Name: Asus Motherboard ROG Maximus Z790 Dark Hero
SKU: 438791

Specifications:

Product Number: 90MB1F90-M0EAY0

CPU

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
- Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

Chipset

Intel® Z790 Chipset

Memory

4 x DIMM slots, max. 192GB, DDR58000(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 /5200/5000/4800MHz Non-ECC,
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile II (AEMP II)
Supports DIMM Flex

Graphics

1 x HDMITM port
2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort and Thunderbolt™ video outputs

Expansion Slots

Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)
2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x8 modes)
Intel® Z790 Chipset
1 x PCIe 4.0 x4 slot

Storage

Total 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
M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280
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 Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

Intel Wi-Fi 7
2x2 Wi-Fi 7
Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band
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
Support up to 32-Bit/ 384 kHz playback

Audio Features

SupremeFX Shielding Technology
ESS® ES9218 QUAD DAC
Gold-plated audio jacks
Rear optical S/PDIF out port
Premium audio capacitors

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 HDMITM port
1 x Wi-Fi Module
1 x Intel® 2.5Gb 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

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 connector
1 x 8-pin PCIe power connector

Storage related

5 x M.2 slots (Key M)
4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

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

Miscellaneous

3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers
1 x AURA RGB header
1 x FlexKey button
1 x Front panel audio header (F_AUDIO)
1 x Start button
1 x ReTry button
1 x 10-1 pin system panel header
1 x Thermal sensor header
1 x CPU over voltage jumper
1 x Alternative PCIe mode switch

Special Features

Extreme OC Kit
- FlexKey button
- ReTry button
- Start button
Extreme Engine Digi
- 10K Black metallic capacitors
- MicroFine alloy choke
ASUS Q-Design
- M.2 Q-Latch
- PCIe Slot Q-Release
- Q-Antenna
- Q-Code
- Q-Connector
- Q-DIMM
- Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green]) with DRAM Detection
- Q-Slot
ASUS Thermal Solution
- M.2 heatsink backplate
- M.2 heatsink
- Metal backplate
- VRM heatsink design
ASUS EZ DIY
- BIOS FlashBack™ button
- Clear CMOS button
- CPU Socket lever protector
- ProCool II
- Pre-mounted I/O shield
- SafeSlot
- SafeDIMM
AURA Sync
- AURA RGB header(s)
- Addressable Gen 2 header(s)
Front Panel USB 20G with Quick Charge 4 Support
- Support: up to 60W fast charging and USB Wattage Watcher
- Output: 5/9/15/20V max. 3A, PPS:3.3–21V max. 3A
- Compatible with PD3.0 and PPS

Software Features

ROG Exclusive Software

ROG CPU-Z
DTS® Sound Unbound
Internet Security (1-year full version)ASUS Exclusive Software

ASUS Exclusive Software
- Armoury Crate
  - AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version)
  - Aura Creator
  - Aura Sync
  - Fan Xpert 4 (with AI Cooling II)
  - GameFirst
  - Power Saving
  - Sonic Studio
  - Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
- AI Suite 3
  - Easy Optimization with AI Overclocking
  - TPU
  - DIGI Power Control
  - Turbo app
  - PC Cleaner
- MyAsus
- USB Wattage Watcher
- Intel® Unison™
- WinRAR (40 Days Free Trial)
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Free Trial)
- UEFI BIOS
- AI Overclocking Guide
- ASUS EZ DIY
  - ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
  - ASUS EZ Flash 3
  - ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode
  - ASUS MyHotkey
- MemTest86

BIOS

256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

Cables
- 1 x ARGB RGB extension cable
- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cables
Additional Cooling Kit
- 1 x Thermal pad for M.2
- 1 x DDR5 fan holder
Miscellaneous
- 1 x ASUS WiFi Q-Antenna
- 3 x M.2 backplate Q-Latch packages
- 3 x M.2 backplate Rubber Packages
- 1 x Q-connector
- 1 x ROG stickers
- 1 x ROG key chain
- 1 x M.2 rubber package
- 1 x ROG VIP card
Installation Media
- 1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers
Documentation
- 1 x Quick start guide