Gigabyte motherboard boasts Super Speed USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 technology made possible through an additional onboard host controller. With superfast transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps, users are able to experience a theoretical 10x improvement over USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0. in addition, backwards compatibility with USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 assures users of long term use of their legacy USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 devices.