Description

• 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 5^th Generation Intel^® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium^® / Celeron^® Processors (Socket 1150)
  – Supports New 4^th and 4^th 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/DDR3L Memory Technology
  – 4 x DDR3/DDR3L DIMM Slots
  – Supports DDR3/DDR3L 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
• 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 512MB*
  – 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

  *The size of maximum shared memory may vary from different operating systems.

  **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
• 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 Key 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.
  ** The M.2 Socket, SATAE_4, SATAE_5 and SATA Express share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
• 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 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

  *Please update to the latest BIOS to support Thunderbolt™ technology.
• 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 3.1 Gen1 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
• 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^® 10 64-bit / 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit
• Certifications
  – FCC, CE
  – ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)