Z690M-ITX/ax

Supports 12th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)
Digi Power design
8 Power Phase design
Supports Intel^® Hybrid Technology
Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology

1700

Intel Z690

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
Supports DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 5000+(OC)*
Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB
Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0

*Supports DDR4 3200 natively.

DDR4

3200 / 3000 / 2933 / 2666 / 2400 MHz

2 Slots

Intel^® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12)
Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers
Supports HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz
Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC (compressed) max. resolution up to 8K (7680x4320) @ 60Hz / 5K (5120x3200) @ 120Hz
Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports

*Intel^® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

None

7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec)
Supports Surge Protection
Nahimic Audio

1 x PCIe Gen5x16 Slot*
1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel^® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)

*Supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to two x8 slots
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

RAID
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 for M.2 NVMe storage devices*

*Requires additional M.2 NVMe expansion cards to support RAID 5

4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors
1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*
1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) modes*

*Supports Intel^® Optane™ Technology
Supports Intel^® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

N/A

1 x RGB LED Header*
1 x Addressable LED Header**
1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)****
1 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (Supports ESD Protection)
* Actual speed depends on USB devices and extension Cable in the chassis.
*Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip
**Supports in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip
***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
****The Chassis Fan Connector supports the chassis fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
*****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
CHA_FAN1/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

2 x Antenna Ports
1 x HDMI Port
1 x DisplayPort 1.4
4 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Ports (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
1 x BIOS Flashback Button
HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Dragon RTL8125BG)
- Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
- Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control
- Visual User Friendly UI
- Visual Network Usage Statistics
- Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes
- User Customized Priority Control
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE 1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel^® I219V)
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports UEFI PXE

802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Module
Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax
Supports Dual-Band 2x2 160MHz with extended 6GHz band support*
2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
Supports Bluetooth + High speed class II
Supports MU-MIMO

*Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz band) will be supported by Microsoft^® Windows^® 11. The availability will depend on the different regulation status of each country and region. It will be activated (for supported countries) through Windows^® Update and software updates once available.
A 6GHz compatible router is required for 6E functionality.

Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm
8 Layer PCB

Fan Tachometer: CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Voltage monitoring: CPU Vcore, +12V, +5V, +3.3V

256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
SMBIOS 2.7 Support
CPU Core/Cache, CPU GT, DRAM, VCCIN AUX, +1.05V PROC, +1.8V PROC, +0.82V PCH, +1.05V PCH Voltage Multi-adjustment

ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2
- ASRock Front Panel Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (10 Gb/s)
- ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s)
- ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
ASRock Super Alloy
- Premium Power Choke
- 50A Dr.MOS
- Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
- Sapphire Black PCB
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
- 8 Layer PCB
2.5G LAN
802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E
ASRock Auto Driver Installer
ASRock Steel Slot
ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop

Software
- ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
- ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
- ASRock Polychrome SYNC*
UEFI
- ASRock EZ Mode
- ASRock Full HD UEFI
- ASRock Auto Driver Installer
- ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer

*These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.

Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit / 11 64-bit