Asus Motherboard ROG Maximus Z790 Hero

Specifications:

• Product Number: 90MB1CI0-M0EAY0

CPU

• Intel® Socket LGA1700 for Intel® Core™ 14th & 13th Gen Processors, Intel® Core™ 12th Gen, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
• Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

Chipset

• Intel® Z790 Chipset

Memory

• 4 x DIMM, Max. 192GB, DDR5 7800+(OC)/
• 7600(OC)/7400(OC)/7200(OC)/7000(OC)/6800(OC)/6600(OC)/6400(OC)/
• 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600/ 5400/ 5200/ 5000/ 4800MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
• Dual Channel Memory Architecture
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Graphics

• 1 x HDMITM port
• 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort 1.4 and Thunderbolt™ video outputs

Expansion Slots

• Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)
• 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x8 modes)
• Intel® Z790 Chipset
• 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4, x4/x4 modes)

Storage

• Total supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• Intel® 13th & 12th Gen Processors
• M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.)
• Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode.)
• Intel® Z790 Chipset
• M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
• M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)
• Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (suppports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
• Hyper M.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (suppports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Ethernet

• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
• ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

• Wi-Fi 6E
• 2x2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
• Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band
• Bluetooth® v5.3

USB

• Rear USB (Total 12 ports)
• 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (2 x USB Type-C®)
• 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)
• Front USB (Total 9 ports)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C® with up to 60W PD/QC4+)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
• 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Audio

• ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4082
• Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
• Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel MIC Jack-retasking
• High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 110 dB SNR recording input
• Support up to 32-Bit/ 384 kHz playback on front panel
• Audio Features
• SupremeFX Shielding Technology
• ESS® ES9218 QUAD DAC
• Gold-plated audio jacks
• Rear optical S/PDIF out port
• Premium audio capacitors
• Audio cover

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® ports
• 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)
• 1 x HDMI® port
• 1 x Wi-Fi Module
• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
• 5 x Gold-plated audio jacks*
• 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
• 1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button
• 1 x Clear CMOS button

Internal I/O Connectors

• Fan and Cooling related
• 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header
• 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header
• 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header
• 4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
• 1 x W_PUMP+ header
• 1 x 2-pin Water In header
• 1 x 2-pin Water Out header
• 1 x 3-pin Water Flow header
• Power related
• 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
• 2 x 8-pin +12V Power connector
• 1 x 6-pin PCIe Power connector
• Storage related
• 3 x M.2 slots (Key M)
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• USB
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C® )
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
• 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
• Miscellaneous
• 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers
• 1 x AURA RGB header
• 1 x FlexKey button
• 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
• 1 x Start button
• 1 x ReTry button
• 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
• 1 x Thermal Sensor header
• 1 x CPU Over Voltage jumper
• 1 x Alternative PCIe Mode switch

Special Features

• Extreme OC Kit
• FlexKey button
• ReTry button
• Start button
• Extreme Engine Digi+
• 10K Black Metallic Capacitors
• MicroFine Alloy Choke
• ASUS Q-Design
• M.2 Q-Latch
• PCIe Slot Q-Release
• Q-Code
• Q-Connector
• Q-DIMM
• Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])
• Q-Slot
• ASUS Thermal Solution
• M.2 heatsink backplate
• M.2 heatsink
• Steel backplate
• VRM heatsink design
• ASUS EZ DIY
• BIOS FlashBack™ button
• Clear CMOS button
• CPU Socket lever protector
• ProCool II
• Pre-mounted I/O shield
• SafeSlot
• SafeDIMM
• AURA Sync
• AURA RGB header(s)
• Addressable Gen 2 header(s)
• Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 with Quick Charge 4+ Support
• Support: up to 60W charging
• Output: 5/9/15/20V max. 3A, PPS:3.3–21V max. 3A
• Compatible with PD3.0 and PPS

Software Features

• ROG Exclusive Software
• ROG CPU-Z
• GameFirst VI
• Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer + Sonic Suite Companion
• Sonic Radar III
• DTS® Sound Unbound
• BullGuard or equivalent internet security (1-year full version)
• ASUS Exclusive Software
• Armoury Crate
• AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version)
• AURA Creator
• AURA Sync
• Fan Xpert 4 (with AI Cooling II)
• Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
• Power Saving
• AI Suite 3
• Easy Optimization with AI Overclocking
• TPU
• DIGI+ Power Control
• Turbo app
• PC Cleaner
• MyAsus
• WinRAR
• UEFI BIOS
• AI Overclocking Guide
• ASUS EZ DIY
• ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
• ASUS EZ Flash 3
• ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode
• MemTest86

BIOS

• 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

• WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

• Cables
• 1 x ARGB RGB extension cable
• 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cables
• ROG Hyper M.2 Card
• 1 x ROG Hyper M.2 Card with heatsink
• 2 x M.2 screw packages for ROG Hyper M.2 Card
• Additional Cooling Kit
• 1 x Thermal pad for M.2
• 1 x DDR5 Fan holder
• 1 x VRM Fan holder
• Miscellaneous
• 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas
• 3 x M.2 backplate Q-Latch package
• 3 x M.2 backplate Rubber Packages
• 1 x Q-connector
• 1 x ROG stickers
• 1 x ROG key chain
• 1 x ROG VIP card
• Installation Media
• 1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers
• Documentation
• 1 x User Guide

Operating System

• Windows® 11, Windows® 10 64-bit

Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor
• 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )