ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 APEX DDR5 INTEL MOTHERBOARD

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 APEX DDR5 INTE MOTHERBOARD

Intel® Z690 ATX motherboard with 24+0 power stages, DDR5, Five M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 front-panel connector with Quick Charge 4+ Support, PCIe® 5.0, Onboard Wi-Fi 6E and Aura Sync RGB lighting
-Socket LGA1700 for 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
-Intelligent Control: ASUS-exclusive tools including AI Overclocking, AI Cooling, AI Networking and Two-Way AI Noise-Cancelation for easy configuration
-Robust Power Solution: 24+0 teamed power stages rated for 105 A, ProCool II power connectors, MicroFine alloy chokes and premium metallic capacitors
-Optimized Thermal Design: Enlarged VRM heatsinks plus integrated aluminum I/O cover, high-conductivity thermal pad, dual M.2 heatsinks with embedded backplates and ROG Water-Cooling Zone
-High Performance Networking: Onboard Wi-Fi 6E, Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet, and ASUS LANGuard.
-Fastest Gaming Connectivity: PCIe® 5.0, PCIE 5.0 M.2 card with Gen 5 M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 front-panel connector
-Industry Leading Audio: ROG SupremeFX ALC4080 codec with Savitech SV3H712 amplifier for high-fidelity audio
-Unmatched Personalization: ASUS-exclusive Aura Sync RGB lighting, including one RGB header and three addressable Gen 2 RGB headers
-DIY Friendly Design: Pre-mounted I/O shield, PCIe Slot Q-Release, V-Latch switch, BIOS FlashBack™, Q-Code, FlexKey, Q-Connector, SafeSlot and ROG graphics card holder
-Renowned Software: Bundled 1-year AIDA64 Extreme subscription and intuitive UEFI BIOS dashboard with integrated MemTest86

Technical Details
Brand : ASUS
Model : MAXIMUS Z690 APEX

Technical Specs

CPU
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*

Chipset
Z690

Memory
2 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR5 6600(OC)/6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC) / 4800 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 module vary depending on the CPU and memory configuration, for more information refer to www.asus.com for memory support list.

Expansion Slots
Intel® 12th Gen Processors
2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (supports x16 or x8/x8 modes)*
Intel® Z690 Chipset**
1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot
1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

Storage
Supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Total supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
Intel® 12th Gen Processors*
M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280
- Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (Key M) via PCIe 5.0 M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110
- Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 5.0 x4 mode
Intel® Z690 Chipset**
M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)
DIMM.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
6 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.
*** 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
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E
Wi-Fi 6E
2x2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 
Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band*
Bluetooth v5.2
* WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries, and function will be ready in Windows 11 or later. 

USB
Rear USB:
Total 10 ports
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port(s) (1 x USB Type-C®)
5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (5 x Type-A)
4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s) (4 x Type-A)
Front USB:
Total 9 ports
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

Audio
ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4080
- 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
- Savitech SV3H712 AMP
- Gold-plated audio jacks
- Rear optical S/PDIF out port
- Premium audio capacitors
- Audio cover

Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)
5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A)
4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)
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 FlashBack™  button  
1 x Clear CMOS button  
1 x PS/2 Keyboard (purple) port 
1 x PS/2 Mouse (green) port 

Internal I/O Connectors
Fan and Cooling related
1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header(s)
1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header(s) 
1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header(s) 
3 x 4-pin Chassis Fan header(s) 
2 x 4-pin Full Speed Fan header(s) 
1 x W_PUMP+ header(s) 
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 Graphics Card connector 
Storage related  
2 x M.2 slots (Key M)  
1 x DIMM.2 slot supports 2 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
1 x 80 Light Bar jumper
3 x Addressable Gen 2 header(s) 
1 x AURA RGB header(s) 
2 x BCLK button 
1 x BIOS Switch button  
1 x FlexKey button  
1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP) 
1 x LN2 Mode jumper  
1 x OSC sence header 
1 x Pause switch 
12 x ProbeIt Measurement Points 
1 x ReTry button 
1 x RSVD header
2 x RSVD switches
1 x Safe Boot button
1 x Slow Mode switch  
1 x Start button 
1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header 
1 x Thermal Sensor header 
1 x Thunderbolt™  header 
1 x V_Latch switch 

BIOS
2 x 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability
WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories
Cables
1 x ARGB RGB extension cable
1 x RGB extension cable 
6 x SATA 6Gb/s cables  
1 x 3-in-1 Thermistor cables pack  
ROG DIMM.2 with Heatsink 
1 x ROG DIMM.2 with heatsink 
1 x M.2 pad for ROG DIMM.2 
2 x M.2 screw package for ROG DIMM.2 
PCIe 5.0 M.2 Card  
1 x PCIe 5.0 M.2 Card 
1 x M.2 screw package for PCIe 5.0 M.2 Card 
ROG True Voltician 
1 x ROG True Voltician 
4 x cables for ROG True Voltician 

Miscellaneous 
1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas  
1 x Q-connector 
2 x M.2 Q-Latch packages for M.2 backplate 
1 x ROG Graphics card holder 
1 x ROG key chain 
1 x ROG stickers 
1 x ROG thank you card 
Installation Media 
1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers  
Documentation 
1 x User manual 

Operating System
Windows® 11 64-bit, Windows® 10 64-bit

Form Factor
ATX
30.5cm x 24.4cm