• Unique Feature
  ASRock Super Alloy
  - Premium 60A CPU Choke
  - Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
  - Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM)
  - NexFET™ MOSFET
  - Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
  - Sapphire Black PCB
  ASRock 802.11ac WiFi
  ASRock HDMI-In
  ASRock Full Spike Protection
  ASRock Cloud
  ASRock APP Shop
• CPU
  - Supports 5^th Generation Intel^® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium^® / Celeron^® Processors (Socket 1150)
  - Supports New 4^th and 4^th Generation Intel^® Xeon^® / Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium^® / Celeron^® Processors (Socket 1150)
  - Digi Power design
  - 6 Power Phase design
  - Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
  - Supports Intel^® K-Series unlocked CPUs
  - Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
• Chipset
  - Intel^® Z97
• Memory
  - Dual Channel DDR3/DDR3L Memory Technology
  - 2 x DDR3/DDR3L DIMM Slots
  - Supports DDR3/DDR3L 3200+(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
  - Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB*
  - Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
  - 15μ 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
  - 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
  - ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events
  - SMBIOS 2.3.1 support
  - CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage multi-adjustment
• Graphics
  - Supports Intel^® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel^® Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel^® InTru™ 3D, Intel^® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel^® Insider™, Intel^® HD Graphics 4400/4600
  - Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1
  - Max. shared memory 512MB*
  - Three graphics output options: DVI-I, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2
  - Supports Triple Monitor
  - Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz
  - Supports DVI-I with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
  - Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz or 4K x 2K (3840x2160) @ 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 DVI-I, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports
  - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-I, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports
  
  

  *The size of maximum shared memory may vary from different operating systems.
  
  **Intel^® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and 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^® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows^® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.
• Audio
  - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)
  - Premium Blu-ray Audio support
  - Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
  - Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
  - TI^® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)
  - Supports DTS Connect
• LAN
  - Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
  - Giga PHY Intel^® I218V
  - Supports Intel^® Remote Wake Technology
  - Supports Wake-On-LAN
  - Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
  - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
  - Supports PXE
• Wireless LAN
  - Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
  - Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
  - Supports high speed wireless connections up to 867Mbps
  - 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
  - Supports Bluetooth 4.0 / 3.0 + High speed class II
• Slots
  - 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)
  - 1 x mini-PCI Express Slot: For WiFi + BT Module
  - 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)
• Storage
  - 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel^® Rapid Storage Technology 13 and Intel^® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
  - 1 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connector (shared with SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and M.2 Socket)*
  - 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M Key M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)
  
  

  *Support to be announced.
  ** The M.2 Socket, SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and SATA Express share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
• Connector
  - 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
  - 1 x TPM Header
  - 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
  - 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)
  - 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
  - 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
  - 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
  - 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
  - 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• Rear Panel I/O
  - 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
  - 1 x DVI-I Port
  - 1 x HDMI-Out Port
  - 1 x HDMI-In Port
  - 1 x DisplayPort 1.2
  - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  - 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
  - 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
  - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  - 1 x Clear CMOS Switch
  - HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
• Software and UEFI
  Software
  - ASRock A-Tuning
  - ASRock Disk Health Report
  - ASRock USB Key
  - ASRock APP Charger
  - ASRock XFast RAM
  - ASRock Restart to UEFI
  UEFI
  - ASRock Full HD UEFI
  - ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
  - ASRock UEFI Guide
  - ASRock Instant Flash
  - ASRock Internet Flash
  - ASRock Crashless BIOS
  - ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
  - ASRock UEFI System Browser
  - ASRock UEFI Tech Service
  - ASRock Dehumidifier
  - ASRock Easy RAID Installer
  - ASRock Easy Driver Installer
• Support CD
  - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), Orbweb.ME Professional (Win 8.1)
• Accessories
  - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
  - 2 x SATA Data Cables
  - 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna
  - 1 x Screw for M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3
  - 1 x Standoff for M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3
• Hardware Monitor
  - CPU, Chassis temperature sensing
  - CPU, Chassis 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
• Form Factor
  - Mini-ITX Form Factor
  - High Density Glass Fabric PCB
• OS
  - Microsoft Windows^® 10 64-bit / 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit
• Certifications
  - FCC, CE
  - ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

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The specification is subject to change without notice in advance. The brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.

The above user interface picture is a sample for reference. The actual user interface may vary with the updated software version.