Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER Motherboard

1. Support for 9th and 8th Generation Intel^® Core™ i9 processors/ Intel^® Core™ i7 processors/ Intel^® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel^® Core™ i3 processors/ Intel^® Pentium^® processors/ Intel^® Celeron^® processors in the LGA1151 package
2. L3 cache varies with CPU

(Please refer to “CPU Support List” for more information.)

1. Intel^® Z390 Express Chipset

1. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128GB (32GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory**
   ** Please note that the support for system total memory size depends on the CPU installed.
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR4 4400(O.C.) / 4333(O.C.) / 4266(O.C.) / 4133(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules
4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

(Please refer to “Memory Support List” for more information.)

Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel^® HD Graphics support:

1. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@30 Hz
   * Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.2.

Maximum shared memory of 1 GB
Actual support may vary by CPU

1. Realtek^® ALC1220-VB codec
   * The front panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
2. ESS SABRE 9118 DAC
3. High Definition Audio
4. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
5. Support for S/PDIF Out

1. Intel^® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

1. Intel^® CNVi interface 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
2. BLUETOOTH 5
3. Support for 11ac 160 MHz wireless standard and up to 1.73 Gbps data rate
   * Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.

1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
   * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
   * The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
   * The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2P connector. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode when a PCIe SSD is installed in the M2P connector.
4. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
   (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
5. 1 x M.2 Socket 1 connector for an Intel^® CNVi wireless module (CNVI)

1. Support for NVIDIA^® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 2-Way NVIDIA^® SLI™ technologies
2. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies

Chipset:

1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M)
2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A)
3. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P)
4. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
5. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
   * Refer to “1-9 Internal Connectors,” for the installation notices for the PCIEX4, M.2 and SATA connectors.

Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready

Chipset:

1. 1 x USB Type-C™ port with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header
2. 1 x USB Type-C™ port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
3. 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
4. 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

Chipset+USB 2.0 Hub:

1. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
3. 1 x CPU fan header
4. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
5. 4 x system fan headers
6. 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
7. 2 x Addressable LED strip headers
8. 2 x Addressable LED strip power select jumpers
9. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
10. 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
11. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
12. 1 x front panel header
13. 1 x front panel audio header
14. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
15. 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
16. 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header
17. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
18. 1 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connector
19. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2×6 pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module only)
20. 1 x OC button
21. 1 x reset button
22. 2 x temperature sensor headers
23. 2 x BIOS switches
24. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
25. Voltage Measurement Points

1. 1 x Power/Reset button
2. 1 x Clear CMOS button
3. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
4. 1 x HDMI port
5. 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
6. 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
7. 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
8. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
9. 1 x RJ-45 port
10. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
11. 5 x audio jacks

1. iTE^® I/O Controller Chip

1. Voltage detection
2. Temperature detection
3. Fan speed detection
4. Water cooling flow rate detection
5. Overheating warning
6. Fan fail warning
7. Fan speed control
   * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.

1. 2 x 128 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS™
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

1. Support for APP Center
   * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
   3D OSD
   @BIOS
   AutoGreen
   Cloud Station
   EasyTune
   Easy RAID
   Fast Boot
   Game Boost
   Platform Power Management
   RGB Fusion
   Smart Backup
   Smart Keyboard
   Smart TimeLock
   Smart HUD
   System Information Viewer
   Smart Survey
   USB Blocker
   USB DAC-UP 2
   USB TurboCharger
2. Support for Q-Flash
3. Support for Xpress Install

1. Norton^® Internet Security (OEM version)
2. cFosSpeed
3. XSplit Gamecaster + Broadcaster (12 months license)

1. Support for Windows 10 64-bit

1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm