Package contents

Check your motherboard package for the following items:

Motherboard

ASUS Z97-A Motherboard

 

 

Cables

3 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s cables

 

 

Accessories

1 x ASUS SLI bridge connector

2-in-1 Q-connector

 

 

 

Application DVD

Support DVD

 

 

Documentation

User Guide

 

 

If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

Z97-A specifications summary

 

 

LGA1150 socket for the 4th Generation and the New 4th Generation Intel® Core™

 

 

 

 

i7/Intel® Core™ i5/ Intel® Core™ i3, Pentium® and Celeron® processors

 

CPU

Supports 22nm CPU

 

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0*

 

 

 

 

* The Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the CPU types.

 

Chipset

Intel® Z97 Express Chipset

 

 

4 x DIMM, maximum 32 GB, DDR3 3200 (O.C.)* / 3100 (O.C.)* / 3000 (O.C.)*

 

 

/ 2933 (O.C.)* / 2800 (O.C.)* / 2666 (O.C.)* / 2600 (O.C.)* / 2400 (O.C.)* / 2133

 

 

(O.C.)* / 2000 (O.C.)* / 1866 (O.C.)* / 1800 (O.C.)* / 1600 / 1333 MHz, non-ECC,

 

 

un-buffered memory

 

Memory

Dual-channel memory architecture

 

 

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

 

 

* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs.

 

 

Please refer to Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List) for details.

 

 

2 x PCI Express 3.0 / 2.0 x16 slots (single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode)

 

 

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (max. at x2 mode)

 

Expansion

2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots*

 

slots

2 x PCI slots

 

 

* The PCIe x1_1/2 slots share bandwidth with M.2 Socket 3. The M.2 Socket 3 is disabled

 

 

by default

 

 

Integrated graphics processor - Intel® HD Graphics support

 

 

Multi-VGA output support: DisplayPort / HDMI / DVI-D / VGA ports

 

 

- Supports DisplayPort 1.2* with max resolution of 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz /

 

 

3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz

 

VGA

- Supports HDMI with max. resolution of 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz or

 

 

2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz

 

 

- Supports DVI-D with max. resolution of 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz

 

 

- Supports RGB with max. resolution of 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz

 

 

- Supports up to three displays simultaneously

 

 

 

 

 

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