Asrock Z790 PG Sonic LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard

CPU

- Supports 13th Gen & 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)

- Supports Intel® Hybrid Technology

- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology

- Supports Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB)

- Supports Intel® Adaptive Boost Technology (ABT)

Chipset

Intel® Z790

Memory

- Dual Channel DDR5 Memory Technology

- 4 x DDR5 DIMM Slots

- Supports DDR5 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 6800+(OC)*

- Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB

- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 3.0

*1DPC 1R Up to 6800+ MHz (OC), 4800 MHz Natively.

1DPC 2R Up to 6000+ MHz (OC), 4400 MHz Natively.

2DPC 1R Up to 5600+ MHz (OC), 4000 MHz Natively.

2DPC 2R Up to 4800+ MHz (OC), 3600 MHz Natively.

BIOS

128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

Graphics

- Intel® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12)

- 1 x HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible, supports HDCP 2.3 and max. resolution up to 4K 60Hz

- 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC (compressed), supports HDCP 2.3 and max. resolution up to 8K 60Hz / 5K 120Hz

*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)

- Nahimic Audio

LAN

- 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s

- Killer E3100G

- Supports Killer LAN Software

Slots

CPU:

- 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1), supports x16 mode*

Chipset:

- 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2), supports x4 mode*

- 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 Slot (PCIE3)*

- 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel® CNVio/CNVio2 (Integrated WiFi/BT)

- Supports AMD CrossFire™

*If M2_5 is occupied, PCIE1 will downgrade to x8 mode.

Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Storage

CPU:

- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

- 1 x Blazing M.2 Socket (M2_5, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen5x4 (128 Gb/s) mode*

Chipset:

- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_4, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

- 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors

* Supports Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)

Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

If M2_5 is occupied, PCIE1 will downgrade to x8 mode.

Either M2_1 or M2_5 can be used at a time.

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

USB

- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (Front)

- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A (Rear)

- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C (Rear)

- 6 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A (4 Rear, 2 Front)

- 6 x USB 2.0 (2 Rear, 4 Front)

* All USB ports support ESD Protection

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)****

- 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****

- 4 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)******

- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

- 2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)

- 1 x Front Panel 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)

- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports)

- 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s)

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

** Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip

*** CPU_FAN1 supports the fan power up to 1A (12W).

**** CPU_FAN2/WP supports the fan power up to 2A (24W).

***** CHA_FAN5 supports the fan power up to 1A (12W).

****** CHA_FAN1~4/WP support the fan power up to 2A (24W).

****** CPU_FAN2/WP and CHA_FAN1~4/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

Rear Panel I/O

- 2 x Antenna Mounting Points

- 1 x HDMI Port

- 1 x DisplayPort 1.4

- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s)

- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Port

- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A Ports (USB32_56 are Lightning Gaming Ports.)

- 2 x USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port

- HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Software and UEFI

Software

- ASRock Motherboard Utility (Phantom Gaming Tuning)

- Killer Control Center

- ASRock Polychrome SYNC*

UEFI

- ASRock EZ Mode

- ASRock Full HD UEFI

- ASRock My Favorites in UEFI

- ASRock Auto Driver Installer

- ASRock Instant Flash

- ASRock Easy RAID Installer

*These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.

Accessories

- 1 x User Manual

- 2 x SATA Data Cables

- 5 x Screws for M.2 Sockets

Form Factor

- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm

- 2oz Copper PCB

OS

- Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit / 11 64-bit

*Windows® 10 only supports version 21H2 or later

Certifications

- FCC, CE

- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)