ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero ATX Motherboard

• Intel LGA 1700 socket : Ready for 13th & 12th Gen Intel Core processors and Windows 11, support PCIe 5.0 and DDR5

• Intelligent Control : ASUS-exclusive tools including AI Overclocking, AI Cooling II, AI Networking(GameFirst VI) and Two-Way AI Noise-Cancelation for easy configuration

• Robust Power Solution : 20+1 teamed power stages rated for 90 A, ProCool II power connectors, MicroFine alloy chokes and premium metallic capacitors

• Optimized Thermal Design : VRM heatsinks plus integrated aluminum I/O cover, high-conductivity thermal pad, triple M.2 heatsinks and dual with embedded backplates, and ROG Water-Cooling Zone

• High-performance Networking : Onboard WiFi 6E,Bluetooth V5.2, Intel 2.5Gb Ethernet, and ASUS LANGaurd

ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero ATX Motherboard

Buffed and ready with more power, robust cooling, and flexible I/O to scale up your rig at will. The ROG Maximus Z790 Hero puts it all at your disposal together with an arsenal of features and utilities to truly express the PC builder, overclocker, and gaming hero in you.

PERFORMANCE

Utilize the Hero’s immense power and control to take your 13th Gen CPU and DDR5 memory kit to the next level.

COOLING

Stacked with titanic heatsink arrays and surging with controls for liquid- and air-cooled setups, the Hero is fully armed to combat the fiery heat of the latest processors and high-speed drives.

CONNECTIVITY

Next-gen connectivity for graphics, storage, peripherals, and networking, plus high-definition audio for all types of setups - it all combines to create a Hero that’s connected with now and the future.

OPTIMIZATION

Flexible utilities and firmware provide everything needed to optimize the performance of your system loadout.

PERSONALIZATION

Illuminating the I/O shroud of the ROG Maximus Z790 Hero is a colorful microstructural array called Polymo Lighting. Two stylish patterns are available for builders to tinker with in Armoury Crate and sync up with the rest of their system for a brilliant display of individuality.

Specifications:-

CPU

• Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 13th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors & 12th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors*

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

• * Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list.

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

Chipset

• Intel® Z790 Chipset

Memory

• 4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR5 7800+(OC)/7600(OC)/7400(OC)/7200(OC)/7000(OC)/6800(OC)/6600(OC)/6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600/ 5400/ 5200/ 5000/ 4800MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*

• Dual Channel Memory Architecture

• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

• * Supported memory types, data rate (Speed), and number of DRAM modules vary depending on the CPU and memory configuration, for more information refer to www.asus.com for memory support list. 

• * Non-ECC, Un-buffered DDR5 Memory supports On-Die ECC function

Graphics

• 1 x HDMI® port**

• 2 x Intel® Thunderboltâ„¢ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort 1.4 and Thunderboltâ„¢ 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.

Expansion Slots

• 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)

• * Please check the PCIe bifurcation table on the support site (https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1037507/).

• ** 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, please refer to https://www.asus.com/support/ for the list of supported peripherals.

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 2242/2260/2280/22110 (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

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**

• * WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries.

• ** The Bluetooth version may vary, please refer to the Wi-Fi module manufacturer's website for the latest specifications.

USB

• Rear USB (Total 12 ports)

• 2 x Thunderboltâ„¢ 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

Audio

• 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

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 2 x Thunderboltâ„¢ 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

• 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 FlashBackâ„¢  button 

• 1 x Clear CMOS button 

• *The rear panel Lime (Line out) port does not support spatial audio. If you wish to use spatial audio make sure to connect your audio output device to the audio jack on the front panel of your chassis.

• 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

• 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

Special Features

• 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

Software Features

• 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

BIOS

• 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

• Manageability

• WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

• 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

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 )