Gaming Armor
Power: Hi-Density Power Connectors (24 pin and 8 pin)
Memory: 15m Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
VGA Car: 15m Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)
Internet: Intel LAN
Cooling:
- XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
- Heat Pipe Design
Audio: Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 3

Unique Feature
ASRock USB 3.1:
- ASRock USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
- ASRock USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s)
ASRock Super Alloy:
- XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
- Premium 45A Power Choke
- Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
- Combo Caps (Nichicon 12K Black Caps)
- Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
- I/O Armor
- Matte Black PCB
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
ASRock Intel 4-Layer Memory POOL (Planes on Outer Layers) Technology
ASRock Steel Slots
ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 SATA3)
ASRock Full Spike Protection
ASRock Live Update and APP Shop

CPU
Supports 7th and 6th 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
Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine II

Chipset
Intel Z270

Memory
Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
Supports DDR4 3866+(OC)/3733(OC)/3600(OC)/3200(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (7th Gen Intel CPU supports DDR4 up to 2400 6th Gen Intel CPU supports DDR4 up to 2133.)
Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB
(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.)
Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
15m Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

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 6.0 Compliant wake up events
SMBIOS 2.7 Support
CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA, VCCPLL 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
Gen9 LP, DX11.3, DX12
HWAEncode/Decode: VP8, HEVC 8b, VP9, HEVC 10b (For 7th Gen Intel CPU)
HWA Encode/Decode: VP8, HEVC 8b, GPU/SWEncode/Decode: VP9, HEVC 10b (For 6th Gen Intel CPU)
Max. shared memory 1024MB
(The size of maximum shared memory may vary from different operating systems.)
Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
Supports Triple Monitor
Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) at 24Hz / (3840x2160) at 30Hz
Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 at 60Hz
Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 at 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

Audio
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray Audio support
Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
120dB SNR DAC with Differential Amplifier
TI 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 Front Out port
Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
AURA RGB LED
Gold Audio Jacks
15m Gold Audio Connector
Supports Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 3

LAN
Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
1 x Giga PHY Intel I219V, 1 x GigaLAN Intel I211AT
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
Supports Dual LAN with Teaming (Teaming is not supported on Windows 10.)
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Supports PXE

Slots
3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE4/PCIE6: single at x16 (PCIE2), dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4), triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE6))
(Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks)
3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX, 3-Way CrossFireX and CrossFireX
1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT module
(If M2_3 is occupied, PCIE3 will be disabled.)
15m Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)

Storage
6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 15 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
(M2_1, SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
M2_2, SATA3_4 and SATA3_5 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.)
2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)
(Supports Intel Optane Technology. Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks. Supports ASRock U.2 Kit)
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports 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)
(Supports Intel Optane Technology. Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks. Supports ASRock U.2 Kit)

Connector
1 x COM Port Header
1 x TPM Header
1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
1 x AURA RGB LED Header (Supports up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip.)
1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
(The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.)
1 x CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin)
(The CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.)
2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
1 x Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin)
(The Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power. CHA_FAN1 and CHA_FAN2 can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.)
1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15 Gold Audio Connector)
1 x Thunderbolt AIC Connector (5-pin)
1 x Thunderbolt AIC Connector (10-pin)
(Only one Thunderbolt AIC Card is supported)
3 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (Intel Z270) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Intel Z270) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x Dr. Debug with LED
1 x Power Switch with LED
1 x Reset Switch with LED
1 x XMP Switch

Rear Panel I/O
2 x Antenna Ports
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 USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM2142) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM2142) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
3 x USB 3.0 Ports (Intel Z270) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 3.0) (Intel Z270) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)

Software and UEFI
Software:
- ASRock F-Stream
- ASRock AURA RGB LED
- ASRock Key Master
- ASRock APP Charger
- ASRock XFast LAN
(These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update APP Shop.)
UEFI:
- ASRock EZ Mode
- ASRock Full HD UEFI
- ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock Crashless BIOS
- ASRock UEFI System Browser
- ASRock UEFI Tech Service
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer

Support CD
Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar

Accessories
Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
4 x SATA Data Cables
1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card
3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets

Hardware Monitor
Temperature Sensing: CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCSA, VCCST

Form Factor
ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm

OS
Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit (For 7th Gen Intel CPU)
Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit (For 6th Gen Intel CPU)
(To install Windows 7 OS, a modified installation disk with xHCI drivers packed into the ISO file is required. Please check our User Manual for more detailed instructions.)
(For the updated Windows 10 driver, please visit ASRocks website for details.)

Certifications
FCC, CE, WHQL
ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)