ASRock Z690M-ITX/AX - ITX, z690, s1700

Form Factor

• Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm, 8 Layer PCB

Unique Feature

• ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 - ASRock Front Panel Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (10 Gb/s) - ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s) - ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) ASRock Super Alloy - Premium Power Choke - 50A Dr.MOS - Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) - Sapphire Black PCB - High Density Glass Fabric PCB - 8 Layer PCB, 2.5G LAN, 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E, ASRock Auto Driver Installer, ASRock Steel Slot, ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink, ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4), ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports), ASRock Live Update & APP Shop

CPU

• Supports 14th, 13th & 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (LGA1700) - Digi Power design - 8 Power Phase design - Supports Intel® Hybrid Technology - Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology

Chipset

• Intel® Z690

Memory

• Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology - 2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots - Supports DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 5000+(OC)* - Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode) - Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB - Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0, *Supports DDR4 3200 natively.

BIOS

• 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support - ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events - SMBIOS 2.7 Support - CPU Core/Cache, CPU GT, DRAM, VCCIN AUX, +1.05V PROC, +1.8V PROC, +0.82V PCH, +1.05V PCH Voltage Multi-adjustment

Graphics

• Intel® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12) - Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers - Supports HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz - Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC (compressed) max. resolution up to 8K (7680x4320) @ 60Hz / 5K (5120x3200) @ 120Hz - Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports *Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

Expansion Slots

• CPU: - 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1), supports x16 mode* Chipset: - 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT), *Supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to two x8 slots, 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*, Chipset: - 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) modes*,, - 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors *Supports Intel® Optane™ Memory H Series (M2_2 only), Supports Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD), Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks, Supports ASRock U.2 Kit, 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*, *Requires additional M.2 NVMe expansion cards to support RAID 5

LAN

• 1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Dragon RTL8125BG) - Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software - Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control - Visual User Friendly UI - Visual Network Usage Statistics - Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes - User Customized Priority Control - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports Lightning/ESD Protection - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE 1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel® I219V) - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports Lightning/ESD Protection - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports UEFI PXE

Wireless & Bluetooth

• 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Module - Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax - Supports Dual-Band 2x2 160MHz with extended 6GHz band support* - 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology - Supports Bluetooth 5.3 + High speed class II - Supports MU-MIMO

Audio

• 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec) - Supports Surge Protection - Nahimic Audio

OS Support

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

Internal I/O Ports

• 1 x RGB LED Header* - 1 x Addressable LED Header** - 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)*** - 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)**** - 1 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***** - 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector - 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) - 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector - 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) - 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) - 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (Supports ESD Protection) * Actual speed depends on USB devices and extension Cable in the chassis. *Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip, **Supports in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip, ***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power., ****The Chassis Fan Connector supports the chassis fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power. *****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. CHA_FAN1/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

Back I/O Ports

• 2 x Antenna Ports - 1 x HDMI Port - 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 - 4 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Ports (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection) - 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection) - 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection) - 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - 1 x BIOS Flashback Button - HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

H/W Monitoring

• Fan Tachometer: CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans - Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans - Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans - Voltage monitoring: CPU Vcore, +12V, +5V, +3.3V

Software and UEFI

• Software - ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) - ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software - ASRock Polychrome SYNC*, UEFI - ASRock EZ Mode - ASRock Full HD UEFI - ASRock Auto Driver Installer - ASRock My Favorites in UEFI - ASRock Instant Flash - ASRock Easy RAID Installer, *These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.

Accessories

• Quick Installation Guide, Support CD Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), I/O Shield - 2 x SATA Data Cables - 2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antennas - 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets