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Digital PWM
Design
Intel
Smart Response
Technology
Intel
Smart Response
Technology
Z68 Professional Gen3
Intel® Z68 Chipset
Detail Specification
Platform
CPU
Chipset
Memory
Expansion Slot
Graphics
Audio
Free Bundle
Free Bundle
Front USB 3.0 Panel
Front USB 3.0 Panel
PCIE
PCIE
PCIE
3.0
3.0
3.0
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Built-in
Visuals
Free Bundle
Free Bundle
On/Off
On/Off
Play
Play
3.5mm Audio Cable
Fatal1ty Mouse Port
Product Brief
- Premium Gold Caps (2.5 x longer life time), 100%
Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer
Capacitors
- Digital PWM Design, Advanced V12 + 6 Power
Phase Design
- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2133(OC)
- 2 x PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots, 1 PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX
CrossFireX
TM
and CrossFireX
- Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM and SLI
- Dual PCIE GLAN with Teaming function
- Dr. Debug, Smart Swith Design: Power/Reset/Clear
CMOS Switch with LED
- Supports Fatal1ty XFast USB Technology,
Graphical UEFI, Lucid Virtu, Intel Smart Response
Technology
- Supports Fatal1ty F-Stream, On/Off Play
Technology, APP Charger, SmartView
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek
ALC892 Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudio
- Free Bundle : 1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable,
1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel, CyberLink
MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial
The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their
respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.
TM
TM
, 3-Way
TM
LAN
Rear Panel I/O
SATA3
USB 3.0
Connector
Smart Switch
BIOS Feature
Support CD
Unique Feature
Hardware Monitor
OS
Certifications
TM
Accessories
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- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
- All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive
Polymer Capacitors)
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- Supports 2
Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package
- Advanced V12 + 6 Power Phase Design
- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
- Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPU
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
®
- Intel
Z68
- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC,
un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB
®
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Supports Intel
- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 (PCIE2) /
x8 (PCIE4) or dual at x8/x8 mode)
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE5: x4 mode)
- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
- 2 x PCI slots
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX
- Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM and SLI
- Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video, Intel® InTruTM 3D,
Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® HD Graphics 2000/3000, Intel® Advanced
Vector Extensions (AVX)
- Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1
- Max. shared memory 1759MB
- Four VGA Output options: one D-Sub port, two HDMI ports and one DVI-D port by the
bundled HDMI to DVI adapter
- Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz
- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio)
with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
- Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI and HDMI ports
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
- Premium Blu-ray audio support
- Supports THX TruStudio
- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8111E
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports LAN Cable Detection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function
- Supports PXE
I/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port
- 2 x HDMI Ports
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 3 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0)
- 1 x eSATA3 Connector
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
- 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
- HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
- 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel
RAID 5, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and
"Hot Plug" functions
- 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot
Plug" functions (SATA3_A4 connector is shared with eSATA3 port)
- 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by ASMedia ASM1042, support USB 1.0/2.0/
3.0 up to 5Gb/s
- 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) by ASMedia
ASM1042, supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
- 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, Intel
Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x COM port header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- 1 x IEEE 1394 header
- 1 x Power LED header
- CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 8 pin 12V power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
- 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
- 1 x Power Switch with LED
- 1 x Reset Switch with LED
- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
- 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, PCH, CPU PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial,
ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial)
- F-Stream
- ASRock Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock APP Charger
- ASRock SmartView
- ASRock XFast USB
- Lucid Virtu
- ASRock On/Off Play Technology
- Hybrid Booster:
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
- Good Night LED
- CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by
CPU Temperature)
- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
®
Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant
- Microsoft
- FCC, CE, WHQL
- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
- 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- Floppy/ATA 133 cables
- 6 x SATA Data Cables (Optional)
- 2 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cables (Optional)
- 1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable (Optional)
- 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel
- 4 x HDD Screws
- 6 x Chassis Screws
- 1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket
- 1 x HDMI to DVI Adapter
TM
, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM
TM
TM
®
Z68, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10,
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SSD CacheSSD Cache
HDD
Z68 Professional Gen3
Intel® Z68 Chipset
PCIE 3.0 slots –
Support Quad SLI, 3-Way CrossFireX
Supporting Nvidia SLI / Quad SLI and AMD 3-Way CrossFireX / Quad
CrossFireX.
PCI Express 3.0 slots maximize the bandwidth for the next-gen PCI
Express 3.0 VGA cards, provide ultimate graphics performance.
Note:
1. PCIE2/PCIE4 are PCI Express 3.0 slots; PCIE5 is PCI Express 2.0 slot.
2. To run the PCI Express 3.0 slots in Gen3 speed, please must install the Ivy Bridge CPU
which supports PCI Express 3.0. If you install the Sandy Bridge CPU, the PCI Express 3.0 slots will run only at
Gen2 speed.
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Lucid Virtu
TM
With Lucid Virtu software, next-generation PCs with 2
processor platforms will dynamically assign tasks in real time to the best available
graphics resource based on power, performance and features.
