Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 12th Gen Intel® Core ™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
Supports Intel ^® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel ^® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

Z690

4 x DIMM, Max.128GB, DDR4 5333 (OC) / 5133 (OC) / 5000 (OC) / 4800 (OC) / 4600 (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 Non-ECC , Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Supports Intel ^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
OptiMem II

1 x DisplayPort
1 x HDMI ^® Port

Intel ^® 12 ^th Gen Processors
1 x PCIe 5.0 / 4.0 / 3.0 x16 slot
Intel ^® Z690 Chipset
1 x PCIe 4.0 / 3.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)
2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x4 mode)
1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

Supports 3 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb / s ports
Intel ^® 12 ^th Gen Processors
M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110
- Intel ^® 12 ^th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.
Intel ^® Z690 Chipset
M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)
4 x SATA 6Gb / s ports

1 x Realtek 2.5Gb Ethernet

VM.2 slot only (Key E, CNVi & PCIe)
VM.2 slot only (Key E, CNVi & PCIe)

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

Realtek 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC
- Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
- Supports up to 24-Bit / 192 kHz playback
Audio Features
- Audio Shielding
- Rear optical S / PDIF out port
- Premium audio capacitors
- Dedicated audio PCB layers

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C ^® )
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (1 x Type-A)
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (2 x Type-A)
2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)
1 x DisplayPort
1 x HDMI ^® port
1 x VM.2 slot (Key E)
1 x Realtek 2.5Gb Ethernet port
5 x Audio jacks
1 x Optical S / PDIF out port
1 x PS / 2 Keyboard / Mouse combo port

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
Power related
1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
1 x 8-pin + 12V Power connector
1 x 4-pin + 12V Power connector
Storage related
3 x M.2 slots (Key M)
4 x SATA 6Gb / s ports
USB
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 connector (supports USB Type-C ^® )
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
Miscellaneous
3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers
1 x AURA RGB headers
1 x Clear CMOS header
1 x COM Port header
1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
1 x SPI TPM header (14-1pin)
1 x 20-5pin System Panel header
1 x Thunderbolt ™ header

ASUS 5X PROTECTION III
- DIGI + VRM (- Digital power design with DrMOS)
- LANGuard
- Overvoltage Protection
- SafeSlot
- Stainless-Steel Back I / O
ASUS Q-Design
- Q-DIMM
- Q-Slot
ASUS Thermal Solution
- Flexible M.2 heatsink
- VRM heatsink design
ASUS EZ DIY
- ProCool
AURA Sync
- AURA RGB header
- Addressable Gen 2 headers

ASUS Exclusive Software
Armory Crate
- AURA Sync
- Fan Xpert 4
AI Suite 3
- Performance And Power Saving Utility
TurboV EVO
EPU
DIGI + VRM
ASUS CPU-Z
Norton Anti-virus software (Free Trial version)
WinRAR
UEFI BIOS
ASUS EZ DIY
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
- ASUS EZ Flash 3
- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

192 (128 + 64) Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

WOL by PME, PXE

Cables
2 x SATA 6Gb / s cables
Miscellaneous
1 x I / O Shield
1 x M.2 Rubber Package
2 x M.2 SSD screw packages
Installation Media
1 x Support DVD
Documentation
1 x User guide

FORM FACTOR

ATX
30.5cm x 23.4cm