ASRock Z370 Extreme4

Unique Feature

ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2

• ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
• ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s)

ASRock Super Alloy

• XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
• Premium 60A Power Choke
• Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
• Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM)
• Combo Caps (Nichicon 12K Black Caps)
• Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
• I/O Armor
• Matte Black PCB
• High Density Glass Fabric PCB

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 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1151)
• Digi Power design
• 12 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 4333+(OC)* / 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

• 2 x 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)
• Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology
• ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
• SMBIOS 2.7 Support
• CPU Core/Cache, GT Core/Cache, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA, VCCPLL, CPU Internal PLL, GT PLL, Ring PLL, System Agent PLL, Memory Controller PLL 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**
• Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
• Supports Triple Monitor
• Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz
• Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
• Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 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 ALC1220 Audio Codec)
• Premium Blu-ray Audio support
• Supports Surge Protection
• Supports Purity Sound™ 4
• Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
• 120dB SNR DAC with Differential Amplifier
• NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier for Front Panel Audio Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)
• Pure Power-In
• Direct Drive Technology
• PCB Isolate Shielding
• Impedance Sensing on Front Out port
• Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
• RGB LED
• 15µ Gold Audio Connector
• Supports DTS Connect

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

Slots

• 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE4/PCIE6: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4); triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE6))*
• 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
• Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™ and SLI™
• 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT module
• 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 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports 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)**
• 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**

*M2_1, SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.

M2_2, SATA3_4 and SATA3_5 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others 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 Power LED and Speaker Header
• 1 x RGB LED Header*
• 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)**
• 1 x CPU Optional/Water Pump 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 (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15µ Gold Audio Connector)
• 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin)
• 3 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (Intel® Z370) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Intel® Z370) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (ASMedia ASM1074 hub)

• 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 CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.
• ***The Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.
• ****CHA_FAN1 and 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 D-Sub Port
• 1 x DVI-D Port
• 1 x HDMI Port
• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM3142) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Ty