Buffed and ready with more power, robust cooling, and flexible I/O to scale up your rig at will. The ROG Maximus Z790 Hero puts it all at your disposal together with an arsenal of features and utilities to truly express the PC builder, overclocker, and gaming hero in you.
Z790 Asus Maximus Hero Specifications:
- Socket: LGA 1200
- CPU Support: 14th, 13th & 12th Gen
- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0
- Intel® Z790 Chipset
- Graphics: 1 x HDMITM port**
2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort 1.4 and Thunderbolt™ video outputs***
* Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.
** Support 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.
*** VGA resolution support depends on processors’ or graphic cards’ resolution. - Expansion Slots
- Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)*
- 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x8 modes)**
- Intel® Z790 Chipset
- 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4, x4/x4 modes)
- * Please check the PCIe bifurcation table on the support site (https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1037507/).
- ** When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G5)_1, PCIEX16(G5)_2 will run x8 only and if ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G5)_2, PCIEX16(G5)_1 will run x8 only. – To ensure compatibility of the device installed, please refer to https://www.asus.com/support/ for the list of supported peripherals.
- Wireless & Bluetooth
- Wi-Fi 6E
- 2×2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
- Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band*
- Bluetooth® v5.3**
- * WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries.
- ** The Bluetooth version may vary, please refer to the Wi-Fi module manufacturer’s website for the latest specifications.
- USB
- Rear USB (Total 12 ports)
- 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (2 x USB Type-C®)
- 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)
- Front USB (Total 9 ports)
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 connector (supports USB Type-C® with up to 60W PD/QC4+)
- 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
- Audio
- ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4082
- – Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
- – Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel MIC Jack-retasking
- – High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 110 dB SNR recording input
- – Support up to 32-Bit/ 384 kHz playback on front panel
- Audio Features
- – SupremeFX Shielding Technology
- – ESS® ES9218 QUAD DAC
- – Gold-plated audio jacks
- – Rear optical S/PDIF out port
- – Premium audio capacitors
- – Audio cover
- Back Panel I/O Ports
- 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® ports
- 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)
- 1 x HDMI® port
- 1 x Wi-Fi Module
- 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
- 5 x Gold-plated audio jacks*
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
- 1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- *The rear panel Lime (Line out) port does not support spatial audio. If you wish to use spatial audio make sure to connect your audio output device to the audio jack on the front panel of your chassis.
- Internal I/O Connectors
- 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
- 4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
- 1 x W_PUMP+ header
- 1 x 2-pin Water In header
- 1 x 2-pin Water Out header
- 1 x 3-pin Water Flow header
- Power related
- 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
- 2 x 8-pin +12V Power connector
- 1 x 6-pin PCIe Power connector
- Storage related
- 3 x M.2 slots (Key M)
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- USB
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 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 header
- 1 x FlexKey button
- 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
- 1 x Start button
- 1 x ReTry button
- 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
- 1 x Thermal Sensor header
- 1 x CPU Over Voltage jumper
- 1 x Alternative PCIe Mode switch
- Special Features
- Extreme OC Kit
- – FlexKey button
- – ReTry button
- – Start button
- Extreme Engine Digi+
- – 10K Black Metallic Capacitors
- – MicroFine Alloy Choke
- ASUS Q-Design
- – M.2 Q-Latch
- – PCIe Slot Q-Release
- – Q-Code
- – Q-Connector
- – Q-DIMM
- – Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])
- – Q-Slot
- ASUS Thermal Solution
- – M.2 heatsink backplate
- – M.2 heatsink
- – Steel backplate
- – VRM heatsink design
- ASUS EZ DIY
- – BIOS FlashBack™ button
- – Clear CMOS button
- – CPU Socket lever protector
- – ProCool II
- – Pre-mounted I/O shield
- – SafeSlot
- – SafeDIMM
- AURA Sync
- – AURA RGB header(s)
- – Addressable Gen 2 header(s)
- Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 with Quick Charge 4+ Support
- – Support: up to 60W charging*
- – Output: 5/9/15/20V max. 3A, PPS:3.3–21V max. 3A
- – Compatible with PD3.0 and PPS
- * To support 60W, please install the power cable to 6-pin PCIe power connector or can only support 27W
- Software Features
- ROG Exclusive Software
- – ROG CPU-Z
- – GameFirst VI
- – Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer + Sonic Suite Companion
- – Sonic Radar III
- – DTS® Sound Unbound
- – BullGuard or equivalent internet security (1-year full version)
- ASUS Exclusive Software
- Armoury Crate
- – AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version)
- – AURA Creator
- – AURA Sync
- – Fan Xpert 4 (with AI Cooling II)
- – Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
- – Power Saving
- AI Suite 3
- – Easy Optimization with AI Overclocking
- – TPU
- – DIGI+ Power Control
- – Turbo app
- – PC Cleaner
- MyAsus
- WinRAR
- UEFI BIOS
- AI Overclocking Guide
- ASUS EZ DIY
- – ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
- – ASUS EZ Flash 3
- – ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode
- MemTest86
- BIOS
- 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS
- Manageability
- WOL by PME, PXE
- Accessories
- Cables
- 1 x ARGB RGB extension cable
- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cables
- ROG Hyper M.2 Card
- 1 x ROG Hyper M.2 Card with heatsink
- 2 x M.2 screw packages for ROG Hyper M.2 Card
- Additional Cooling Kit
- 1 x Thermal pad for M.2
- 1 x DDR5 Fan holder
- 1 x VRM Fan holder
- Miscellaneous
- 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas
- 3 x M.2 backplate Q-Latch package
- 3 x M.2 backplate Rubber Packages
- 1 x Q-connector
- 1 x ROG stickers
- 1 x ROG key chain
- 1 x ROG VIP card
- Installation Media
- 1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers
- Documentation
- 1 x User Guide
- Operating System
- Windows® 11, Windows® 10 64-bit
- Form Factor
- ATX Form Factor
- 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )
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Compartability
- CPUs: 14th, 13th & 12th Generation Processors
- Socket Type: 1700
- Memory: DDR4 & DDR5
- NVME M.2
