Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Hero Socket 1700

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

- Intel® Z690 Chipset

Memory

- 4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR5 6400+(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC)/ 4800 MT/s Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory

- Dual Channel Memory Architecture

- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Graphics

- 1 x HDMI® port

- 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort 1.4 and Thunderbolt™ video outputs

Expansion Slots

- Intel® 12th Gen Processors

- 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x8 modes)

- Intel® Z690 Chipset

- 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4, x4/x4 modes)

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 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.)

- Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.

Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper 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 3.0 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

Ethernet

- 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet

- ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

- Intel® 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 hardware ready

USB

Rear USB: Total 11 ports

- 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (2 x USB Type-C®)

- 7 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (6 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)

- 2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 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 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® SABRE9018Q2C DAC/AMP

- Gold-plated audio jacks

- Rear optical S/PDIF out port

- Premium audio capacitors

- Audio cover

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® ports

- 7 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (6 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)

- 2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 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 FlashBack™  button

- 1 x Clear CMOS button

Intrernal 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 Graphics Card 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 SPI TPM header (14-1pin)

- 1 x Start button

- 1 x ReTry button

- 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header

- 1 x Thermal Sensor header

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 heatsinks

- VRM heatsink design

ASUS EZ DIY

- BIOS FlashBack™ 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 QC 4.0/3.0/2.0, PD3.0 and PPS

ASUS HYDRANODE

- 3 x Chassis fan support* (CHA_FAN1P,CHA_FAN2P,CHA_FAN3P)

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

- Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation

AI Suite 3

- 5-Way Optimization with AI Overclocking

 TPU

 EPU

 DIGI+ Power Control

 Turbo app

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

- 1 x 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

Miscellaneous

- 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas

- 1 x M.2 Q-Latch package

- 2 x M.2 Q-Latch packages for M.2 backplate

- 1 x M.2 Rubber Package

- 1 x Q-connector

- 1 x ROG Graphics card holder

- 1 x ROG stickers

- 1 x ROG key chain

- 1 x ROG thank you card

Installation Media

- 1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers

Documentation

- 1 x User Guide

Operating System

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

Form Factor

- ATX

- 30.5cm x 24.4cm