• Unique Feature
  ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2
  - ASRock Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (10 Gb/s)
  - ASRock Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Port (20 Gb/s)
  ASRock Super Alloy
  - XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
  - Premium 60A Power Choke
  - Dr. MOS
  - Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
  - Matte Black PCB
  - High Density Glass Fabric PCB
  - 8 Layer PCB
  - 2oz Copper PCB
  2.5G LAN
  Intel^® 802.11ax WiFi
  ASRock Steel Slots
  ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
  ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
  ASRock Ultra USB Power
  ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
  ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
• CPU
  - Supports Intel^® Core™ X-Series Processor Family for the LGA 2066 Socket (Cascade Lake-X, Skylake X Refresh and Skylake X)
  - Digi Power design
  - 13 Power Phase design
  - Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0
  - Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine III
• Chipset
  - Intel^® X299
• Memory
  - Quad Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
  - 8 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
  - Supports DDR4 4200+(OC)* / 4000(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
  - Max. capacity of system memory: 256GB
  - Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
  - 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
  
  

  *Intel^® X299 does not support 1Rx16 memory modules.
  The maximum memory frequency supported may vary by processor type.
• BIOS
  - 2 x 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)
  - Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology
  - ACPI 6.1 Compliant wake up events
  - SMBIOS 3.0 Support
  - CPU, DRAM, VPPM, VTTM, PCH 1.0V, VCCMPHY, VCCIO, VCCSA, CPUPLL, CLK VDD Voltage Multi-adjustment
• Graphics
  - n/a
• Audio
  - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
  - Premium Blu-ray Audio support
  - Supports Surge Protection
  - Supports Purity Sound™ 4
  - Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
  - 120dB SNR DAC with Differential Amplifier
  - NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier for Front Panel Audio Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)
  - Pure Power-In
  - Direct Drive Technology
  - PCB isolate shielding
  - Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port
  - Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
  - Gold Audio Jacks
  - 15μ Gold Audio Connector
  - Supports DTS Connect
• LAN
  1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Dragon RTL8125AG):
  - Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
  - Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control
  - Visual User Friendly UI
  - Visual Network Usage Statistics
  - Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes
  - User Customized Priority Control
  - Supports Wake-On-LAN
  - Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
  - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
  - Supports PXE
  1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel^® I219V):
  - Supports Wake-On-LAN
  - Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
  - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
  - Supports PXE
• Wireless LAN
  - Intel^® 802.11ax WiFi Module
  - Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax
  - Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
  - Supports high speed wireless connections up to 2.4Gbps
  - 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
  - Supports Bluetooth 5.2 + High speed class II
  - Supports MU-MIMO
• Slots
  - 4 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots*
  - 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slot
  - Supports AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™**
  - Supports NVIDIA^® 3-Way SLI™ and SLI™**
  - 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-802.11ax module (on the rear I/O)
  - 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1 and PCIE3)
  
  

  *If you install CPU with 48 lanes, PCIE1/PCIE2/PCIE3/PCIE5 will run at x16/x8/x16/x8. If a M.2 PCI Express module is installed on M2_1 or M2_2, PCIE2 will downgrade to x4 mode. If M.2 PCI Express modules are installed on M2_1 and M2_2, PCIE2 will be disabled.
  If you install CPU with 44 lanes, PCIE1/PCIE2/PCIE3/PCIE5 will run at x16/x4/x16/x8. If a M.2 PCI Express module is installed on M2_1, PCIE2 will be disabled.
  If you install CPU with 28 lanes, PCIE1/PCIE2/PCIE3/PCIE5 will run at x16/x4/x8/x0. If a M.2 PCI Express module is installed on M2_1, PCIE2 will be disabled.
  Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  
  **3-Way CrossFireX™ and 3-Way SLI™ are only supported with CPU with 48 lanes or 44 lanes.
• Storage
  - 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel^® Rapid Storage Technology 17 and Intel^® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
  - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
  - 2 x Ultra M.2 Sockets (M2_1 and M2_2), support M Key type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**
  - 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_3), supports M Key type 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)**
  
  

  *If M2_3 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_7 will be disabled.
  
  **M2_2 is only supported with CPU with 48 lanes.
  Supports Intel^® Optane™ Technology M10 Series (M2_3 only)
  Supports PCIe RAID
  Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
• Connector
  - 1 x Virtual RAID On CPU Header
  - 1 x SPI TPM Header
  - 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
  - 2 x RGB LED Headers*
  - 2 x Addressable LED Headers**
  - 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
  - 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
  - 5 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
  - 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
  - 2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)
  - 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)
  - 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin)******
  - 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
  - 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
  - 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (ASMedia ASM3142)
  - 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
  - 1 x Power Button with LED
  - 1 x Reset Button
  
  

  *Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip
  
  **Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip
  
  ***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
  
  ****The CPU/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
  
  *****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
  CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN1~5/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.
  
  ******The Thunderbolt™ AIC card can be installed in the enabled PCIe slot (depending on CPU type).
• Rear Panel I/O
  - 2 x Antenna Ports
  - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  - 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
  - 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM3242) (Supports ESD Protection)
  - 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
  - 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  - 1 x Clear CMOS Button
  - HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)
  
  

  *Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_3_4 ports.
  ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_3_4 ports.
• Software and UEFI
  Software
  - Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
  - ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
  - ASRock Polychrome SYNC*
  UEFI
  - ASRock EZ Mode
  - ASRock Full HD UEFI
  - ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
  - ASRock Instant Flash
  - ASRock Internet Flash
  - ASRock Easy RAID 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
  - 4 x SATA Data Cables
  - 1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card
  - 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna
  - 1 x ASRock Screwdriver
  - 3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
  - 3 x Standoffs for M.2 Sockets
• Hardware Monitor
  - Temperature Sensing: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
  - Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
  - Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
  - Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
  - Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA
• Form Factor
  - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
  - 8 Layer PCB
  - 2oz Copper PCB
• OS
  - Microsoft Windows^® 10 64-bit
• Certifications
  - FCC, CE
  - ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

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.