Storage
Intel® Z87 Express Chipset:
6 x SATA 6 Gb/s ports*
- Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 12 supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
- Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start
Technology, and Intel® Smart Connect Technology**
1 x M.2 (NGFF) Socket 2 on mPCIe Combo II expansion card
- Supports PCI Express 2.0 x1 and SATA 6Gb/s standard
- Supports M.2 (NGFF) Type 2242 (22mm x 42mm) SSD card
ASMedia® SATA 6Gb/s controller:
- 4 x SATA 6 Gb/s ports ***
* SATA 6Gb/s port 5 will be disabled when M.2 (NGFF) slot on mPCIe
VGA
Integrated Intel® HD Graphics Processor
DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution of 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz/ 3840
x 2160 at 60Hz
HDMI with max. resolution of 4096 x 2160 at 24Hz / 2560 x 1600
@ 60Hz
Intel® InTru™ 3D/ Quick Sync Video/ Clear Video HD Technology/
Insider™
LAN
1 x Intel® Ethemet Connection I217-V
Wireless
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac supports dual frequency band 2.4/5 GHz
Bluetooth v4.0/3.0+HS
* The module is pre-installed within the mPCIe Combo II expansion card.
Combo II is in use.
** The functions support depends on the CPU types.
***These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. ATAPI devices are not
supported.
Audio
ROG SupremeFX Audio 8-Channel High Definition
Audio
- SupremeFX Shielding Technology
- Front Panel DAC Headphone: 120dB SNR, -107dB THD+N (Max.
192kHz/ 24-bit)
- High Fidelity Headphone Amplifier: 120dB SNR, -117dB THD+N
@ Vcc+-12V, RL=600, f=1kHz
- Front DAC playback Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted,
Differential output): 115 dB
- ADC recording Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted): 104 dB
- WIMA® Film Capacitors
- ELNA® Premium Audio Capacitors
- Content Protection for Full Rate lossless DVD Audio, Blu-ray DVD,
and HD-DVD audio content playback
- Jack-detection and Multi-streaming
- Optical S/PDIF out port at back panel
Audio Feature:
- Sonic Radar
- DTS Connect
USB
Intel® Z87 Express Chipset
4 x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports at back panel [blue], 2 ports at mid-board
[red]*)
8 x USB 2.0 ports (4 ports at back panel, 1 for ROG Connect; 4
ports at mid-board**)
ASMedia® USB 3.0 SuperSpeed USB HUB controller
4 x USB 3.0 ports (4 ports at back panel [blue])
* Supports ASUS USB3.0 Boost, UASP standard on the Intel® native USB
3.0 is only supported under Windows® 8.
** 2 x USB2.0 ports at mid-board, shared with ROG extension (ROG_EXT) port
Back I/O Ports
1 x Clear CMOS button
1 x ROG Connect On/Off switch
4 x USB 2.0 ports (1 port can be switched to ROG Connect)
6 x USB 3.0 ports [blue]
1 x Optical S/PDIF out
1 x HDMI port
1 x DisplayPort
1 x LAN (RJ45) port
6 x Audio jacks
Internal Connectors
1 x USB 3.0 connector supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports
2 x USB 2.0 connectors support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports (1
connector shares with ROG_EXT header)
1 x ROG Extension (ROG_EXT) header
10 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
1 x 4-pin CPU optional fan connector
3 x 4-pin Chassis fan connectors
3 x 4-pin Optional fan connectors
3 x Thermal sensor connectors
1 x 24-pin EATX power connector
1 x 8-pin EATX 12V Power connector
1 x 4-pin EATX 12V Power connector
10 x ProbeIt Measurement Points
1 x Power-on button
1 x Reset button
1 x MemOK! button
1 x DirectKey button
1 x DRCT (DirectKey) header
1 x S/PDIF out header
1 x Front panel audio connector (AAFP)
1 x System panel connector
1 x TPM connector
1 x mPCIe Combo II connector
1 x FastBoot switch
BIOS Features
64 Mb UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI
2.0a, Multi-language BIOS
Manageability
WfM2.0, DMI2.0, WOL by PME, PXE
Software
Drivers
ROG GameFirst II
ROG RAMDisk
ROG CPU-Z
ROG Mem TweakIt
Kaspersky® Anti-Virus
DAEMON Tools Pro Standard
ASUS WebStorage
ASUS Utilities
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor, 12” x 9.6” (30.5cm x 24.4cm)
Package Included:
1PCS ASUS MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Motherboard ATX
1PCS I/O Shield Backplane
1PCS SATA Cable