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
• 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

Expansion Slots :

• 4 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE2/PCIE4/PCIE5: single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x16 (PCIE1) / x16 (PCIE4); triple at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE2) / x16 (PCIE4); quad at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) / x8 (PCIE5))
• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE3: x2 mode)
• 1 x mini-PCI Express Slot
• PLX PEX 8747 embedded
• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 4-Way CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
• Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™, 4-Way SLI™, 3-Way SLI™ and SLI™
• 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1 and PCIE4)

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
• 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug and ASRock HDD Saver Technology (SATA3_A4 connector is shared with the eSATA port)
• 2 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connectors (SATAE_2 is shared with SATA3_1 and SATA3_2; SATAE_1 is shared with SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and M.2 Socket (M2_2))*
• 1 x eSATA Connector by ASMedia ASM1061, supports NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)
• 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3 (M2_2), supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)

LAN :   

• Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
• 1 x Giga PHY Intel® I218V, 1 x GigaLAN Intel® I211AT
• Supports Intel® Remote Wake Technology (on Intel® I218V)
• Supports Wake-On-LAN
• Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
• Supports Dual LAN with Teaming
• Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
• Supports PXE

Audio :   

• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)
• Premium Blu-ray Audio support
• Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
• Supports Purity Sound™ 2
• Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
• 115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier
• TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets)
• Direct Drive Technology
• EMI shielding cover
• PCB isolate shielding
• Supports DTS Connect

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
• 4 x USB 2.0 Ports (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 (Win 8.1)