| General |
| Unique Feature |
ASRock USB 3.1 |
| - ASRock USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) |
| - ASRock USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) |
| ASRock Super Alloy |
| - XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink |
| - Combo Caps (Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps) |
| - Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) |
| - I/O Armor |
| - Matte Black PCB |
| - High Density Glass Fabric PCB |
| ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3) |
| ASRock Full Spike Protection |
| ASRock Live Update & APP Shop |
| CPU |
- Supports 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151) |
| - Digi Power design |
| - 10 Power Phase design |
| - Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology |
| - Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs |
| - Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking |
| - Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine |
| Chipset |
- Intel® Z170 |
| Memory |
- Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology |
| - 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots |
| - Supports DDR4 3866+(OC)*/3600(OC)/3200(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory |
| - Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode) |
| - Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB** |
| - Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0 |
| - 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots |
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| *3866+(OC) memory frequency can only be achieved when a single memory module is installed (Single channel memory). |
| Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock's website for more information. |
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| **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. |
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| 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 5.0 Compliant wake up events |
| - SMBIOS 2.7 Support |
| - CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA 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 510/530 |
| - Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12 |
| - Max. shared memory 1024MB* |
| - Three graphics output options: DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 |
| - Supports Triple Monitor |
| - Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 24Hz / (3840x2160) @ 30Hz |
| - Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz |
| - Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 60Hz |
| - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) |
| - Supports Accelerated Media Codecs: HEVC, VP8, VP9 |
| - Supports HDCP with DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports |
| - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports |
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| *The size of maximum shared memory may vary from different operating systems. |
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| **Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated. |
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| ***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. |
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| ****Intel® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit. |
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| 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™ 3 |
| - Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps |
| - 115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier |
| - TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets) |
| - Pure Power-In |
| - Direct Drive Technology |
| - PCB isolate shielding |
| - Supports DTS Connect |
| LAN |
- Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s |
| - Giga PHY Intel® I219V |
| - 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 (PCIE2/PCIE4/PCIE6: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4); triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE6))* |
| - 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe) |
| - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ |
| - Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™ and SLI™ |
| - 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2) |
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| *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks |
| PCIE6 is from chipset PCIE x4 lane. |
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| Storage |
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 14 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug |
| - 3 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connectors* |
| - 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)** |
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| *Support to be announced |
| M2_1, SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA_EXP_0 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled. |
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| **Supports ASRock U.2 Kit |
| Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks |
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| Connector |
- 1 x COM Port Header |
| - 1 x TPM Header |
| - 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header |
| - 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control) |
| - 3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)* |
| - 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)) |
| - 1 x Dr. Debug with LED |
| - 1 x Power Switch with LED |
| - 1 x Reset Switch with LED |
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| *All CPU/Chassis Fan Connectors can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use. |
| The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power. |
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| Rear Panel I/O |
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port |
| - 1 x DVI-D Port |
| - 1 x HDMI Port |
| - 1 x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port |
| - 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) |
| - 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) |
| - 6 x USB 3.0 Ports (Intel® Z170) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) |
| - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port 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 BIOS |
Software |
| - ASRock A-Tuning |
| - ASRock Disk Health Report |
| - ASRock USB Key |
| - ASRock APP Charger |
| - ASRock XFast LAN |
| - ASRock XFast RAM |
| - ASRock Fast Boot (Fast Boot, Restart to UEFI)* |
| UEFI |
| - ASRock EZ Mode |
| - ASRock Full HD UEFI |
| - ASRock My Favorites in UEFI |
| - ASRock Instant Flash |
| - ASRock Internet Flash |
| - ASRock Crashless BIOS |
| - ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) |
| - ASRock UEFI System Browser |
| - ASRock UEFI Tech Service |
| - ASRock Easy RAID Installer |
| - ASRock Easy Driver Installer |
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| *These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop. |
| Support CD |
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar |
| Accessories |
- 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card |
| - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield |
| - 4 x SATA Data Cables |
| - 1 x Screw for M.2 Socket |
| Hardware Monitor |
- CPU/Chassis temperature sensing |
| - CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer |
| - CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature) |
| - CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control |
| - CASE OPEN detection |
| - Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA |
| Form Factor |
- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm |
| OS |
- Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit* |
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| *To install Windows® 7 OS, a modified installation disk with xHCI drivers packed into the ISO file is required. Please see our online tutorial or check our User Manual for more detailed instructions. |
| For the updated Windows® 10 driver, please visit ASRock's website for details. |
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| Certifications |
- FCC, CE, WHQL |
| - ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) |
