Asus Z97 - PRO Series Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Z97-PRO specifications summary
Storage
Intel
®
Z97 Express Chipset with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and
Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology 13 support
- 1 x SATA Express port (black at mid-board, compatible with 2 x
SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports)
- 1 x M.2 socket 3*
- 4 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray)
- Supports Intel
®
Smart Response Technology, Intel
®
Rapid Start
Technology, Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology**
ASMedia
®
SATA 6 Gb/s controller***
- 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s ports (black)
* M.2 Socket 3 shares bandwidth with SATA Express, and supports
M Key and type 2260/2280 storage devices.
** These functions work depending on the CPU installed.
*** These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. ATAPI devices are
not supported.
LAN
Gigabit Intel
®
LAN connection—802.3az Energy Efcient Ethernet
(EEE) appliance
- Intel
®
I218-V Gigabit LAN - Dual interconnect between the
integrated Media Access Controller (MAC) and physical layer
(PHY)
Wireless Data Network
Speedy Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac supports dual frequency band 2.4/5
GHz
ASUS Wi-Fi GO! Utility
Bluetooth
Bluetooth v4.0
Audio
Realtek
®
ALC1150 8-channel high denition audio CODEC
featuring Crystal Sound 2
- Separate layer for left and right track, ensuring both sound
deliver equal quality
- Top notch audio sensation delivers according to the audio
conguration
- Clean layout design ensures precision analog/digital
separation and greatly reduced multi-lateral interference
- EMI audio shielding to prevent electrical noise to affect the
amplier quality
- Premium Japan-made audio capacitors provides warm,
natural, and immersive sound with exceptional clarity and
delity
- High quality 112dB SNR stereo playback output (Line-out@
back) & 104dB SNR recording input (Line-in) support
- Absolute Pitch 192khz/24bit true BD lossless sound
- BD audio layer content protection
- DTS UltraPC II
- DTS Connect
- Supports jack-detection, multi-streaming
- Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O