ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX ENCORE (ATX, Z790, LGA 1700, DDR5)

ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX ENCORE

• EXTENSIVE GEN 5 x1 onboard M.2 slot, and x2 PCIe 5.0 x16 slots
• MAX. 96GB, DIMM FLEX, AEMP II
• ROG MEMORY FAN KIT
• WIFI 7
• ROG DIMM.2 Adds x2 M.2 slots in a DIY-friendly shell
• AI OVERCLOCKING Effortless performance boost
• AI COOLING II One-click fan tuning
• 24+0+2 Power Stages TEAMED POWER SOLUTION
• DIY-FRIENDLY DESIGN

• 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

• Intel® Z790 Chipset

• 2 x DIMM, Max. 96GB, DDR5 8400+(OC)/8200+(OC)/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 MT/s Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
• Dual Channel Memory Architecture
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
• ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile II (AEMP II)
• Supports DIMM Flex

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

• 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 (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 & SATA modes)
  • DIMM.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
  • DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
  • 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
• ASUS LANGuard

• 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 5.8Gbps transfer rate.
• Bluetooth® v5.4

• Rear USB (Total 10 ports)
  • 1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x USB Type-C®)
  • 5 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Type-A)
  • 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 additional 4 USB 5Gbps ports
  • 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

• ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4080
  • Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
  • Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
  • High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 110 dB SNR recording input
  • Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback"
• Audio Features
  • SupremeFX Shielding Technology
  • Savitech SV3H712 AMP
  • Gold-plated audio jacks
  • Rear optical S/PDIF out port
  • Premium audio capacitors
  • Audio cover

• 1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x USB Type-C®)
• 5 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Type-A)
• 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)
• 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
• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard (purple) port
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse (green) port

• 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
  • 2 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
  • 2 x 4-pin Full Speed 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
  • 1 x Extra Flow Fan 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
  • 3 x M.2 slots (Key M)
  • 1 x DIMM.2 slot supports 2 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 additional 4 USB 5Gbps ports
  • 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
• Miscellaneous
  • 1 x 80 Light Bar jumper
  • 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers
  • 1 x Alternative PCIe Mode Switch
  • 1 x Aura RGB header
  • 2 x BCLK button
  • 1 x BIOS Switch button
  • 1 x FlexKey button
  • 1 x Front Panel Audio header (F_AUDIO)
  • 1 x LN2 Mode jumper
  • 1 x Osc sence header
  • 1 x Pause switch
  • 12 x ProbeIt Measurement Points
  • 1 x ReTry button
  • 2 x RSVD switches
  • 1 x RSVD header
  • 1 x Safe Boot button
  • 1 x Slow Mode switch
  • 1 x Start button
  • 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
  • 1 x Thermal Sensor header
  • 1 x Thunderbolt™ (USB4®) header
  • 1 x V_Latch switch

• Extreme OC Kit
  • FlexKey button
  • LN2 Mode
  • ProbeIt
  • ReTry button
  • Safe boot button
  • Start button
  • Slow Mode
• Extreme Engine Digi+
  • SMD Capacitor
  • 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])
  • Q-Slot
• ASUS Thermal Solution
  • M.2 heatsink backplate
  • M.2 heatsink
  • 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
  • Addressable Gen 2 headers
• Dual BIOS
  • Front Panel USB 20Gbps 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

• ROG Exclusive Software
  • ROG CPU-Z
  • DTS® Sound Unbound
  • Internet Security (1-year full version)
• 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)
• UEFI BIOS
  • AI Overclocking Guide
  • ASUS EZ DIY
  • ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
  • ASUS EZ Flash 3
  • ASUS UEFI
  • BIOS EZ Mode
  • MyHotkey
  • MemTest86

• 2 x 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

• WOL by PME, PXE

• ROG DIMM.2 with Heatsink
  • 1 x ROG DIMM.2 with heatsink
  • 1 x M.2 pad for ROG DIMM.2
  • 2 x M.2 screw package for ROG DIMM.2
• Additional Cooling Kit
  • 1 x Thermal pad for M.2
  • 1 x ROG Memory Fan Kit
• Miscellaneous
  • 1 x ASUS WiFi Q-Antenna
  • 1 x Q-connector
  • 1 x ROG VIP card
  • 3 x M.2 Q-Latch packages for M.2 backplate
  • 3 x M.2 backplate Rubber Packages
• Installation Media
  • 1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers
• Documentation
  • 1 x Quick start guide

• Windows® 11, Windows® 10 64-bit

• ATX Form Factor
• 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )