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ROG MAXIMUS Z790 FORMULA specifications summary
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 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max
Technology 3.0**
* Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list.
** Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 support depends on the CPU types.
Chipset Intel® Z790 Chipset
Memory
4 x DIMM slots, Max. 192GB, DDR5 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
* Supported memory types, data rate (speed), and number of DRAM modules
vary depending on the CPU and memory configuration, for more information
please refer to CPU/Memory Support list under the Support tab of product
information site or visit https://www.asus.com/support/.
* Non-ECC, Un-buffered DDR5 Memory supports On-Die ECC function.
Graphics
1 x HDMI™ port**
2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort and
Thunderbolt™ video outputs***
* Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. Please refer to
www.intel.com for any updates.
** Support 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.
*** VGA resolution support depends on processors’ or graphic cards’
resolution.
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
* Please check PCIe bifurcation table on support site
(https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1037507/).
** M.2_1 shares bandwidth with PCIEX16(G5)_2 and PCIEX16(G5)_1. When
M.2_1 is occupied with SSD device, PCIEX16(G5)_2 will be disabled and
PCIEX16(G5)_1 will run x8 only.
*** To ensure compatibility of the device installed, please refer to
https://www.asus.com/support/ for the list of supported peripherals.
Storage
Supports 5 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
Intel® Core™ 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)
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