Mainboard ASUS ROG STRIX Z590-A GAMING WIFI

CPU

Intel® Socket LGA1200 for 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors & 10th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors

Supports Intel® 14 nm CPU

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® Z590 Chipset

Memory

Memory Channels:4 x DIMM (Dual Channel Memory Architecture)

Max Memory Size:128GB

DDR4 5333(OC)5133(OC)/5000(OC)/4800(OC)/4600(OC)/4500(OC)/4400(OC)/4267(OC)/4133(OC)/4000(OC)/3866(OC)/3733(OC)/3600(OC)/3466(OC)/3400(OC)/3333(OC)/3200/3000/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*

Dual Channel Memory Architecture

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

OptiMem II

* 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7/i9 processors support 2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively, others will run at the maximum transfer rate of DDR4 2666MHz.

* 11th Gen Intel® processors support 3200/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively.

* Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

Graphics

1 x DisplayPort 1.4**

1 x HDMI 2.0

* Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types.

** Only Intel® 11th processors support DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution of 5120 x 2880 @60Hz, others will only support DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution of 4096 x 2304 @60Hz. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates

*** Only Intel® 11th processors support HDMI™ 2.0 with max. resolution of 4K@60Hz, others will only support HDMI™ 1.4 with max. resolution of 4K@30Hz .Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.

Expansion Slots

3 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 (x16, x8/x4/x4)

Intel® 11th &10th Gen Processors

3 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot(s)*

- Intel® 11th processors support PCIe 4.0 x16 or x8/x4/x4 mode(s)

- Intel® 10th processors support PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8/x4/x4 mode(s)

Intel® Z590 Chipset

1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot

* Supports PCIe bandwidth bifurcation for RAID on CPU function.

Storage

Supports 3 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Intel®11th Gen Processors

M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110

- Only Intel® 11th Core™ processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode, this slot will be disabled for other CPUs.

Intel® Z590 Chipset

M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA modes)*

M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA modes)**

6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Raid function in Intel® Rapid Storage Technology is available with either 1. Intel® SSDs installed in both CPU-attached and PCH-attached slots, or 2. any other 3rd party SSDs installed in PCH-attached slots.

To enable Intel® Optane™ Memory (Hybrid Storage device), it must be installed in PCH-attached slots with Intel® Rapid Storage Technology.

*When M.2_2 is operating in SATA device, SATA6G_2 will be disabled.

**When M.2_3 is operating in SATA device, SATA6G_6 will be disabled.

Ethernet

1 x Intel® I225-V 2.5Gb Ethernet

USB

Rear USB:Total 10 ports

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

4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (4 x Type-A)

5 x USB 2.0 port(s) (4 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)

Front USB:Total 7 ports

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 connector(s) (support(s) USB Type-C®)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

2 x USB 2.0 header(s) support(s) additional 4 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

- ALC4080 + Savitech SV3H712 AMP

- audio jacks

- Rear audio USB Type-C® port

- Premium Japanese audio capacitors

- Audio cover

Back Panel I/O Ports

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

4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (4 x Type-A)

5 x USB 2.0 port(s) (4 x Type-A, 1 x Audio USB Type-C®)

1 x HDMI™ port

1 x DisplayPort

1 x ASUS Wi-Fi Module

1 x Intel® I225-V 2.5Gb Ethernet

5 x Audio jacks

1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button

Intrernal I/O Connectors

1 x Thunderbolt 4 header

Fan and Cooling related

1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header(s)

1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header(s)

1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header(s)

4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan header(s)

1 x VRM heatsink Fan header

Power related

1 x 24-pin Main Power connector

1 x 8-pin +12V Power connector

1 x 4-pin +12V Power connector

Storage related

3 x M.2 slots (Key M)

6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 connector (support(s) USB Type-C®)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

2 x USB 2.0 header(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Miscellaneous

3 x AURA Addressable Gen 2 header(s)

1 x AURA RGB header(s)

1 x Clear CMOS header

1 x CPU Over Voltage jumper

1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)

1 x TPM-M header (14-1pin)

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

1 x Thermal Sensor header

1 x Thunderbolt header

1 x S/PDIF out header

Special Features

Extreme Engine Digi+

- 5K Black Metallic Capacitors

ASUS Q-Design

- M.2 Q-Latch

- 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

ASUS EZ DIY

- BIOS FlashBack™ button

- BIOS FlashBack™ LED

- ProCool II

- Pre-mounted I/O shield

- SafeSlot

AURA Sync

- AURA RGB header(s)

- Addressable Gen 2 RGB header(s)

Software Features

ROG Exclusive Software

- RAMCache III

- ROG CPU-Z

- GameFirst VI

- Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer

- Sonic Radar III

- DTS® Sound Unbound

- Overwolf

- Anti-virus software

ASUS Exclusive Software

Armoury Crate

- AIDA64 Extreme (60 days free trial)

- AURA Creator

- AURA Sync

- Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation

AI Suite 3

- 5-Way Optimization with AI Overclocking

TPU

EPU

Digi+ VRM

Fan Xpert 4

Turbo app

- EZ update

DAEMON Tools

MyAsus

WinRAR

UEFI BIOS

MemTest86

AI Overclocking Guide

ASUS EZ DIY

- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

- ASUS EZ Flash 3

- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

FlexKey

BIOS

256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

Cables

1 x ROG audio USB Type-C® cable

4 x SATA 6Gb/s cables

Miscellaneous

1 x ASUS 2x2 Dual-Band Wi-Fi moving antennas

1 x Cable ties pack

1 x M.2 Q-Latch package

2 x M.2 Rubber Packages

1 x ROG key chain

1 x ROG STRIX sticker

1 x ROG STRIX thank you card

Installation Media

1 x Support DVD

Documentation

1 x User manual

Operating System

Windows 10 64bit

Form Factor

ATX

30.5cm x 24.4cm