Video File Convert Comparison
m2ts => MP4
31 sec
235.48%
Faster
Fatal1ty Z68 MB with Lucid Virtu (Convert by Intel HD Graphics)
Other Z68 MB without Lucid Virtu (Convert by Nvidia GTX580)
104 sec
(Lower is better)Convert time
Intel Smart Response Technology
For users who are tempted to connect the SSD and HDD on Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 Motherboard,
the Intel Smart Response Technology can make the SSD become the "Cache of the HDD" to boost up the
HDD access speed.
nd
Generation Intel® Core™
Test Platform :
MB : Fatal1ty Z68 Motherboard
Other Z68 Motherboard
CPU : Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz
DRAM : Kingston DDR3-1333 2Gx2
HDD : WD 500GB
VGA : Nvidia GTX580 ; Intel HD Graphics
OS : Windows 7 64bit SP1
Lucid : Lucid VIRTU 1.0.105
Nvidia Driver : 266.58
Application : Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.5
Original File : m2ts, 1080p, 2200MB
Performance
Boost Up!
PCMark 05 HDD Score
WD 1TB SATA3 HDD
Intel SSD 311 Series + WD 1TB SATA3 HDD
(With Smart Response Technology)
6149
28009
355.5%
Performance
Boosts Up
Boot time
WD 1TB SATA3 HDD
Intel SSD 311 Series + WD 1TB SATA3 HDD
(With Smart Response Technology)
35.2 sec
28.36 sec
19.4%
Performance
Boosts Up
PLX PEX8608 Chip Onboard
PCI-E x1
PCI-E x1
Z68
CHIPSET
With PLX PEX8608 chip, it generates more PCI-E lanes for PCI-E devices, so that all PCI-E devices are able to work at the proper speed simultaneously!
PCI-E x4
PLX
PEX8608 Chip
PCI-E x1
PCI-E x1
PCI-E x1
PCI-E x1 Slot
PCI-E x1 Slot
Gigabit LAN
PCI-E to PCI Bridge
PCI-E x4 Slot Running at x4
System Configuration:
MB : Z68 Professional Gen3
BIOS : L0.33
CPU : i7-2600K 3.4G
DRAM : Kingston DDR3-1333
2Gx2
SSD : Intel SSD 311 Series
HDD : WD 1TB SATA3 HDD
OS : Windows 7 64bit SP1 on
WD 1TB
SATA3 HDD
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Z68 Professional Gen3
Intel® Z68 Chipset
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XFast USB Technology
The world's fastest USB transfer speed.
On/Off Play
Enjoy great audio experience from the portable audio devices via PC speaker even
when the system is powered off.
On/Off
On/Off
Play
Play
Free Bundle
3.5mm Audio Cable
USB 3.0 Performance Comparison
ATTO Disk Benchmark - 4K Read
45287 KB/s
ATTO Disk Benchmark - 4K Write
48425 KB/s
Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 with XFast USB Technology
ASUS P8Z68-V Pro without XFast USB Technology
220160 KB/s
Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 with XFast USB Technology
ASUS P8Z68-V Pro without XFast USB Technology
156281 KB/s
Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals
Intel® Quick Sync Video Intel® InTruTM 3D Intel® Clear Video HD
Technology
Intel® HD Graphics
2000/3000
386.14%
Faster
222.73%
Faster
Intel® Advanced Vector
Extensions (AVX)
F-Stream
The Fatal1ty F-Stream tuning program is
an all-in-1 software utility that supports
overclocking and hardware tuning such
as energy usage, H/W monitor, fan
speed control and Fatal1ty Mouse Port
Configuration.
Fatal1ty Mouse Port
Fatal1ty Mouse Port is a customizable
technology for PC gamers that is a part of
F-Stream. After plugging the USB mouse into
the Fatal1ty Mouse Port and running F-Stream,
gamers can use Fatal1ty’s personal preferred
mouse polling rate at 500 Hz. F-Stream also
provides the flexibility for gamers to adjust the
mouse polling rate from 125 Hz to 1000 Hz.
This is helpful for professional gamers to
experience smoother gameplay and faster
response time to the mouse.
THX TruStudio
Delivering the fullest audio
experience for games, music and
movies.
Premium Gold Caps
Premium Gold Caps are 100% Japan-made
solid capacitors are sleek, high gloss caps with
a premium gold coating representing long life
and stable performance.
Graphical UEFI
* Graphical Visual Experience
* Mouse Enabling
* Supports 3TB bootable HDD
V12+6 CPU Power
Phase
To improve CPU power solution, this board is
designed with the advanced V12+6 power
phase design which signatures tough
components and smooth power delivery to the
CPU.
Dual LAN Teaming
Dual LAN with Teaming function
enabled on this motherboard allows
two single connections to act as
one single connection for twice the
transmission bandwidth, making
data transmission more effective.
Digital PWM Design
By adopting digital Pulse-width modulation
(PWM), the Fatal1ty Motherboard Series can
provide CPU Vcore voltage more efficiently and
smoothly. Compared to analog PWM, digital
PWM can optimize the CPU power solution and
provide a proper and stable Vcore for the
processor.
Cyberlink
MediaEspresso
6.5 Trial
The fastest video media conversation
software
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