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Model	Z97M OC Formula	Z97M Anniversary

Form Factor	- Micro ATX Form Factor - High Density Glass Fabric PCB	- Micro ATX Form Factor - Solid Capacitor design - High Density Glass Fabric PCB
Unique Feature	ASRock Super Alloy - XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink - Premium Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke) - NexFET™ MOSFET - Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) - Sapphire Black PCB ASRock Full Spike Protection ASRock Cloud ASRock APP Shop	ASRock Full Spike Protection ASRock Cloud ASRock APP Shop
CPU	- Supports 5th Generation Intel^® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron Processors (Socket 1150) - Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel^® Xeon / Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron Processors (Socket 1150) - Digi Power design - 8 Power Phase design - Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology - Supports Intel^® K-Series unlocked CPUs - Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking	- Supports 5th Generation Intel^® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron Processors (Socket 1150) - Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel^® Xeon / Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron Processors (Socket 1150) - Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology - Supports Intel^® K-Series unlocked CPUs - Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
Chipset	- Intel^® Z97	- Intel^® Z97
Memory	- Dual Channel DDR3 / DDR3L Memory Technology - 4 x DDR3 / DDR3L DIMM Slots - Supports DDR3 / DDR3L 3300+(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2400(OC) / 2133(OC) / 1866(OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB* - Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 *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.	- Dual Channel DDR3 / DDR3L Memory Technology - 4 x DDR3 / DDR3L DIMM Slots - Supports DDR3 / DDR3L 3100+(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2400(OC) / 2133(OC) / 1866(OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB* - Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 *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.
Slots	- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1 / PCIE3: single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3)) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE4: x4 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ - Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI™ and SLI™	- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode) - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
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: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI - Supports Triple Monitor - Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz - Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub 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 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.	- 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: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI Ports - Supports Triple Monitor - Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub 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 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 ALC1150 Audio Codec) - Premium Blu-ray Audio support - Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) - Supports Purity Sound™ 2 - Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps< / font> - 115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier< / font> - TI NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets)< / font> - Direct Drive Technology< / font> - EMI shielding cover< / font> - PCB isolate shielding< / font> - Supports DTS Connect	- 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec) - Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) - ELNA Audio Caps
Lan	- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb / s - Qualcomm Atheros Killer™ E2200 Series - Supports Qualcomm Atheros Security Wake On Internet Technology - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports Lightning / ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE	- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb / s - Realtek RTL8111GR - Supports Wake-On-WAN - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports Lightning / ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) - Supports LAN Cable Detection - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE
WiFi	- n/a	- n/a
USB
Rear Panel I/O	- 1 x PS / 2 Mouse / Keyboard Port - 1 x D-Sub Port - 1 x DVI-D Port - 1 x HDMI Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 1 x eSATA Connector - 4 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) - HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone	- 1 x PS / 2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS / 2 Keyboard Port - 1 x D-Sub Port - 1 x DVI-D Port - 1 x HDMI Port - 4 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) - 2 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: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
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 (SATA3_1 connector is shared with the eSATA port) - 1 x SATA Express 10 Gb / s Connector (shared with SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and M.2 Socket)* - 1 x eSATA Connector, supports 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 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.	- 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
RAID
Connector	- 1 x COM Port Header - 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header - 1 x TPM Header - 1 x Power LED header - 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) - 2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) - 1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin) - 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector - 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) - 1 x PCIe Power Connector - 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector - 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC 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)) *Please update to the latest BIOS to support Thunderbolt™ technology.	- 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 4 pin 12V 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))
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	- 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
Support CD	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), Orbweb.ME Professional (Win 8.1 / 7), Killer Network Manager	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), Orbweb.ME Professional (Win 8.1 / 7)
Software and UEFI	Software - ASRock Formula Drive - ASRock Disk Health Report - ASRock USB Key - ASRock Fine-Tuning V-Controller - ASRock Timing Configurator - ASRock APP Charger - ASRock XFast RAM - ASRock Restart to UEFI UEFI - ASRock Full HD UEFI - ASRock My Favorites in UEFI - ASRock UEFI Guide - ASRock NickShih's OC Profile - 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	Software - ASRock A-Tuning - ASRock Disk Health Report - ASRock USB Key - ASRock APP Charger - ASRock XFast RAM - ASRock Restart to UEFI - ASRock Pentium Anniversary Boost 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
Hardware Monitor	- CPU, Chassis temperature sensing - CPU, Chassis, Power 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	- 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
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	- 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)	- FCC, CE - ErP / EuP ready (ErP / EuP ready power supply is required)
Accessories	- 1 x ASRock Flexible SLI™ Bridge Connector Cable - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I / O Shield - 2 x SATA Data Cables - 1 x Screw for M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3	- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I / O Shield - 2 x SATA Data Cables