ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 FORMULA
Motherboard Specification
Processor Support
- Intel® Socket LGA1700 for Intel® Core™ 14th & 13th Gen Processors, Intel® Core™ 12th Gen, Pentium® Gold, and Celeron® Processors*
- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0**
Chipset
- Intel® Z790 Chipset
Memory Support
- 4 x DIMM slots, max. 192GB, DDR5 8000+(OC)/7800(OC)/7600(OC)/7400(OC)/7200(OC)/7000(OC)/6800(OC)/6600(OC)/6400(OC)/6200(OC)/6000(OC)/5800(OC)/5600/5400/5200/5000/4800 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory module
- ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile II (AEMP II)
- Supports DIMM Flex
Graphics Ports
- 1 x HDMI™ port**
- 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort and Thunderbolt™ video outputs***
Expansion Slots
- Intel® Core™ Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)*
- 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (supports x16 or x8/x8 modes)**
- Intel® Z790 Chipset
- 1 x PCIe 4.0 x4 slot
Storage
- Supports 5 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
- Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)
- M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)**
- M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
- Intel® Z790 Chipset
- M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
- M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
- M.2_5 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Ethernet
- 1 x Realtek 5Gb Ethernet
- ASUS LANGuard
Wireless & Bluetooth
- Intel® Wi-Fi 7*
- 2x2 Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)**
- Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band***
- Support Wi-Fi 7 320MHz bandwidth, up to 5.76Gbps transfer rate.
- Bluetooth® v5.4****
USB
- Rear USB (Total 12 ports)
- 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (2 x USB Type-C®)
- 6 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
- 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)
- Front USB (Total 9 ports)
- 1 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C® with up to 60W PD/QC4+)
- 2 x USB 5Gbps headers support 4 additional USB 5Gbps ports
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports
Audio
- ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4082
- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
- Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel MIC Jack-retasking
- High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 110 dB SNR recording input
- Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback on front panel
Internal I/O Connectors
- Fan and Cooling Related
- 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header
- 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header
- 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header
- 4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
- 1 x W_PUMP+ header
- 1 x 2-pin Water In header
- 1 x 2-pin Water Out header
- 1 x 3-pin Water Flow header
- Power Related
- 1 x 24-pin main power connector
- 2 x 8-pin +12V power connectors
- 1 x 8-pin PCIe power connector
- Storage Related
- 5 x M.2 slots (Key M)
- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- USB
- 1 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C®)
- 2 x USB 5Gbps headers support 4 additional USB 5Gbps ports
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® ports
- 6 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
- 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)
- 1 x HDMI™ port
- 1 x Wi-Fi module
- 1 x Realtek 5Gb Ethernet port
- 5 x Gold-plated audio jacks
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
- 1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
Form Factor
- ATX Form Factor
- 12 inch x 9.6 inch (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
Motherboard Specification
Processor Support
- Intel® Socket LGA1700 for Intel® Core™ 14th & 13th Gen Processors, Intel® Core™ 12th Gen, Pentium® Gold, and Celeron® Processors*
- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0**
Chipset
- Intel® Z790 Chipset
Memory Support
- 4 x DIMM slots, max. 192GB, DDR5 8000+(OC)/7800(OC)/7600(OC)/7400(OC)/7200(OC)/7000(OC)/6800(OC)/6600(OC)/6400(OC)/6200(OC)/6000(OC)/5800(OC)/5600/5400/5200/5000/4800 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory module
- ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile II (AEMP II)
- Supports DIMM Flex
Graphics Ports
- 1 x HDMI™ port**
- 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort and Thunderbolt™ video outputs***
Expansion Slots
- Intel® Core™ Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)*
- 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (supports x16 or x8/x8 modes)**
- Intel® Z790 Chipset
- 1 x PCIe 4.0 x4 slot
Storage
- Supports 5 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
- Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)
- M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)**
- M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
- Intel® Z790 Chipset
- M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
- M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
- M.2_5 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Ethernet
- 1 x Realtek 5Gb Ethernet
- ASUS LANGuard
Wireless & Bluetooth
- Intel® Wi-Fi 7*
- 2x2 Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)**
- Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band***
- Support Wi-Fi 7 320MHz bandwidth, up to 5.76Gbps transfer rate.
- Bluetooth® v5.4****
USB
- Rear USB (Total 12 ports)
- 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (2 x USB Type-C®)
- 6 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
- 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)
- Front USB (Total 9 ports)
- 1 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C® with up to 60W PD/QC4+)
- 2 x USB 5Gbps headers support 4 additional USB 5Gbps ports
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports
Audio
- ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4082
- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
- Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel MIC Jack-retasking
- High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 110 dB SNR recording input
- Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback on front panel
Internal I/O Connectors
- Fan and Cooling Related
- 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header
- 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header
- 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header
- 4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
- 1 x W_PUMP+ header
- 1 x 2-pin Water In header
- 1 x 2-pin Water Out header
- 1 x 3-pin Water Flow header
- Power Related
- 1 x 24-pin main power connector
- 2 x 8-pin +12V power connectors
- 1 x 8-pin PCIe power connector
- Storage Related
- 5 x M.2 slots (Key M)
- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- USB
- 1 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C®)
- 2 x USB 5Gbps headers support 4 additional USB 5Gbps ports
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® ports
- 6 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
- 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)
- 1 x HDMI™ port
- 1 x Wi-Fi module
- 1 x Realtek 5Gb Ethernet port
- 5 x Gold-plated audio jacks
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
- 1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
Form Factor
- ATX Form Factor
- 12 inch x 9.6 inch (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)