ASRock Z97M Anniversary

Z97M Anniversary
The Best Micro ATX Motherboard for Intel Pentium 20th Anniversary Edition G3258 Processor!

- Supports 5th Generation Intel® Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
- Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® Xeon®/Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
- Solid Capacitor design
- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 3100+(OC)
- 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16, 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
- Graphics Output Options : DVI-D, D-Sub, HDMI
- Supports Triple Monitor
- Realtek Gigabit LAN
- 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec), ELNA Audio Caps
- 6 x SATA3, 4 x USB 3.0 (2 Front, 2 Rear), 8 x USB 2.0 (4 Front, 4 Rear)
- Supports ASRock Cloud, APP Shop, Pentium® Anniversary Boost, Full Spike Protection, FAN-Tastic Tuning, USB Key

Unique Feature

ASRock Full Spike Protection
ASRock Cloud
ASRock APP Shop

CPU
- Supports 5th Generation Intel® Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
- Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® Xeon®/Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
- Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs
- Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

Chipset
- Intel® Z97

Memory
- Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR3 3100+(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/213 3(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
*Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

BIOS
- 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
- ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events
- SMBIOS 2.3. 1 support
- CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage multi-adjustment

Audio, Video and Networking

Graphics
- Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel® InTru 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® Insider, Intel® HD Graphics 4400/4600
- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1
- Max. shared memory 1792MB
- Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI Ports
- Supports Triple Monitor
- Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
- Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI Ports

*Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
**Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.
***Intel® InTru 3D is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.

Audio
- 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)
- Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
- ELNA Audio Caps

LAN
- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8111GR
- Supports Wake-On-WAN
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
- Supports LAN Cable Detection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE

Expansion / Connectivity

Slots
- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)
- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots

Storage
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

Connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
- 1 x TPM Header
- 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
- 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)
- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
- 1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

Rear Panel I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x D-Sub Port
- 1 x DVI-D Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 4 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 2 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Other Features / Miscellaneous

Software and UEFI

Software
- ASRock A-Tuning
- ASRock Disk Health Report
- ASRock USB Key
- ASRock APP Charger
- ASRock XFast LAN
- ASRock XFast RAM
- ASRock Restart to UEFI
- ASRock Pentium® Anniversary Boost
UEFI
- ASRock Full HD UEFI
- ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
- ASRock UEFI Guide
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock Crashless BIOS
- ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
- ASRock UEFI System Browser
- ASRock UEFI Tech Service
- ASRock Dehumidifier
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer
- ASRock Easy Driver Installer

Support CD
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), Orbweb. ME Professional (Win 8.1 / 7)

Accessories
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 2 x SATA Data Cables

Hardware Monitor
- CPU/Chassis temperature sensing
- CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature)
- CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control
- CASE OPEN detection
- Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

Form Factor
- Micro ATX Form Factor
- Solid Capacitor design
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB

OS
- Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

Certifications
- FCC, CE, WHQL
- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)