Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0**

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

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

Dual Channel Memory Architecture

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

OptiMem II

*Actual Memory data rate depends on the CPU types and DRAM modules, for more information refer to www.asus.com for memory support list.

1 x HDMI® Port***

*Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.

**Supports max. 4K@60Hz as specified in DisplayPort 1.4.

*** Supports 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.

1 x PCIe 5.0/4.0/3.0 x16 slot

Intel® Z690 Chipset**

1 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)

2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x4 mode)

1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

* Please check PCIe bifurcation table in support site.

** Supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH-attached PCIe slot.

Intel® 12th Gen Processors

M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110

– Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.

Intel® Z690 Chipset**

M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

* Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports NVMe RAID 0/1/5, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.

** Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH attached M.2 slots

ASUS LANGuard

2×2 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)

Supports 2.4/5GHz frequency band

Bluetooth v5.2

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)

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.

– 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 audio capacitors

– Dedicated audio PCB layers

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 V-M.2 slot (Key E)

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

1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header

1 x 4-pin CPU OPT 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

3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers

1 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

– DIGI+ VRM (- Digital power design with DrMOS)

– LANGuard

– Overvoltage Protection

– SafeSlot

– 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 header

– Addressable Gen 2 headers

Armoury Crate

– AURA Sync

– Fan Xpert 4

AI Suite 3

– Performance And Power Saving Utility

TurboV EVO

EPU

DIGI+ VRM

ASUS CPU-Z

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

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 guide