* Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list.

** Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 support depends on the CPU types.

5133(OC)/5000(OC)/4800(OC)/4700(OC)/4600(OC)/4500(OC)/4400(OC)/4266(OC)/4133(OC)/4000(OC)/3866(OC)/3733(OC)/3600(OC)/3466(OC)/3400(OC)/3333(OC)/3200/3000/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*

Dual Channel Memory Architecture

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

OptiMem II

* 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7/i9 processors support 2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively, others will run at the maximum transfer rate of DDR4 2666MHz.

* 11th Gen Intel® processors support 3200/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively.

* Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists), and memory frequency support depends on the CPU types.

*** Only Intel® 11th Gen processors support HDMI™ 2.0 with max. resolution of 4K@60Hz, others will only support HDMI™ 1.4 with max. resolution of 4K@30Hz. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.

Intel® 11th & 10th Gen Processors*

1 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot

– Intel® 11th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x16 or x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4 modes

– Intel® 10th Gen processors support PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4 modes

Intel® Z590 Chipset

1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)

2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots

* Supports PCIe bandwidth bifurcation for RAID on CPU function.

– Only Intel® 11th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode, this slot will be disabled for other CPUs

Intel® Z590 Chipset

M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA modes)*

M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA modes)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Raid function for PCIe mode SSD in Intel® Rapid Storage Technology is available with either 1. Intel® SSDs installed in both CPU-attached and PCH-attached slots, or 2. any other 3rd party SSDs installed in PCH-attached slots.

To enable Intel® Optane™ Memory (Hybrid Storage device), it must be installed in PCH-attached slots with Intel® Rapid Storage Technology.

* When a device in SATA mode is installed on the M.2_2 slot, SATA6G_2 port cannot be used.

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (2 x Type-A)

2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)

Front USB:Total 9 ports
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 connector (supports USB Type-C®)

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports*

* USB_E1 port, USB_E2 port, USB_E3 port and USB_E4 port share the bandwidth.

Realtek ALC897 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC

– Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking

– Supports up to 24-Bit/192 kHz playback

Audio Features

– Audio Shielding

– Rear optical S/PDIF out port

– Premium Japanese audio capacitors

– Dedicated audio PCB layers

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (1 x Type-A)

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (2 x Type-A)

2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)

1 x DisplayPort

1 x HDMI™ port

1 x ASUS Wi-Fi Module

1 x Realtek 2.5Gb Ethernet port

5 x Audio jacks

1 x Optical S/PDIF out port

1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse combo port

Fan and Cooling related

1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header

1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header

3 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers

Power related

1 x 24-pin Main Power connector

1 x 8-pin +12V Power connector

1 x 4-pin +12V Power connector

Storage related

3 x M.2 slots (Key M)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 connector (supports USB Type-C®)

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Miscellaneous

2 x AURA Addressable Gen 2 headers

2 x AURA RGB headers

1 x Clear CMOS header

1 x COM Port header

1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)

1 x SPI TPM header (14-1pin)

1 x 20-5pin System Panel header

1 x Thunderbolt™ header

– LANGuard

– Overvoltage Protection

– SafeSlot Core+

– Stainless-Steel Back I/O

ASUS Q-Design

– Q-DIMM

– Q-Slot

ASUS Thermal Solution

– Flexible M.2 heatsink

– VRM heatsink design

ASUS EZ DIY

– ProCool

AURA Sync

– AURA RGB headers

– Addressable Gen 2 RGB headers

ASUS Exclusive Software

Armoury Crate

– AURA Sync

AI Suite 3

– Performance And Power Saving Utility

TurboV EVO

EPU

DIGI+ VRM

Fan Xpert 4

– EZ update

ASUS CPU-Z

AI Charger

DAEMON Tools

MyASUS

Norton Anti-virus software (Free Trial version)

WinRAR

UEFI BIOS

ASUS EZ DIY

– ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

– ASUS EZ Flash 3

– ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

192 (128+64) Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

WOL by PME, PXE

Cables

2 x SATA 6Gb/s cables

Miscellaneous

1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas

1 x I/O Shield

1 x M.2 Rubber Package

2 x M.2 SSD screw packages

Installation Media

1 x Support DVD

Documentation

1 x User manual