This motherboard has a pair of onboard Type-A and Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2 ports built on the rear i/o for supporting next generation USB 3.2 Gen2 devices and to deliver up to 10 Gbps data transfer rates.

• ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2
  – ASRock Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s)
  – ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
  – ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s)
  ASRock Super Alloy
  – XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
  – Premium Power Choke
  – 50A Dr.MOS
  – Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
  – I/O Armor
  – Matte Black PCB
  – High Density Glass Fabric PCB
  – 2oz Copper PCB
  2.5G LAN
  ASRock Auto Driver Installer
  ASRock Steel Slot
  ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
  ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
  ASRock Ultra USB Power
  ASRock POST Status Checker (PSC)
  ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
  ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
• CPU
  – Supports 12th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)
  – Digi Power design
  – 13 Power Phase design
  – Supports Intel^® Hybrid Technology
  – Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
• Chipset
  – Intel^® Z690
• Memory
  – Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
  – 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
  – Supports DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 5333+(OC)*
  – Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  – Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB
  – Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
  – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

  *Supports DDR4 3200 natively.
• BIOS
  – 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
  – ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
  – SMBIOS 2.7 Support
  – CPU Core/Cache, CPU GT, DRAM, VCCIN AUX, +1.05V PROC, +1.8V PROC, +0.82V PCH, +1.05V PCH Voltage Multi-adjustment
• Graphics
  – Intel^® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12)
  – Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers
  – Supports HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz
  – Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC (compressed) max. resolution up to 8K (7680×4320) @ 60Hz / 5K (5120×3200) @ 120Hz
  – Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports

  *Intel^® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
• Audio
  – 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec)
  – Supports Surge Protection
  – Gold Audio Jacks
  – 15μ Gold Audio Connector
  – Nahimic Audio
• LAN
  – 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s
  – Dragon RTL8125BG
  – 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

• Slots
  CPU:
  – 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2), supports x16 mode*
  Chipset:
  – 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3), supports x4 mode*
  – 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE5), supports x4 mode*
  – 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 Slots (PCIE1 and PCIE4)*
  – 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel^® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)- Supports AMD CrossFire™
  – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)

  *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
• Storage
  CPU:
  – 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*
  Chipset:
  – 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen3x4 (32 Gb/s) modes*
  – 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2242/2260/2280/22110 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*
  – 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors**

  *Supports Intel^® Optane™ Memory H Series (M2_2 and M2_3 only)
  Supports Intel^® Volume Management Device (VMD)
  Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  Supports ASRock U.2 Kit**If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_7 will be disabled.

• RAID
  – Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
  – Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 for M.2 NVMe storage devices
• Connector
  – 1 x SPI TPM Header
  – 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
  – 1 x RGB LED Header*
  – 3 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) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt™ 4 AIC Card)
  – 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)

  *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 and CHA_FAN1~5/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

• Rear Panel I/O
  – 2 x Antenna Ports
  – 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
  – 1 x HDMI Port
  – 1 x DisplayPort 1.4
  – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  – 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  – 1 x BIOS Flashback Button
  – HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)

  *Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_1_2 ports.
  ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_1_2 ports.