HD UEFI – ASRock Instant Flash – ASRock Internet Flash – ASRock Crashless BIOS – ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) – ASRock UEFI System Browser – ASRock UEFI Tech Service – ASRock Dehumidifier – ASRock Easy RAID Installer – ASRock Easy Driver Installer |
| Support CD | – Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), Orbweb.ME Professional (Win 8.1 / 7), XSplit, Killer Network Manager |
| Accessories | – 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card – 1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S1S Bridge Card – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield – 4 x SATA Data Cables – 1 x HDD Saver Cable – 1 x Screw for Ultra M.2 Socket – 1 x Screw for mini-PCIe Slot |
| Hardware Monitor | – CPU/Chassis temperature sensing – CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer – CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature) – CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control – Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Input Voltage, CPU Internal Voltages |
| Form Factor | – ATX Form Factor – 2oz Copper PCB – High Density Glass Fabric PCB – Multiple Filter Cap (MFC) (Filter different noise by 3 different capacitors: DIP solid cap, POSCAP and MLCC) |
| OS | – Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit |
| Certifications | – FCC, CE, WHQL – ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) |
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