A new designed protective cover for all of the crucial parts near the motherboard's rear I/O, so that they won't easily be damaged by static electricity.
Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps
Supreme 12K platinum capacitors with lifespans of at least 12,000 hours. Compared to other counterparts on high-end motherboards that merely have lifespans of around 10,000 hours, ASRock applied Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps that offer 20% longer lifespans and provide more stability and reliability.
High Density Glass Fabric PCB
What you’ve never understood about your computer is that it is scared to death of water, H2O, humidity or whatever you’d like to name it. And even though you do not see the water, actually there may be lots of excessive moist in the air killing your motherboard silently and slowly. No, your motherboard doesn’t melt when in contact with water like the wicked witch of the west, but it dies of short circuit. Luckily, ASRock has a new High Density Glass Fabric PCB design that reduces the gaps between the PCB layers to protect the motherboard against electrical shorts caused by humidity.
2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots
PCIe Gen3 x16 slots that are fully compatible with standard graphics cards and other add-on cards.
10 Power Phase Design
The power phase design offers smooth power delivery to the CPU, unmatched overclocking capabilities, lower temperature for advanced gamers, and reinforced system stability for taking on all sorts of arduous computing tasks.
Ultra M.2 32 Gb/s (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
The PCIe Gen3 x4 Ultra M.2 interface pushes data transfer speeds up to 32Gb/s. In addition, it also supports SATA3 6Gb/s M.2 modules, and is compatible with ASRock’s U.2 Kit for installing some of the world’s fastest U.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 SSDs.
UEFI EZ Mode
EZ mode is a dashboard which contains multiple readings of the system’s current status. You can check the most crucial information of your system, such as CPU speed, DRAM frequency, SATA information, fan speed, etc.
Intel LAN
Intel LAN provides the best throughput performance, lower CPU utilization, enhanced stability and is able to deliver ultimate network experience to users!
Digi Power
Unlike traditional motherboards that use analog power, this motherboard uses a next generation digital PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) design, which provides CPU Vcore voltage more efficiently and smoothly, so that the stability and lifespan of the motherboard is greatly enhanced.
Supports DDR4 3866+ (OC)
Supports the latest DDR4 memory modules and most extreme memory performance!
ELNA Audio Caps
Who says high quality audio is only available on high-end motherboards? ASRock applied ELNA audio capacitors on mainstream and entry-level motherboards! Compared with traditional solid caps, the leakage current of ELNA audio caps is merely 3uA. This is the key to reduce noise level significantly and satisfy even the pickiest audiophiles.
Flexible PCIe Slots
A new flexible PCIe Gen3 x1 slot design that allows users to install add-on cards of all kinds of sizes.
A-Tuning
A-Tuning is ASRock's multi purpose software suite with a new interface, more new features and improved utilities.
Live Update & APP Shop
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop is designed for your convenience. We provide various apps and support software for users to download. You can also easily optimize your system and keep your motherboard up to date with ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.
Full Spike Protection
Some sensitive digital components on the motherboard are vulnerable to power surges, the excessive current may cause your system to malfunction immediately. ASRock Full Spike Protection includes various technologies to prevent your motherboard’s components from being damaged by these unexpected voltage spikes.
ASRock Cloud
ASRock Cloud technology makes your mobile devices connect to your PC seamlessly and supports multi devices for accessing File Explorer cloud service simultaneously!
Features
ASRock Super Alloy
Supports 6th Generation Intel Core Processors (Socket 1151)
Digi Power, 10 Power Phase Design
Supports DDR4 3866+(OC) memory modules
2 PCIe 3.0 x16, 3 PCIe 3.0 x1
AMD Quad CrossFireX, CrossFireX
Graphics Output Options: DVI-D, HDMI
7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), ELNA Audio Caps
2 SATA Express, 6 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
8 USB 3.0 (2 Front, 6 Rear)
Supports Full Spike Protection, ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
Technical detals
Model
Brand : Asrock
Model : Z170 Pro4
General
Unique Feature
ASRock Super Alloy
Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
I/O Armor
High Density Glass Fabric PCB
ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
ASRock Full Spike Protection
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
CPU
Supports 6th Generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron Processors (Socket 1151)
Digi Power design
10 Power Phase design
Supports Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
Supports Intel K-Series unlocked CPUs
Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
Chipset
Intel Z170
Memory
Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
Supports DDR4 3866+(OC)*/3600(OC)/3200(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Max. capacity of system memory : 64GB
Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
BIOS
128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
ACPI 5.0 Compliant wake up events
SMBIOS 2.7 Support
CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCPLL, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment
Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics
Supports Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel InTru 3D, Intel Clear Video HD Technology, Intel Insider, Intel HD Graphics 510/530
Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12
Max. shared memory 1792MB
Dual graphics output : Support DVI-D and HDMI ports by independent display controllers
Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 24Hz / (3840x2160) @ 30Hz
Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
Supports Accelerated Media Codecs: HEVC, VP8, VP9
Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
Audio
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray Audio support
Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
ELNA Audio Caps
LAN
Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Giga PHY Intel I219V
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Supports PXE
Expansion / Connectivity
Slots
2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2: x16 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode)
3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX and CrossFireX
Storage
6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 14 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
2 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connectors
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)
Connector
1 x COM Port Header
1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
1 x TPM Header
1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (2 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector
1 x PCIe Power Connector
1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
Rear Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
1 x DVI-D Port
1 x HDMI Port
6 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
HD Audio Jacks : Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Other Features / Miscellaneous
Software and BIOS
Software
ASRock A-Tuning
ASRock Disk Health Report
ASRock USB Key
ASRock APP Charger
ASRock XFast LAN
ASRock XFast RAM
ASRock Fast Boot (Fast Boot, Restart to UEFI)
UEFI
ASRock EZ Mode
ASRock Full HD UEFI
ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
ASRock Instant Flash
ASRock Internet Flash
ASRock Crashless BIOS
ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
ASRock UEFI System Browser
ASRock UEFI Tech Service
ASRock Easy RAID Installer
ASRock Easy Driver Installer
Support CD
Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
Hardware Monitor
CPU/Chassis temperature sensing
CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer
CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature)
CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control
CASE OPEN detection
Voltage monitoring : +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor
OS
Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit
Certifications
FCC, CE, WHQL
ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)