Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 Hero WIFI Motherboard

Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 14th Gen Intel Core Processors, 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

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.

*** VGA resolution support depends on processors' or graphic cards' resolution.

Intel® 13th & 12th Gen Processors*

2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x8 modes)**

Intel® Z790 Chipset

1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4, x4/x4 modes)

** 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.

- To ensure compatibility of the device installed, 

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 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.)

Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode.)

** Intel® Z790 Chipset

** M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)

Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (suppports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

** Hyper M.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (suppports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

*** 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

**** * Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports PCIe RAID 0/1/5/10,SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.

** 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

1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet

ASUS LANGuard

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

Rear USB (Total 12 ports)

2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (2 x USB Type-C®)

6 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)

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

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® ES9218 QUAD DAC

- Gold-plated audio jacks

- Rear optical S/PDIF out port

- Premium audio capacitors

- Audio cover

2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® ports

6 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)

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

1 x HDMI® port

1x 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 FlashBackâ„¢ button

1 x Clear CMOS button

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 Power connector

Storage related

3 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 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 Start button

1 x ReTry button

1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header

1 x Thermal Sensor header

1 x CPU Over Voltage jumper

1 x Alternative PCIe Mode switch

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 heatsink

- Steel backplate

- VRM heatsink design

ASUS EZ DIY

- BIOS FlashBackâ„¢ 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 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

* To support 60W, please install the power cable to 6-pin PCIe power connector or can only support 27W

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 (with AI Cooling II)

- Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation

- Power Saving 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

Cables

1 x ARGB 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

Additional Cooling Kit

1 x Thermal pad for M.2

1 x DDR5 Fan holder

1 x VRM Fan holder

Miscellaneous

1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas

3 x M.2 backplate

Q-Latch package

3 x M.2 backplate Rubber Packages

1 x Q-connector

1 x ROG stickers

1 x ROG key chain

1 x ROG VIP card

Installation Media

1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers

Documentation

1 x User Guide