o Supports 9th and 8th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) processors (Socket 1151)
o AQUANTIA(R) 10 Gigabit LAN, Dual Intel(R) Gigabit LAN
o IR Digital PWM, 12 Power Phase design
o Supports DDR4 4200+(OC)
o 3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 2 PCIe 3.0 x1
o NVIDIA(R) Quad SLI(TM), AMD 3-Way CrossFireX(TM)
o Graphics Output Options: HDMI, DisplayPort
o 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
o Supports Purity Sound(TM) 4 and DTS Connect
o 8 SATA3, 3 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 and SATA3)
o 5 USB 3.1 Gen2 (1 Front Type-C, 1 Rear Type-C, 3 Rear Type-A)
o 8 USB 3.1 Gen1 (4 Front, 4 Rear)
o Intel(R) 2T2R Dual Band 802.11ac WiFi (2.4/5GHz), supports up to 1.73Gbps wireless network and BT v5.0
o ASRock Polychrome SYNC
o Hyper BCLK Engine II
AQUANTIA(R) 10Gb/s BASE-T Ethernet
The new 10Gb/s network standard was specially designed to satisfy the user who is seeking immediate performance improvements. Based on AQUANTIA's AQtion(TM) client controller, it offers blazingly fast 10-gigabit/sec transfer speed over Cat6 cable. The 10Gb/s Ethernet not only fully compatible with 5Gb/s, 2.5Gb/s and Gigabit Lan but also delivers lightning fast transfer speed, perfect for media center, workstation and gaming PC.
Fully Supports 9th Gen Intel(R) Core Processors
The motherboard is designed to make the best out of 9th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processors, the sturdy VRM design provides extreme overclocking potential, lower temperature during gaming and reinforced system stability for taking on all sorts of arduous computing tasks.
12 POWER PHASE DESIGN (IR(R) DIGITAL PWM)
Featuring sturdy components and completely smooth power delivery to the CPU. Plus, it offers unmatched overclocking capabilities and enhanced performance with the lowest temperature for advanced gamers as well.
Unique Feature
ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2
- ASRock Front Panel Type C USB 3.1 Gen2 Header (10 Gb/s)
- ASRock Rear USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s)
- ASRock Rear USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s)
ASRock Super Alloy
- XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
- Premium 60A Power Choke
- Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
- Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM)
- Combo Caps (Nichicon 12K Black Caps)
- Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
- I/O Armor
- Matte Black PCB
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
AQUANTIA 10G LAN
Intel 802.11ac WiFi
ASRock Steel Slots
ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 and SATA3)
ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
ASRock Live Update and APP Shop
CPU
- Supports 9th and 8th Gen Intel CoreTM Processors (Socket 1151)
- IR Digital PWM
- 12 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 II
Chipset
- Intel Z390
Memory
- Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
- 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR4 4200+(OC) / 4133(OC) / 4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2666 / 2400 / 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
- 15 micro Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
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 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)
- Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology
- ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
- SMBIOS 2.7 Support
- CPU Core/Cache, GT Core/Cache, DRAM, VTT DDR, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, CPU PLL 2, VCCSA, VCCPLL, CPU Cold Bug Killer, CPU PLL 1, CLK VDD, DMI, CPU Internal PLL, GT PLL, Ring PLL, System Agent PLL, Memory Controller PLL Voltage Multi-adjustment
Graphics
- Supports Intel UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel InTruTM 3D, Intel Clear Video HD Technology, Intel InsiderTM, Intel UHD Graphics
- DirectX 12
- HWA Encode/Decode: AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265 8-bit, HEVC/H.265 10-bit, VP8, VP9 8-bit, VP9 10-bit (Decode only), MPEG2, MJPEG, VC-1 (Decode only)
- Dual graphics output: Support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 ports by independent display controllers
- Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) at 30Hz
- Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) at 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 HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports
- Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports
Intel UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
Audio
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
- Premium Blu-ray Audio support
- Supports Surge Protection
- Supports Purity SoundTM 4
- Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
- 120dB SNR DAC with Differential Amplifier
- NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier for Front Panel Audio Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)
- Pure Power-In
- Direct Drive Technology
- PCB isolate shielding
- Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port
- Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
- RGB LED
- Gold Audio Jacks
- 15 micro Gold Audio Connector
- Supports DTS Connect
LAN
1 x 10 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500/5000/10000 Mb/s (AQUANTIA AQC107):
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- Supports PXE
2 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (1 x Intel I219V, 1 x Intel I211AT):
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE
Teaming is supported on Windows 10 RS2 and above.
Wireless LAN
- Intel 802.11ac WiFi Module
- Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
- Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
- Supports high speed wireless connections up to 1733Mbps
- 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
- Supports Bluetooth 5.0 + High speed class II
- Supports MU-MIMO
Slots
- 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE4/PCIE5: single at x16 (PCIE2), dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4), triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x4 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE5))
- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM
- Supports NVIDIA Quad SLITM and SLITM
- Supports NVIDIA NVLinkTM with dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX series graphics cards
- 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-802.11ac module (on the rear I/O)
- 15 micro Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
NVIDIA NVLinkTM Bridge does not come with the package. Please purchase it from NVIDIA if necessary.
Storage
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 16), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), support M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)
- 2 x Ultra M.2 Sockets (M2_2 and M2_3), support M Key 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)
M2_1, SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_3 will be disabled.
M2_3, SATA3_4 and SATA3_5 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
Supports Intel OptaneTM Technology
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
Supports ASRock U.2 Kit
Connector
- 1 x TPM Header
- 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
- 2 x RGB LED Headers
- 1 x Addressable LED Header
- 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
- 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
- 6 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- 1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15 micro Gold Audio Connector)
- 1 x ThunderboltTM AIC Connector (5-pin)
- 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 3 USB 2.0 ports) (Intel Z390) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.1 Gen2 Header (ASMedia ASM1562 Retimer)
- 1 x Performance Mode / Easy OC Header
- 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
- 1 x Power Button with LED
- 1 x Reset Button with LED
Support in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip
Supports in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip
The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
The CPU/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN16/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.
Rear Panel I/O
- 2 x Antenna Ports
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x DisplayPort 1.2
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 3 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Intel Z390) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 3 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- 1 x Clear CMOS Button
- HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)
Software and UEFI
Software
- ASRock A-Tuning
- ASRock Polychrome RGB
- ASRock XFast LAN
UEFI
- ASRock EZ Mode
- ASRock Full HD UEFI
- ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer
These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update and APP Shop.
Support CD
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
Accessories
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 4 x SATA Data Cables
- 1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card
- 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna
- 3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
Hardware Monitor
- Temperature Sensing: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, DRAM VPP, VCCSA, VCCST, DMI, CPU Cold Bug Killer
Form Factor
- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm