• Gaming Armor
  Memory
  – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
  VGA Card
  – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)
  Internet
  – Intel^® LAN
  Audio
  – Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 3
• Unique Feature
  ASRock Super Alloy
  – Premium 50A Power Choke
  – 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 & APP Shop
• CPU
  – Supports 7^th and 6^th Generation Intel^® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium^® / Celeron^® Processors (Socket 1151)
  – Digi Power design
  – 6 Power Phase design
  – Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
• Chipset
  – Intel^® B250
• Memory
  – Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
  – 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
  – Supports DDR4 2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
  – Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  – Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB**
  – Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
  – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

  *7th Gen Intel^® CPU supports DDR4 up to 2400; 6^th Gen Intel^® CPU supports DDR4 up to 2133.

  **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.

• BIOS
  – 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
  – ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
  – SMBIOS 2.7 Support
  – CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA, VCCST 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
  – HWA Encode/Decode: VP8, HEVC 8b, VP9, HEVC 10b (For 7^th Gen Intel^® CPU)
  – HWA Encode/Decode: VP8, HEVC 8b; GPU/SW Encode/Decode: VP9, HEVC 10b (For 6^th Gen Intel^® CPU)
  – Max. shared memory 1024MB**
  – Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
  – Supports Triple Monitor
  – Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 24Hz / (3840×2160) @ 30Hz
  – Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
  – Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 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

  *Intel^® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

  **The size of maximum shared memory may vary from different operating systems.

  ***Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel^® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows^® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.

  ****Intel^® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows^® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.

• Audio
  – 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)*
  – Premium Blu-ray Audio support
  – Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
  – Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
  – Supports Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 3

  *To configure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
• LAN
  – Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
  – Giga PHY Intel^® I219V
  – Supports Wake-On-LAN
  – Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
  – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
  – Supports PXE
• Slots
  – 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x16 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode)*
  – 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
  – Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
  – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)

  *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
• Storage
  – 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
  – 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key 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)**
  – 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**

  *If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_0 will be disabled.

  **If PCIE2 slot or PCIE3 slot is occupied, the PCIe-type M.2 device on M2_1 socket will run at Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s).
  Supports Intel^® Optane™ Technology (M2_2 only)
  Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

• Connector
  – 1 x Print Port Header
  – 1 x COM Port Header
  – 1 x TPM Header
  – 1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header
  – 1 x AURA RGB LED Header*
  – 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)**
  – 2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***
  – 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
  – 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector
  – 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
  – 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
  – 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

  *Supports up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip.

  **The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.

  ***CHA_FAN1 and CHA_FAN2 can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

• Rear Panel I/O
  – 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
  – 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
  – 1 x D-Sub Port
  – 1 x DVI-D Port
  – 1 x HDMI Port
  – 1 x USB 2.0 Port (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
  – 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
  – 3 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
  – 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C Port (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
  – 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  – HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
• Software and UEFI
  Software
  – ASRock AURA RGB LED
  – ASRock Key Master
  – ASRock APP Charger
  – ASRock XFast LAN*
  UEFI
  – ASRock EZ Mode
  – ASRock Full HD UEFI
  – ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
  – ASRock Instant Flash
  – ASRock Internet Flash
  – ASRock Crashless BIOS
  – ASRock UEFI Tech Service

  *These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.
• Support CD
  – Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
• Accessories
  – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
  – 2 x SATA Data Cables
  – 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
• Hardware Monitor
  – CPU, Chassis temperature sensing
  – CPU, Chassis Fan Tachometer
  – CPU, Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature)
  – CPU, Chassis Fan multi-speed control
  – CASE OPEN detection
  – Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, PCH 1.0V
• Form Factor
  – Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm
• OS
  – Microsoft^® Windows^® 10 64-bit (For 7^th Gen Intel^® CPU)
  – Microsoft^® Windows^® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit (For 6^th 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 ASRock’s website for details.
• Certifications
  – FCC, CE
  – ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

The specification is subject to change without notice in advance. The brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Any con

The specification is subject to change without notice in advance. The brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.

The above user interface picture is a sample for reference. The actual user interface may vary with the updated software version.