Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard - Manual (Page 8)

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ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO specifications summary
Storage
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 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)**
Hyper M.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper M.2 card, type
2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports 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 v5.2
* WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries.
USB
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 port(s) (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 MIC Jack-
retasking
- High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 110 dB SNR
recording input
- Support up to 32-Bit/ 384 kHz playback on front panel
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