Supports 6th Generation Intel Core™ Processors (Socket 1151) Digi Power, 10 Power Phase Design Supports DDR4 3866+ (OC) memory modules 2 PCIe 3.0 x 16, 3 PCIe 3.0 x 1 AMD Quad Cross Fire X™, Cross Fire X™ Graphics Output Options: DVI-D, HDMI 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), ELNA Audio Caps 2 SATA Express, 6 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen 3 x 4 & SATA3) 8 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 (2 Front, 6 Rear) Supports Full Spike Protection, ASRock Live Update & APP Shop Unique Feature ASRock Super Alloy High Density Glass Fabric PCB ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen 3 x 4 & SATA3) ASRock Full Spike Protection ASRock Live Update & APP Shop CPU Supports 6th Generation Intel Core™ i 7/i 5/i 3/ 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 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 Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB** Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0 *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. ** 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 128 Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support ACPI 5.0 Compliant wake up events SMBIOS 2.7 Support CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCPLL, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment Graphics Supports Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals: Intel Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) & MPEG-2 Full HW Encode 1, Intel In Tru™ 3D, Intel Clear Video HD Technology, Intel Insider™, Intel HD Graphics 510/530 Pixel Shader 5.0, Direct X 12 Max. shared memory 1792MB Dual graphics output: Support DVI-D & HDMI ports by independent display controllers Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x 2160) @ 24 Hz / (3840x 2160) @ 30 Hz Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x 1200 @ 60 Hz Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xv YCC & 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 Ports Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D & HDMI Ports * Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals & 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 In Tru™ 3D is only supported under Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit. Audio 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)* Premium Blu-ray Audio support Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) ELNA Audio Caps * To configure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD front panel audio module & enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. 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 Slots 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x 16 Slots (PCIE2: x 16 mode; PCIE4: x 4 mode)* 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x 1 Slots (Flexible PCIe) Supports AMD Quad Cross Fire X™ & Cross Fire X™ * Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks Storage 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 14 & Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI & Hot Plug 2 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 & M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen 3 x 4 (32 Gb/s)** * Support to be announced If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_0 & SATA3_1 will be disabled. ** Supports ASRock U.2 Kit Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks Connector 1 x COM Port Header 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header 1 x TPM Header 1 x Power LED & Speaker Header 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control) 3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (2 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control) 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector 1 x PCIe Power Connector 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) Rear Panel I/O 1 x PS/2 Mouse/ Keyboard Port 1 x DVI-D Port 1 x HDMI Port 6 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED & SPEED LED) HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone Software ASRock A-Tuning ASRock Disk Health Report ASRock USB (Universal Serial Bus) 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 * These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop. 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, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA Form Factor ATX Form Factor Solid Capacitor design OS Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit* * To install Windows 7 OS, a modified installation disk with x HCI drivers packed into the ISO file is required. Please check our User Manual for more detailed instructions. For the updated Windows 10 driver, please visit ASRock's website for details.