Asus ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI II DDR5 PCIe 5.0 LGA 1700 Motherboard

CPU
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**
* 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 slots, Max. 192GB, DDR5 
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 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*"
Dual Channel Memory Architecture 
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
OptiMem II 
ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile II (AEMP II)
Supports DIMM Flex
* Supported memory types, data rate (speed), and number of DRAM modules vary depending on the CPU and memory configuration, for more information please refer to CPU/Memory Support list under the Support tab of product information site or visit https://www.asus.com/support/.
* Non-ECC, un-buffered DDR5 memory supports On-Die ECC function.

Graphics
1 x DisplayPort**
1 x HDMITM 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® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)*
1 x PCIe 5.0x16 slot (supports x16 mode)
Intel® Z790 Chipset** 
1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)
1x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot
* Please check the PCIe bifurcation table on the support site (https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1037507/).
- To ensure compatibility of the device installed, please refer to https://www.asus.com/support/ for the list of supported peripherals.

Storage
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 2242/2260/2280/22110  (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
Intel® Z790 Chipset
M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2280  (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
M.2_5 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)
4x 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 & Bluetooth
Intel® Wi-Fi 7*
2x2 Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)**
Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band***
Support Wi-Fi 7 160MHz bandwidth, up to 2.4Gbps transfer rate.
Bluetooth® v5.4****
* Compatible with Windows 11 or later.
** Wi-Fi 7 MLO(Multi-link Operation) full functions support will be ready in Windows 11 2024 Platform (Windows 11 24H2) or later.
*** Wi-Fi 6GHz frequency band and bandwidth 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 14 ports)
1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x USB Type-C®)
3 x USB 10Gbps ports (2 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)
6x USB 2.0 ports (6 x Type-A)
Front USB (Total 7 ports)
1 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C® with up to 30W PD Fast-charge* )
1 x USB 5Gbps header supports 2 additional USB 5G ports
2 x USB 2.0 headers support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports
*USB Type-C® power delivery output: max. 5V/3A
*USB Type-C® power delivery output: 5V/9V max. 3A, 12V max 2.5A

Audio
ROG SupremeFX 5.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4080*
- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
- Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front and Rear Panel MIC Jack-retasking
- High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 110 dB SNR recording input
- Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback on front panel
Audio Features 
- SupremeFX Shielding Technology 
- Savitech SV3H712 AMP  
- Gold-plated audio jacks
- Rear optical S/PDIF out port
- Premium audio capacitors
- Audio cover
**The LINE OUT port on the rear I/O 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 or use an USB interface audio device.
 
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x USB Type-C®)
3 x USB 10Gbps ports (2 x Type-A+1 x USB Type-C®) 
4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)
6 x USB 2.0 ports (6 x Type-A) 
1 x DisplayPort
1 x HDMITM port
1 x Wi-Fi Module
1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
2 x Gold-plated audio jacks 
1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button 
1 x Clear CMOS button 

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 connector
Storage related 
5 x M.2 slots (Key M) 
4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
USB 
1 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C® with up to 30W PD) 
1 x USB 5Gbps header supports 2 additional USB 5G 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 (F_AUDIO)
1 x Start button
1 x 20-3 pin System Panel header with Chassis intrude function
1 x Thermal Sensor header
1 x Thunderbolt™ (USB4®) header

Special Features
Extreme Engine Digi+
- 5K Black Metallic Capacitors 
ASUS Q-Design 
- M.2 Q-Latch
- PCIe Slot Q-Release
- Q-Antenna
- 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
Front Panel USB 20Gbps with PD Fast Charge Support
- Support: up to 30W fast charging and USB Wattage Watcher
- Output: 5V/9V max. 3A, 12V max 2.5A
- Compatible with PD3.0

Software Features
ROG Exclusive Software
- ROG CPU-Z
- 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)
- GameFirst
- Power Saving
- Sonic Studio
- Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
AI Suite 3
- Easy Optimization with AI Overclocking 
- TPU
-  DIGI+ VRM
- Turbo app 
- PC Cleaner
MyASUS
USB Wattage Watcher
Intel® Unison™
Adobe Creative Cloud (Free Trial)
Norton 360 for Gamers (60 Days Free Trial) 
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
- ASUS MyHotkey
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 Q-Antenna
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
2 x M.2 Rubber packages
1 x M.2 backplate Rubber package
Documentation
1 x QUICK START 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 )