ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-A WIFI DDR5 MOTHERBOARD

MODEL NO: ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-A WIFI INTEL DDR5 MOTHERBOARD

Specifications:

CPU

Intel® Socket LGA1700 for Intel® Core™ 14th &!important; 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, Max. 192GB, DDR5

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 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*

Dual Channel Memory Architecture

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

OptiMem II

* Non-ECC, un-buffered DDR5 memory supports On-Die ECC function.

Graphics

1 x DisplayPort**

1 x HDMI® port***

* Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.

** Supports max. 8K@60Hz as specified in DisplayPort 1.4.

*** Supports 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.

**** VGA resolution support depends on processors' or graphic cards' resolution.

Expansion Slots

Intel® Core™ Processors (14th &!important; 13th &!important; 12th Gen)*

1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot

Intel® Z790 Chipset

2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slots (support x4 mode)

1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

Storage

Total supports 4 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*

Intel® Core™ Processors (14th &!important; 13th &!important; 12th Gen)

M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

Intel® Z790 Chipset

M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 &!important; SATA modes)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*

* Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports PCIe RAID 0/1/5/10, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.

Ethernet

1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet

ASUS LANGuard

Wireless &!important; Bluetooth

Wi-Fi 6E

2x2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)

Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band*

Bluetooth® v5.3

* WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries.

** The Bluetooth version may vary, please refer to the Wi-Fi module manufacturer's website for the latest specifications.

USB

Rear USB (Total 10 ports)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)

3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (2 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)

4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)

2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)

Front USB (Total 7 ports)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C® with up to 30W PD Fast-charge)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports 2 additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

2 x USB 2.0 headers supports 4 additional USB 2.0 ports

Audio

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 113 dB SNR recording input

- Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback

Audio Features

- SupremeFX Shielding Technology

- Savitech SV3H712 AMP

- Rear optical S/PDIF out port

- Premium audio capacitors

- Audio cover

*The rear panel Line out port does not support spatial audio. If you wish to use spatial audio make sure to connect your audio output device to the audio jack on the front panel of your chassis.

Back Panel I/O Ports

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)

3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (2 x Type-A, 1 x USB Type-C®)

4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)

2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)

1 x DisplayPort

1 x HDMI® port

1 x Wi-Fi Module

1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port

5 x Audio jacks

1 x Optical S/PDIF out port

1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button

1 x Clear CMOS button

*The rear panel Lime (Line out) port does not support spatial audio. If you wish to use spatial audio make sure to connect your audio output device to the audio jack on the front panel of your chassis.

Internal I/O Connectors

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

5 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers

Power related

1 x 24-pin Main Power connector

2 x 8-pin +12V Power connectors

Storage related

4 x M.2 slots (Key M)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C® )

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports 2 additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

2 x USB 2.0 headers support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports

Miscellaneous

3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers

1 x Aura RGB header

1 x CPU Over Voltage jumper

1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)

1 x 20-3 pin System Panel header with Chassis intrude function

1 x Thermal Sensor header

1 x Thunderbolt™ header

Special Features

Extreme Engine Digi+

- 5K Black Metallic Capacitors

ASUS Q-Design

- M.2 Q-Latch

- PCIe Slot Q-Release

- 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

- BIOS FlashBack™ LED

- 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

Software Features

ROG Exclusive Software

- GameFirst VI

- ROG CPU-Z

- Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer + Sonic Suite Companion

- Sonic Radar III

- DTS® Sound Unbound

ASUS Exclusive Software

Armoury Crate

- AIDA64 Extreme (60 days free trial)

- Aura Creator

- Aura Sync

- Fan Xpert 4 (with AI Cooling II)

- Power Saving

- Two-Way AI Noise Cancellation

AI Suite 3

- Easy Optimization with AI Overclocking

- TPU

- DIGI+ VRM

- Turbo app

- PC Cleaner

MyAsus

Norton 360 for Gamers

WinRAR

UEFI BIOS

AI Overclocking Guide

ASUS EZ DIY

- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

- ASUS EZ Flash 3

- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

FlexKey

MemTest86

BIOS

256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

Cables

2 x SATA 6Gb/s cables

Additional Cooling Kit

1 x Thermal pad for M.2

Miscellaneous

1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas

1 x Cable ties package

1 x M.2 backplate Q-Latch package

1 x M.2 Q-Latch package

1 x ROG key chain

1 x ROG Strix stickers

1 x ROG Strix thank you card

2 x M.2 Rubber Packages

1 x M.2 backplate Rubber

PackageDocumentation

1 x User guide

Operating System

Windows® 11, Windows® 10 64-bit

Form Factor

ATX Form Factor

12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )