Z97-K specifications summary

ASUS quiet thermal solution

ASUS exclusive overclocking features

Rear panel I/O ports

Internal connectors

Quiet Thermal Design

-ASUS Fan Xpert 3

-Stylish Fanless Design: PCH Heat-sink & MOS Heat-sink solution

Precision Tweaker 2

-vCore: Adjustable CPU Core voltage at 0.001V increment

-iGPU: Adjustable CPU Graphics voltage at 0.001V increment

-vCCIO: Adjustable Analog and Digital I/O voltage at 0.001V increment

-vCCIN: Adjustable CPU Input voltage at 0.01V increment

-vCCSA: Adjustable CPU System Agent voltage at 0.001V increment

-vDRAM Bus: 124-step Memory voltage control

-vPCH: 154-step Chipset voltage control

SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)

-BCLK/PCIE frequency tuning from 80MHz up to 300MHz at 0.1MHz increment

Overclocking Protection

-ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

1x PS/2 keyboard port

1x PS/2 mouse port

1x HDMI port

1x DVI-D port

1x RGB port

1x LAN (RJ-45) port

4x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (blue)

2x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

3-jack 7.1-channel audio I/O ports

1x 19-pin USB 3.0/2.0 connector supports additional 2 USB ports

3x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors support additional 6 USB ports

1x M.2 Socket 3 (for M Key, type 2260/2280 devices)

6x SATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (gray)

1x 4-pin CPU Fan connector for both 3-pin (DC mode) and 4-pin (PWM mode) CPU coolers control*

2x 4-pin Chassis Fan connectors for both 3-pin (DC mode) and 4-pin (PWM mode) coolers control

1 x Chassis intrusion connector

1 x Front panel audio connector (AAFP)

1 x System panel connector

1 x S/PDIF out header

1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector

1 x 8-pin EATX 12V Power connector

1 x COM connector

1 x TPM connector

1 x Clear CMOS jumper

*The CPU Q-Fan control setting is set as default in Auto mode for detecting the type of CPU fan installed and switches to the control mode automatically.

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