User manual ASROCK Z77 PRO4 BROCHURE

[. . . ] Z77 Pro4 Intel® Z77 Chipset www. asrock . com Detail Specification Platform CPU - ATX Form Factor: 12. 0-in x 7. 9-in, 30. 5 cm x 20. 1 cm - All Solid Capacitor design Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package Digi Power Design 4 + 2 Power Phase Design Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2. 0 Technology Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPU Supports Hyper-Threading Technology Supports Intel® Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect Technology with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU Chipset Memory - Intel® Z77 - Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology - 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Supports DDR3 2800+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. [. . . ] shared memory 1760MB - Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI - Supports HDMI 1. 4a Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) - Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI and HDMI ports - 7. 1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec) - Premium Blu-ray audio support - Supports THX TruStudioTM PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s Realtek RTL8111E Supports Wake-On-LAN Supports LAN Cable Detection Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802. 3az Supports PXE Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O On/Off Play SATA3 I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x D-Sub Port - 1 x DVI-D Port - 1 x HDMI Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2. 0 Ports - 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3. 0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone - 2 x SATA3 6. 0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® Z77, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 2 x SATA3 6. 0 Gb/s connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions USB 3. 0 Intel® Smart Connect Technology Intel® Rapid Start Technology - 2 x Rear USB 3. 0 ports, support USB 1. 0/2. 0/3. 0 up to 5Gb/s - 1 x Front USB 3. 0 header (supports 2 USB 3. 0 ports), supports USB 1. 0/2. 0/3. 0 up to 5Gb/s Connector Product Brief - 100% All Solid Capacitor Design - Digi Power Design - Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2800+(OC) - 1 x PCIe 3. 0 x16 Slot, Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM, CrossFireXTM - PCIE Gigabit LAN - Supports Intel® HD Graphics with Built-in Visuals - Multi-VGA Output Options : DVI-D, D-Sub, HDMI - Combo Cooler Option (C. C. O. ) - 7. 1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudioTM - Supports ASRock XFast RAM, XFast LAN, XFast USB, On/Off Play, UEFI System Browser - Supports Intel Smart Connect, Intel Rapid Start, Lucid Virtu Universal MVP - Free Bundle : CyberLink MediaEspresso 6. 5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite BIOS Feature - 4 x SATA2 3. 0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 4 x SATA3 6. 0 Gb/s connectors - 1 x IR header - 1 x CIR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - 1 x Power LED header - CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V power connector - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2. 0 headers (support 4 USB 2. 0 ports) - 1 x USB 3. 0 header (supports 2 USB 3. 0 ports) - 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support Supports "Plug and Play" ACPI 1. 1 Compliance Wake Up Events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2. 3. 1 Support CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, 1. 8V PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment Support CD Unique Feature - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6. 5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - OEM ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) ASRock Instant Boot ASRock Instant Flash ASRock APP Charger ASRock SmartView ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast LAN ASRock XFast RAM ASRock Crashless BIOS Lucid Virtu Universal MVP * Lucid Virtu Universal MVP can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated. - ASRock On/Off Play Technology - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control - ASRock U-COP - Boot Failure Guard (B. F. G. ) - Combo Cooler Option (C. C. O. ) - Good Night LED CPU Temperature Sensing Chassis Temperature Sensing CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature) CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3. 3V, CPU Vcore Hardware Monitor OS Certifications Accessories - Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant - FCC, CE, WHQL - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield - 2 x SATA Data Cables (Optional) The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed. Z77 Pro4 Intel® Z77 Chipset www. asrock . com Fully Optimize Memory Usage RAM Faster Internet Access Boosts up your USB speed 5X Faster 5X XFast LAN can lower latency in the game after setting online game priority higher. Time latency in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Lower Latency In Game Faster 5X ATTO Disk Benchmark 4K Read ASRock Motherboard with XFast USB Other Motherboard without XFast USB USB Performance Comparison Faster 5X Faster for Photoshop Execution XFast RAM will create a virtual disk from the system memory to boost the performance for Photoshop. It can even perform 5X faster than before. *Lower is better ASRock Motherboard with XFast LAN Other Motherboard without XFast LAN The performance boost percentage may vary with a different configuration. Virtu Universal MVP - Uncompromised Game Response Performance 1. HyperFormance™ : A new technology which combines integrated and discrete graphics for uncompromised performance and get up to a 90% performance boost! Virtu HyperFormance ON (discrete VGA+ integrated VGA) Virtu HyperFormance OFF (discrete VGA only) 90% Performance Boost 3599 3. Switchable Graphics : Dynamically assigns tasks to the best graphics resource regardless of physical cable connections. 1893 3DMark11 (Extreme 1080p) - Graphics Score 2. Virtual Vsync : A technology designed to solve the ever lasting debate between quality and performance. [. . . ] From music management, music creation, video editing to photo management. Simply do more with your media than you ever thought possible. ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) is an all-in-one software to fine-tune different features in an userfriendly interface, which includes Hardware Monitor, Fan Control, Overclocking, OC DNA, IES and XFast RAM. Trial [. . . ]