• Unique Feature
  ASRock Super Alloy
  - Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
  - I/O Armor
  - High Density Glass Fabric PCB
  ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
  ASRock Full Spike Protection
  ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
• CPU
  - Supports 7^th and 6^th Generation Intel^® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / 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
  - Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  - 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
  - 128Mb 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) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel^® InTru™ 3D, Intel^® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel^® Insider™, Intel^® HD Graphics 510/530
  - Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12
  - Max. shared memory 1024MB*
  - Dual graphics output: Support DVI-D and HDMI ports by independent display controllers
  - Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 24Hz / (3840x2160) @ 30Hz
  - Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
  - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and 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 and HDMI Ports
  - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI 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 ALC892 Audio Codec)
  - Premium Blu-ray Audio support
  - Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
  - ELNA Audio Caps
• 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 x16 Slots (PCIE2: x16 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode)*
  - 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
  - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
  
  

  *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 and Intel^® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
  - 2 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connectors*
  - 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports 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)**
  
  

  *Support to be announced
  If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_0 and 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 and 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 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))
  
  

  *CPU_FAN1 and CHA_FAN1 can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.
  The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
• Rear Panel I/O
  - 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
  - 1 x DVI-D Port
  - 1 x HDMI Port
  - 6 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)
  - HD Audio Jacks: Side Speaker / 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 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.
• Support CD
  - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
• Accessories
  - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
  - 2 x SATA Data Cables
  - 1 x Screw for M.2 Socket
• 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: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm
• 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 xHCI drivers packed into the ISO file is required. Please see our online tutorial or check our User Manual for more detailed instructions.
  For the updated Windows^® 10 driver, please visit ASRock's website for details.
• Certifications
  - FCC, CE
  - ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

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