CPU :

• Supports 5th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
• Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® Xeon®/Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
• Digi Power design
• 12 Power Phase design
• Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
• Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs
• Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

Chipset :   

• Intel® Z97

Memory :   

• Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
• 4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
• Supports DDR3 3200+(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
• Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2

Expansion Slots :

• 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE4/PCIE6: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4); triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x4 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE6)
• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x4 mode)
• 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
• 1 x mini-PCI Express Slot
• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
• Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™ and SLI™

Storage :   

• 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by Intel® Z97, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug and ASRock HDD Saver Technology
• 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug and ASRock HDD Saver Technology (SATA3_A2 connector is shared with the eSATA port)
• 2 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connectors (SATAE_0 is shared with SATA3_1 and SATA3_2; SATAE_1 is shared with SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and M.2 Socket)*
• 1 x eSATA Connector by ASMedia ASM1061, supports NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)

 
LAN :   

• 1 x Intel® I218V (Gigabit LAN PHY 10/100/1000 Mb/s)
• 1 x Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer™ E2200 Series (PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s)
• Supports Intel® Remote Wake Technology (on Intel® I218V)
• Supports Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake On Internet Technology (on Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer™ E2200 Series)
• Supports Wake-On-LAN
• Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
• Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
• Supports PXE

Audio :   

• 7.1 CH HD Audio
• Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
• Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
• Creative Sound Core3D quad-core sound and voice processor
• Supports SBX Pro Studio
• Supports CrystalVoice
• Supports Scout Mode
• Supports EAX1.0 to EAX5.0
• Premium Headset Amplifier (PHA)

USB Ports :   

• 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• 2 x USB 3.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.0 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

Operating System Support :

• Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

Rear Panel I/O :

• 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
• 1 x HDMI Port
• 1 x DisplayPort 1.2
• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
• 1 x eSATA Connector
• 3 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• 4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
• 1 x Clear CMOS Switch
• HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Support Disc :

• Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), Orbweb.ME Professional, XSplit, Killer Network Manager