Specification Z97 GAMING 5

Z97 GAMING 5

Socket
Baseclock/Hyper Transport
Chipset
DDR3 Memory
DDR3L Memory
Memory Channel
DIMM Slots
Max Memory (GB)
PCI-E x16
PCI-E Gen
PCI-E x1
SATAIII
M.2 Slot
RAID
TPM (header)
USB 3.0 ports (Front)
USB 3.0 ports (Rear)
USB 2.0 ports (Front)
USB 2.0 ports (Rear)
Audio ports (Rear)
VGA
HDMI
DVI
VGA Max Share Memory (MB)
DirectX
SLI
CrossFire
Form Factor

Socket

1150

Baseclock/Hyper Transport

100MHz

Chipset

Intel® Z97 Express

DDR3 Memory

DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*/3100*/3200*/3300*(*OC) HMz

DDR3L Memory

Memory Channel

Dual

DIMM Slots

Max Memory (GB)

PCI-E x16

PCI-E Gen

Gen3 (16,0,0), (8,8,0), (8,4,4)

PCI-E x1

SATAIII

M.2 Slot

1x 2280 Key M(PCIe Gen2 x2/SATA)

RAID

0/1/5/10

TPM (header)

USB 3.0 ports (Front)

USB 3.0 ports (Rear)

USB 2.0 ports (Front)

USB 2.0 ports (Rear)

Audio ports (Rear)

HDMI

VGA Max Share Memory (MB)

512

DirectX

DX11

CrossFire

Form Factor

ATX

CPU

• Supports 4th and 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® Processors for Socket LGA1150
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

• Intel^®Z97 Express Chipset

Main Memory

• Support four DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*/3100*/3200*/3300*(*OC) MHz DRAM, 32GB Max

- Dual channel memory architecture
- Supports Intel^®Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Slots

• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, (support x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4 modes)
• 4 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots

On-Board SATA

• Intel Z97 Express Chipset
- 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA1~6)
- 1 x M.2 Key M Socket supports type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in both PCIE Gen2 x2 & SATA mode*
- M.2 port supports M.2 SATA 6Gb/s module
- M.2 port supports M.2 PCIe module up to 10Gb/s speed**
- M.2 port supports 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length module
- Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10***
- Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start Technology and Intel® Smart Connect Technology****

* The SATA5 and SATA6 ports will be unavailable when installing a module in the M.2 port.

** M.2 PCIe interface only supports UEFI option ROM, NOT support legacy option ROM.
*** M.2 PCIe interface does not support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10.
**** Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1

USB

• Intel Z97 Express Chipset
- 6 x USB 3.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB 3.0 connectors)
- 8 x USB 2.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors*)

Audio

• Realtek^®ALC1150 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

LAN

• 1x Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*
* The Killer Network Manager is only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 currently. The supported drivers for other operating systems would be available on the website if provided by vendor.

Multi-GPU

• Supports 3-Way AMD CrossFire™ Technology*
• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA^® SLI™ Technology
* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1.

Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

- 1 x M.2 port

- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)

- 1 x USB 3.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports)

- 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors

- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors

- 1 x TPM module connector

- 1 x Serial port connector

- 1 x Front panel audio connector

- 1 x Direct audio power connector

- 2 x System panel connectors

- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector

- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

- 1 x Audio power switch

- 1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 4 x USB 3.0 ports
- 1 x VGA connector
- 1 x DVI-D connector
- 6 x OFC audio jacks
- 1 x HDMI™ port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz

This platform supports dual-display function and triple-display function

	VGA+DVI-D	DVI-D+HDMI™	HDMI™+VGA	HDMI™+VGA+DVI-D
Extend mode (Extend the desktop to the second and third monitor)	◯	◯	◯	◯
Clone mode (Monitors have the same screen)	◯	◯	◯	◯

BIOS

• The motherboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications.

Dimension

• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes.

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