[section_title title=”Specifications”]Specifications
General | |
Gaming Armor | CPU Power – Hi-Density Power Connector Memory – NexFET™ MOSFET – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots VGA Card – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2) Internet – Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer™ LAN Cooling – XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink Audio – Purity Sound™ 2 |
Unique Feature | ASRock Super Alloy – XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink – Premium Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke) – NexFET™ MOSFET – Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) – Sapphire Black PCB ASRock Full Spike Protection ASRock Cloud ASRock APP Shop |
CPU | – Supports 5th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150) – Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® Xeon®/Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150) – Digi Power design – 8 Power Phase design – Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology – Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs – Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking |
Chipset | – Intel® Z97 |
Memory | – Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology – 4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots – Supports DDR3 3200+(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory – Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB* – Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2*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. |
BIOS | – 2 x 64Mb 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 Voltage Multi-adjustment |
Audio, Video and Networking | |
Graphics | – Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel® InTru™ 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® Insider™, Intel®HD Graphics 4400/4600 – Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1 – Max. shared memory 1792MB – Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI – Supports Triple Monitor – Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2304) @ 24Hz – Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz – Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz – Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) – Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports – Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI Ports*Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.**Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.***Intel® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit. |
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 | – PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s – Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer™ E2200 Series – Supports Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake On Internet Technology – Supports Wake-On-LAN – Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az – Supports PXE |
Expansion / Connectivity | |
Slots | – 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode) – 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE4: x4 mode) – 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots – 2 x PCI Slots – Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™*If PCIE1 or PCIE3 slot is occupied, PCIE4 slot will run at x2 mode. |
Storage | – 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug – 1 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connector (shared with SATAE_4, SATAE_5 and M.2 Socket)* – 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)*Support to be announced. |
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) – 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 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 USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) |
Rear Panel I/O | – 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port – 1 x D-Sub Port – 1 x DVI-D Port – 1 x HDMI Port – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port – 3 x USB 2.0 Ports (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 (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) – 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 My Favorites in UEFI – ASRock UEFI Guide – 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 | – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield – 4 x SATA Data Cables – 1 x Screw for M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3 |
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 – High Density Glass Fabric PCB |
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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