ASRock Z370 Killer SLI/ac Motherboard Review

Specifications and Features

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• Supports 8^th Generation Intel^® Core™ Processors (Socket 1151)
• Digital PWM, 10 Power Phase
• Supports DDR4 4266+(OC)
• 2 PCIe 3.0 x16, 4 PCIe 3.0 x1, 1 M.2 (Key E)
• NVIDIA^® Quad SLI™, AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™
• Graphics Output Options : HDMI, DVI-D
• 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
• Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
• 6 SATA3, 2 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
• 9 USB 3.1 Gen1 (1 Front Type-C, 2 Front Type-A, 1 Rear Type-C, 5 Rear)
• Intel^® Gigabit LAN
• Intel^® 802.11ac WiFi + BT 4.2
• ASRock RGB LED

• Unique Feature
  ASRock Super Alloy
  – Premium 45A Power Choke
  – Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
  – Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
  – I/O Armor
  – Sapphire Black PCB
  – High Density Glass Fabric PCB
  Intel^® 802.11ac WiFi
  ASRock Intel^® 4-Layer Memory POOL (Planes on Outer Layers) Technology
  ASRock Steel Slots
  ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
  ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
  ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
• CPU
  – Supports 8^th Generation Intel^® Core™ Processors (Socket 1151)
  – Digi Power design
  – 10 Power Phase design
  – Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
  – Supports Intel^® K-Series unlocked CPUs
  – Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
• Chipset
  – Intel^® Z370
• Memory
  – Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
  – 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
  – Supports DDR4 4266+(OC)* / 4133(OC) / 4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
  – Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  – Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB**
  – Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
  – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

  *8th Gen Intel^® CPU supports DDR4 up to 2666.
  Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock’s website for more information.**Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows^® 32-bit OS. For Windows^® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
• BIOS
  – 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
  – ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
  – SMBIOS 2.7 Support
  – CPU Vcore, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment
• Graphics
  – Supports Intel^® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel^® Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel^® InTru™ 3D, Intel^® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel^® Insider™, Intel^® UHD Graphics
  – DirectX 12
  – HWA Encode/Decode: VP9 8-bit, VP9 10- bit (Encode only), VP8, HEVC (MPEG-H Part2, h.265), AVC (MPEG4, h.264), MPEG2-Part2 (h.262), JPEG/MJPEG,VC-1
  – Max. shared memory 1024MB**
  – Dual graphics output: Support DVI-D and HDMI ports by independent display controllers
  – Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 30Hz
  – Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
  – Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
  – Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
  – Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI Ports

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

  **The size of maximum shared memory may vary from different operating systems.

• Audio
  – 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
  – Premium Blu-ray Audio support
  – Supports Surge Protection
  – Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
• LAN
  – Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
  – Giga PHY Intel^® I219V
  – Supports Wake-On-LAN
  – Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
  – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
  – Supports PXE
• Wireless LAN
  – Intel^® 802.11ac WiFi Module
  – Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
  – Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
  – Supports high speed wireless connections up to 433Mbps
  – Supports Bluetooth 4.2 / 3.0 + High speed class II
• Slots
  – 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4))*
  – 4 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
  – Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
  – Supports NVIDIA^® Quad SLI™ and SLI™
  – 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-802.11ac module (on the rear I/O)
  – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)

  *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
• Storage
  – 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel^® Rapid Storage Technology 15), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
  – 2 x Ultra M.2 Sockets (M2_1 and M2_2), support M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**

  *If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA_5 will be disabled.
  If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA_0 will be disabled.**Supports Intel^® Optane™ Technology
  Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  Supports ASRock U.2 Kit
• Connector
  – 1 x COM Port Header
  – 1 x TPM Header
  – 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
  – 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
  – 1 x RGB LED Header*
  – 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)**
  – 2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
  – 1 x Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin)***
  – 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
  – 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector
  – 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
  – 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin)
  – 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.1 Gen1 Header
  – 1 x Performance Mode / Easy OC Header

  *Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip

  **The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.

  ***The Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.

  ****CHA_FAN2 can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

• Rear Panel I/O
  – 2 x Antenna Ports
  – 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
  – 1 x DVI-D Port
  – 1 x HDMI Port
  – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  – 5 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C Port (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  – HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
• Software and UEFI
  Software
  – ASRock A-Tuning
  – ASRock RGB LED
  – ASRock XFast LAN
  UEFI
  – ASRock EZ Mode
  – ASRock Full HD UEFI
  – 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.
• Support CD
  – Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
• Accessories
  – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
  – 2 x SATA Data Cables
  – 1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card
  – 2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas
  – 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
• Hardware Monitor
  – Temperature Sensing: CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
  – Fan Tachometer: CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
  – Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
  – Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
  – CASE OPEN detection
  – Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCSA, VCCST
• Form Factor
  – ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm
• OS
  – Microsoft^® Windows^® 10 64-bit