Asus PRIME Z790-A WIFI ATX Gaming Motherboard

Precise Digital Power Control

The Digi+ voltage-regulator module (VRM) delivers real-time control over voltage droop, automatically switching frequency and power-efficiency settings.

It also allows you to fine-tune your CPU for ultimate stability and performance.

VRM Heatsinks and Thermal Pads

The extensive surface area of the massive heatsinks cover the VRMs and chokes to improve heat dissipation.

Together with specially engineered thermal pads, they improve heat transfer from the MOSFETs and chokes for better cooling performance.

16 + 1 Teamed Power Stages

16 + 1 power stages combine high-side and low-side MOSFETS and drivers into packages rated for 60 amperes each, delivering power, efficiency, stability and performance to latest Intel processors.

ProCool Connectors

Proprietary connectors augment the motherboard's link to the PSU with 8+8 pin connectors that pass 12 volts of power directly to the processors

USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C

A batch of USB ports support high-end rigs loaded with peripherals, including a rear Type-C connector with ultrafast USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 for transmission speeds of up to 20 Gbps.

PCIe 5.0 Slot

PCIe 5.0 offers twice the data transfer speed of PCIe 4.0, making it robust enough to handle new data-heavy tasks. 

WiFi 6E

Onboard WiFi 6E technology takes advantage of the newly available radio spectrum in the 6 GHz band.

It provides up to three times the bandwidth of the 5 GHz band and up to seven 160 MHz bands to deliver ultrafast wireless networking speeds and improved capacity as well as better performance in dense wireless environments.

CPU

Intel Socket LGA1700 for 13th Gen Intel Core Processors & 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 Z790 Chipset

Memory

4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR4 5333(OC)/5133(OC)/5066(OC)/5000(OC)/4800(OC)/4700(OC)/4600(OC)/

4500(OC)/4400(OC)/4266(OC)/4133(OC)/4000(OC)/3866(OC)/3733(OC)

/3600(OC)/3466(OC)/3400(OC)/3333(OC)/3200/3000/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*

Dual Channel Memory Architecture

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

OptiMem II

Graphics

1 x DisplayPort**

1 x HDMI® port***

Expansion Slots

Intel 13th & 12th Gen Processors*

1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot

Intel Z790 Chipset

1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)

1 x PCIe 4.0 x4 slot

2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots

Storage

Total supports 4 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*

Intel® 13th & 12th Gen Processors

M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110

Intel 13th & 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode

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

M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

* Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports PCIe RAID 0/1/5/10, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.

Ethernet

1 x Intel 2.5Gb Ethernet

TUF LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

Wi-Fi 6

2x2 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)

Supports 2.4/5GHz frequency band

Bluetooth v5.2*

USB

Rear USB (Total 8 ports)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C)

3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (2 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C)

4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)

Front USB (Total 7 ports)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (supports USB Type-C)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports 2 additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Audio

Realtek S1220A 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC*

Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs

Internal audio Amplifier to enhance the highest quality sound for headphone and speakers

Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking

 High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input (Line-in)

Supports up to 32-Bit/192 kHz playback*"

Audio Features

Audio Shielding

Rear optical S/PDIF out port

Premium audio capacitors

Dedicated audio PCB layers

Audio Cover

* Due to limitations in HDA bandwidth, 32-Bit/192 kHz is not supported for 7.1 Surround Sound audio.

Back Panel I/O Ports

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C)

3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (2 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C)

4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)

1 x DisplayPort

1 x HDMI port

1 x Wi-Fi Module

1 x Intel 2.5Gb Ethernet port

5 x Audio jacks

1 x Optical S/PDIF out port

Internal 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

Power related

1 x 24-pin Main Power connector

1 x 8-pin +12V Power connector

1 x 4-pin +12V Power connector

Storage related

4 x M.2 slots (Key M)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (supports USB Type-C)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports 2 additional 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 Clear CMOS header

1 x COM Port header

1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)

1 x 20-3 pin System Panel header with Chassis intrude function

1 x Thunderbolt™ (USB4®) header

Special Features

ASUS TUF PROTECTION

DIGI+ VRM (- Digital power design with DrMOS)

ESD Guards

TUF LANGuard

Overvoltage Protection

Safeslot

Stainless-Steel Back I/O

ASUS Q-Design

M.2 Q-Latch

PCIe Slot Q-Release

Q-DIMM

 Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])

Q-Slot

ASUS Thermal Solution

M.2 heatsink

VRM heatsink design

ASUS EZ DIY

CPU Socket lever protector

ProCool

Pre-mounted I/O shield

SafeDIMM

AURA Sync

Aura RGB header

Addressable Gen 2 headers

Software Features

ASUS Exclusive Software

Armoury Crate

Aura Creator

Aura Sync

Fan Xpert 4 (with AI Cooling II)

Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation

Power Saving

AI Suite 3

TurboV EVO

DIGI+ VRM

PC Cleaner

TUF GAMING CPU-Z

DTS Audio Processing

MyAsus

Norton 360 for Gamers

WinRAR

UEFI BIOS

ASUS EZ DIY

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

ASUS EZ Flash 3

 ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

BIOS

192 (128+64) Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

Cables

2 x SATA 6Gb/s cables

Miscellaneous

1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antenna

1 x TUF GAMING sticker

2 x M.2 Rubber Packages

1 x Screw package for M.2 SSD

Documentation

1 x TUF Certification card

1 x User guide

Operating System

Windows 11, Windows 10 64-bit

Form Factor

ATX Form Factor

12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )