Motherboard:

• ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO

CPU:

• Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 13th Gen Intel® Core™ & 12th Gen Intel® Core™, 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:

• Z690

Memory:

• 4 x DIMM, Max. 192GB, DDR5 6400+(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC)/ 4800 MT/s Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*
  • Dual Channel Memory Architecture
  • Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
  • *Actual memory data rate depends on the CPU types and DRAM modules, for more information refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists)

Graphics:

• 1 x HDMI® port**
• 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort 1.4 and Thunderbolt™ video outputs
  • *Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.
  • **Support 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.

Expansion Slots:

• Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)*
  • 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x8 modes)**
• Intel® Z690 Chipset***
  • 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4, x4/x4 modes)
  • *Please check PCIe bifurcation table in Chapter 1.
  • **When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G5)_1, PCIEX16(G5)_2 will run x8 only, and if ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G5)_2, PCIEX16(G5)_1 will run x8 only.
  • ***Supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH-attached PCIe slot.

Storage:

• Supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• Total supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
  • *Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports NVMe RAID 0/1/5, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
  • **Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH attached M.2 slots.
  • ***When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G5)_1, Hyper M.2_1 slot can support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode. When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G5)_2, Hyper M.2_1 slot can support PCIe 5.0 x4 mode. When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G4), Hyper M.2_1 and Hyper M.2_2 slots can support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.
  • ****When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G5)_1 or PCIEX16(G5)_2, Hyper M.2_2 slot will be disabled. When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G4), Hyper M.2_1 and Hyper M.2_2 slots can support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.
  • *****RAID configuration and boot drives are not supported on the SATA6G_E1-2 ports.

Ethernet:

• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
• ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth:

• Intel® Wi-Fi 6E
  • 2×2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
  • Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band*
  • Bluetooth v5.2 hardware ready**
  • *WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries, and function will be ready in Windows 11 or later.
  • **To support 60W, please install the power cable to 6-pin PCIe Graphics Card connector or can only support 27W.

USB:

• Rear USB:
  • Total 11 ports
  • 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (2 x USB Type-C®)
  • 7 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (6 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
  • 2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
• Front USB:
  • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
  • 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Audio:

• ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4082
  • 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
  • ESS® SABRE9018Q2C DAC/AMP
  • Gold-plated audio jacks
  • 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:

• 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® ports
• 7 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (6 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
• 2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)
• 1 x HDMI® port
• 1 x Wi-Fi Module
• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
• 5 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
• 4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
• 1 x W_PUMP+ header
• 1 x 2-pin Water In header
• 1 x 2-pin Water Out header
• 1 x 3-pin Water Flow header Power related:
• 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
• 2 x 8-pin +12V Power connector
• 1 x 6-pin PCIe Graphics Card connector Storage related:
• 3 x M.2 slots (Key M)
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports USB:
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
• 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports Miscellaneous:
• 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers
• 1 x AURA RGB header
• 1 x FlexKey button
• 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
• 1 x SPI TPM header (14-1pin)
• 1 x Start button
• 1 x ReTry button
• 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
• 1 x Thermal Sensor header

Special Features:

• Extreme OC Kit
  • FlexKey button
  • ReTry button
  • Start button
• Extreme Engine Digi+
  • 10K Black Metallic Capacitors
  • MicroFine Alloy Choke
• ASUS Q-Design
  • M.2 Q-Latch
  • PCIe Slot Q-Release
  • Q-Code
  • Q-Connector
  • 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 heatsinks
  • VRM heatsink design
• ASUS EZ DIY
  • BIOS FlashBack™ button
  • Clear CMOS button
  • CPU Socket lever protector
  • ProCool II
  • Pre-mounted I/O shield
  • SafeSlot
  • SafeDIMM
• AURA Sync
  • AURA RGB header(s)
  • Addressable Gen 2 header(s)
• Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 with Quick Charge 4+ Support
  • Support: up to 60W charging*
  • Output: 5/9/15/20V max. 3A, PPS:3.3–21V max. 3A
  • Compatible with QC 4.0/3.0/2.0, PD3.0 and PPS
  • *To support 60W, please install the power cable to 6-pin PCIe Graphics Card connector or can only support 27W
• ASUS HYDRANODE
  • 3 x Chassis fan support* (CHA_FAN1P,CHA_FAN2P,CHA_FAN3P)
  • *Visit ASUS Website for the latest compatibility list.

Software Features: ROG Exclusive Software:

• ROG CPU-Z
• GameFirst VI
• Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer + Sonic Suite Companion
• Sonic Radar III
• DTS® Sound Unbound
• BullGuard Internet Security (1-year full version) ASUS Exclusive Software:
• Armoury Crate
  • AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version)
  • AURA Creator
  • AURA Sync
  • Fan Xpert 4
  • Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
• AI Suite 3
  • Easy Optimization with AI Overclocking
    • TPU
    • EPU
    • DIGI+ Power Control
    • Turbo app
  • MyAsus
  • WinRAR
  • UEFI BIOS
  • AI Overclocking Guide ASUS EZ DIY:
• ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
• ASUS EZ Flash 3
• ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode
• MemTest86

BIOS:

• 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability:

• WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories: Cables:

• 1 x ARGB RGB extension cable
• 1 x RGB extension cable
• 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cables ROG Hyper M.2 Card:
• 1 x ROG Hyper M.2 Card with heatsink
• 2 x M.2 screw packages for ROG Hyper M.2 Card Miscellaneous:
• 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas
• 1 x M.2 Q-Latch package
• 2 x M.2 Q-Latch packages for M.2 backplate
• 1 x M.2 Rubber Package
• 1 x Q-connector
• 1 x ROG Graphics card holder
• 1 x ROG stickers
• 1 x ROG key chain
• 1 x ROG thank you card

Installation Media:

• 1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers

Documentation:

• 1 x User Guide

Operating System:

• Windows® 11, Windows® 10 64-bit

Form Factor:

• ATX 30.5cm x 24.4cm