Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus Motherboard

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

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

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 support depends on the CPU types.

• 4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR5 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC)/ 4800 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
• Dual Channel Memory Architectur
• e Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
• OptiMem II 
• Supported memory types, data rate(Speed), and number of DRAM module vary depending on the CPU and memory configuration

• 1 x DisplayPort**
• 1 x HDMI® port***
• Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates
•  Supports max. 4K@60Hz as specified in DisplayPort 1.4
• Supports 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.
•  VGA resolution support depends on processors' or graphic cards' resolution.

• Intel® 12th Gen Processors
• 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot
• Intel® Z690 Chipset
• 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)
• 1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot
• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
• Supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH-attached PCIe slot

• Total supports 4 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• Intel® 12th Gen Processors
• M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110
• Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode
• Intel® Z690 Chipset
• M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)
• M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
• M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
• 4 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.

• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
• TUF LANGuard

• Rear USB (Total 8 ports)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (2 x Type-A)
• 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
• Front USB (Total 7 ports)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
• 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

• Realtek 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC
• Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
• - Supports up to 24-Bit/192 kHz playback
• Audio Features -
• Audio Shielding
• - Rear optical S/PDIF out port - Premium audio capacitors
• - Dedicated audio PCB layers 
• Audio Cover

• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (2 x Type-A)
• 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
• 1 x DisplayPor
• t 1 x HDMI® port
• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
• 5 x Audio jacks
• 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port

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

Power related

• 1 x 24-pin Main Power connecto
• r 1 x 8-pin +12V Power connector
• 1 x 4-pin +12V Power connector

Storage related

• 4 x M.2 slots (Key M)
• 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB

• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 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 Clear CMOS header
• 1 x COM Port header
• 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
• 1 x 20-3 pin System Panel header with Chassis intrude function
• 1 x Thunderbolt™ header

ASUS TUF PROTECTION

• DIGI+ VRM (- Digital power design with DrMOS)
• Enhanced DRAM Overcurrent Protection
• ESD Guards
• TUF LANGuard -
• Overvoltage Protection
• Safeslot
• Stainless-Steel Back I/O

ASUS Q-Design

• M.2 Q-Latch
• Q-DIMM
• Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])
• Q-Slot

ASUS Thermal Solution

• M.2 heatsink
• VRM heatsink design

ASUS EZ DIY

• CPU Socket lever protector
• ProCool
• Pre-mounted I/O shield -
• SafeDIMM

AURA Sync

•  AURA RGB header
• Addressable Gen 2 headers

• ASUS Exclusive Software
• Armoury Crate
• AURA Creator
• AURA Sync
• Fan Xpert 4 -
• Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
• AI Suite 3
• Performance And Power Saving Utility
• TurboV EVO
• EPU
• DIGI+ VRM
• TUF GAMING CPU-Z
• DTS Audio Processing
• Norton Anti-virus software (Free Trial version)
• WinRAR
• UEFI BIOS
• ASUS EZ DIY -
• ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
• ASUS EZ Flash 3
• ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

Cables

• 2 x SATA 6Gb/s cables

Miscellaneous

• 2 x M.2 Rubber Packages
• 1 x M.2 SSD screw package
• 1 x TUF GAMING sticker

Installation Media

• 1 x Support DVD

Documentation

• 1 x TUF Certification card
• 1 x User guide

• ATX Form Factor
• 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )