ROG MAXIMUS XIII APEX

Intel® Socket LGA1200 for 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors & 10th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors*

1200

Intel Z590

Memory Channels:2DDR4 (Dual Channel)
Max Memory Size:64GB
DDR4 5333(OC)/5133(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 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
OptiMem III

* 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7/i9 processors support 2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively, others will run at the maximum transfer rate of DDR4 2666MHz.
* 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors support 3200/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively.
* Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists), and memory frequency support depends on the CPU types.

DDR4

3200 / 3000 / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz

2 Slots

None

NVIDIA 2-Way SLI® Technology*
*Support varies with different graphics cards

ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4080
- 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
- Savitech SV3H712 AMP
- Gold-plated audio jacks
- Rear optical S/PDIF out port
- Premium Japanese audio capacitors
- Audio cover

Intel® 11^th &10^th Gen Processors*
2 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slots**
- Intel® 11^th processors support PCIe 4.0 x16 or x8/x8 or x8/x4 modes
- Intel® 10^th processors support PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8/x8 or x8/x4 modes

Intel® Z590 Chipset
1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot***
* Supports PCIe bandwidth bifurcation for RAID on CPU function.
** PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 share bandwidth with M.2_2. PCIEX16_1 will run x8 mode and PCIEX16_2 will run x4 mode when M.2_2 runs x4 mode.
*** PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with SATA6G_56. PCIEX4 slot will run x2 mode when SATA6G_56 is populated.

Supports 4 x M.2 slots and 8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Intel®11^th &10^th Gen Processors
M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280
- Only Intel® 11^th processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode, this slot will be disabled for other CPUs
M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280*
- Intel® 11^th processors supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode
- Intel® 10^th processors supports PCIe 3.0 x4 mode

Intel® Z590 Chipset
DIMM.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA modes)**
DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 mode)
8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports***
RAID function for PCIe mode SSD in Intel® Rapid Storage Technology is available with either 1. Intel® SSDs installed in both CPU-attached and PCH-attached slots, or 2. any other 3rd party SSDs installed in PCH-attached slots.
To enable Intel® Optane™ Memory (Hybrid Storage device), it must be installed in PCH-attached slots with Intel® Rapid Storage Technology.
* M.2_2 slot shares bandwidth with PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2. When M.2_2 runs x4 mode, PCIEX16_1 will run x8 mode and PCIEX16_2 will run x4 mode.
** When DIMM.2_1 is operating in SATA mode, SATA6G_2 will be disabled.
*** SATA6G_56 shares bandwidth with PCIEX4 slot. When SATA6G_56 is populated, PCIEX4 slot will run x2 mode and SATA6G_56 will be disabled when PCIEX4 slot runs x4 mode.

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)
5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A)
4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)
Front USB:Total 9 ports
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
3 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 6 USB 2.0 ports

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
3 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
2 x 4-pin Full Speed 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 connectors
1 x 6-pin PCIe Graphics Card connector

Storage related
2 x M.2 slots (Key M)
1 x DIMM.2 slot supports 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)
8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
3 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 6 USB 2.0 ports

Miscellaneous
1 x 80 Light Bar jumper
3 x AURA Addressable Gen 2 headers
1 x AURA RGB header
1 x BIOS Switch button
1 x FlexKey button
1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
1 x FS Mode switch
1 x LN2 Mode jumper
1 x Pause switch
8 x ProbeIt Measurement Points
1 x ReTry button
2 x RSVD switch
1 x Safe Boot button
1 x Slow Mode switch
1 x Speaker header
1 x Start button
1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
1 x Thermal Sensor header|
1 x Thunderbolt™ header
1 x V_LATCH switch

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)
5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A)
4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)
1 x ASUS Wi-Fi Module
1 x Intel® I225-V 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
1 x PS/2 Keyboard (purple) port
1 x PS/2 Mouse (green) port

ASUS LANGuard

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**
* WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries, and function will be ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 or later.
** Bluetooth v5.2 function will be ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 or later.

ATX
30.5cm x 24.4cm

N/A

2 x 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Extreme OC Kit
- FlexKey button
- LN2 Mode
- Probelt
- ReTry button
- Safe boot button
- Start button
- Slow Mode

Extreme Engine Digi+
- 10K Black Metallic Capacitors
- MicroFine Alloy Choke

ASUS Q-Design
- Q-Code
- Q-Connector
- Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])
- Q-Slot

ASUS Thermal Solution
- M.2 heatsink backplate
- M.2 heatsink
- VRM heatsink design

ASUS EZ DIY
- BIOS FlashBack™ button
- Clear CMOS button
- ProCool II
- Pre-mounted I/O shield
- SafeSlot

AURA Sync
- AURA RGB header(s)
- Addressable Gen 2 RGB header(s)

Dual BIOS

ASUS HYDRANODE
- 3 x Chassis fan support* (CHA_FAN1P, CHA_FAN2P, CHA_FAN3P)
* Visit ASUS Website for the latest compatibility list.

ROG Exclusive Software
- Mem Tweakit
- RAMCache III
- ROG CPU-Z
- GameFirst VI
- Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer
- Sonic Radar III
- DTS® Sound Unbound
- Overwolf
- BullGuard Internet Security (1-year full version)

ASUS Exclusive Software
Armoury Crate
- AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version)
- AURA Creator
- AURA Sync
- Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
AI Suite 3
- 5-Way Optimization with AI Overclocking
TPU
EPU
DIGI+ Power Control
Fan Xpert 4
Turbo app
- EZ update
AI Charger
DAEMON Tools
MyAsus
WinRAR

UEFI BIOS
AI Overclocking Guide
ASUS EZ DIY
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
- ASUS EZ Flash 3
- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode
FlexKey
MemTest86

Windows® 10 64-bit