ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX Z790 LGA1700 2XDDR5DC-7200(O.C.) 2XPCIE5.0X16 1XPCIEX4 6XSATA3 M.2 WIFI ATX

CPU

Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 13th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors & 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

Chipset

Intel® Z790 Chipset

Memory

2 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR5 8000+(OC)/ 7800(OC)/ 7600 (OC)/ 7467(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 III

Expansion Slots

Intel® 13th & 12th Gen Processors:

- 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (supports x16 or x8/x8 modes)

Intel® Z790 Chipset:

- 1 x PCIe 4.0x4 slot

- 1 x PCIe 4.0x1 slot

Storage

Total supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Intel® 13th & 12th Gen Processors:

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

- PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (Key M) via PCIe 5.0 M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110

Intel® Z790 Chipset:

- M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)

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

- DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Ethernet

1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet

ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & 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

USB

Rear USB (Total 10 ports):

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

- 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A)

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

Front USB (Total 9 ports):

- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C® with up to 60W PD/QC4+)

- 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 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 Feature:

- SupremeFX Shielding Technology

- Savitech SV3H712 AMP

- Gold-plated audio jacks

- Rear optical S/PDIF out port

- Premium audio capacitors

- Audio cover

Back Panel I/O Ports

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

5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A)

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

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

1 x PS/2 Keyboard (purple) port

1 x PS/2 Mouse (green) port

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

- 3 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers

- 2 x 4-pin Full Speed 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 Power connector

Storage related:

- 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)

- 1 x DIMM.2 slot supports 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)

- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB:

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

- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support 4 additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

- 2 x USB 2.0 headers support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports

Miscellaneous:

- 1 x 80 Light Bar jumper

- 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers

- 1 x Aura RGB header

- 2 x BCLK button

- 1 x BIOS Switch button

- 1 x FlexKey button

- 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)

- 1 x LN2 Mode jumper

- 1 x Osc sense header

- 1 x Pause switch

- 12 x ProbeIt Measurement Points

- 1 x ReTry button

- 2 x RSVD switches

- 1 x RSVD header

- 1 x Safe Boot button

- 1 x Slow Mode switch

- 1 x Start button

- 1 x V_Latch switch

- 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header

- 1 x Thunderbolt™ (USB4®) header

- 1 x Thermal Sensor header

Special Features

Extreme OC Kit:

- FlexKey button

- LN2 Mode

- ProbeIt

- ReTry button

- Safe boot button

- Start button

- Slow Mode

Extreme Engine Digi+:

-SMD Capacitor

- MicroFine Alloy Choke

ASUS Q-Design:

- M.2 Q-Latch

- PCIe Slot Q-Release

- Q-Code

- Q-Connector

- 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

- 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)

Dual BIOS:

Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 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 PD3.0 and PPS

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

- BullGuard or equivalent internet security (1-year full version)

ASUS Exclusive Software:

Armoury Crate

- AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version)

- 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+ Power Control

- Turbo app

- PC Cleaner

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

2 x 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

ROG DIMM.2 with Heatsink:

- 1 x ROG DIMM.2 with heatsink

- 1 x M.2 pad for ROG DIMM.2

- 2 x M.2 screw package for ROG DIMM.2

PCIe 5.0 M.2 Card with Heatsink:

- 1 x PCIe 5.0 M.2 Card with heatsink

- 1 x M.2 screw package for ROG PCIe 5.0 M.2 Card

Additional Cooling Kit:

- 1 x Thermal pad for M.2

- 1 x DDR5 Fan holder

- 1 x DDR5 Fan

- 1 x DDR5 Fan screw

Miscellaneous:

- 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas

- 1 x Q-connector

- 1 x ROG overclocking medal

- 1 x ROG thank you card

- 2 x M.2 Q-Latch packages for M.2 backplate

- 2 x M.2 backplate Rubber Packages

Installation Media:

- 1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers

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)