Asrock FATAL1TY Z77 PROFESSIONAL User Manual

Z77 Professional

Intel® Z77 Chipset

Detail Specification

Detail Specification

Platform
CPU

Chipset
Memory

Expansion Slot

- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm

- Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

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and 2nd Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package

- Supports 3

- Digi Power Design

- 16 + 8 Power Phase Design

- Supports Intel

- Supports Intel

- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology

- Supports Intel

- Intel

- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology

- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR3 2800+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC,
un-buffered memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB

- Supports Intel

- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) or dual
at x8/x8 mode)
* PCIE 3.0 is only supported with Intel
it only supports PCIE 2.0.

- 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

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Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
K-Series unlocked CPU

Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect Technology with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU

Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2

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Ivy Bridge CPU. With Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU,

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Quad SLITM and SLI

, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

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Fatal1ty Mouse Port

Fatal1ty Mouse Port

Intel® Smart Connect

Technology

Product Brief

Product Brief

Intel® Rapid Start

Technology

- Premium Gold Caps

- Digi Power Design, 16 + 8 Power Phase Design

- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2800+(OC)

- 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots, Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX
3-Way CrossFireX, CrossFireX

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SLI

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and NVIDIA Quad SLITM,

- Supports Broadcom Dual PCIE GLAN with Teaming function

- Supports Intel

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HD Graphics with Built-in Visuals

- Dual-VGA Output Options : HDMI, DisplayPort

- Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC898
Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudio

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- Supports ASRock XFast RAM, XFast LAN, XFast USB,
UEFI System Browser

- Supports Fatal1ty F-Stream, Fatal1ty Mouse Port

- Supports Intel Smart Connect, Intel Rapid Start, Lucid Virtu
Universal MVP

- Free Bundle : 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel, 1 x Rear USB 3.0
Bracket, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock
MAGIX Multimedia Suite

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.

Graphics

Audio
LAN

Rear Panel I/O

SATA3

USB 3.0

Connector

Smart Switch

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BIOS Feature

Support CD
Unique Feature

Hardware Monitor

OS
Certifications

Accessories

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

- Supports Intel
Clear Video HD Technology, Intel

- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11 with Intel
Intel

- Max. shared memory 1760MB

- Dual VGA Output: support HDMI and DisplayPort ports by independent display controllers

- Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

- Supports DisplayPort with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @ 60Hz

- 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 HDMI and DisplayPort ports

- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with HDMI and DisplayPort ports

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec)

- Premium Blu-ray audio support

- Supports THX TruStudio

- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Broadcom BCM57781

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az

- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function

- Supports PXE

I/O Panel

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port

- 1 x HDMI Port

- 1 x DisplayPort

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

- 5 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0)

- 1 x eSATA3 Connector

- 6 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
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)

- 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Intel

- 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ188H, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

- 1 x Front USB 3.0 header by Intel
up to 5Gb/s

- 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, 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, 1.8V PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial,
ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - OEM

- F-Stream

- ASRock Instant Boot

- ASRock Instant Flash

- ASRock APP Charger

- ASRock SmartView

- ASRock XFast USB

- ASRock XFast LAN

- ASRock XFast RAM

- ASRock Crashless BIOS

- Lucid Virtu Universal MVP
* Lucid Virtu Universal MVP can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

- 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

- 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

- 6 x SATA Data Cables (Optional)

- 2 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cables (Optional)

- 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel

- 4 x HDD Screws

- 6 x Chassis Screws

- 1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket

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HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video 2.0, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel®

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Sandy Bridge CPU.

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Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant

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InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 2500/4000.

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Ivy Bridge CPU. Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with

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Z77, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10,

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Z77, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

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Z77 (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports), supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0

Z77 Professional

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5X

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Intel® Z77 Chipset

RAM

Fully Optimize Memory Usage

Faster

5X

5X Faster for
Photoshop Execution

XFast RAM will create a virtual disk
from the system memory to boost the
performance for Photoshop. It can even
perform 5X faster than before.

The performance boost percentage may vary with a different configuration.

Time latency in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

Lower is better

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ASRock Motherboard with XFast LAN
Other Motherboard without XFast LAN

Faster Internet Access

Lower Latency
In Game

5X

XFast LAN can lower
latency in the game
after setting online
game priority higher.

Virtu Universal MVP - Uncompromised Game Response Performance

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Faster

Boosts up your USB speed

USB Performance
Comparison

5X

ATTO Disk Benchmark 4K Read

ASRock Motherboard with XFast USB
Other Motherboard without XFast USB

Faster

Intel Smart Connect
Technology

Intel Smart Connect Technology keeps
content continuously updated while the PC is
asleep! It will periodically wake up the PC
while in a sleep state and check updates for
things like email, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

1. HyperFormance™ :

A new technology which combines
integrated and discrete graphics for
uncompromised performance and get up
to a 90% performance boost!

Virtu HyperFormance ON
(discrete VGA+ integrated VGA)

Virtu HyperFormance OFF
(discrete VGA only)

3DMark11
(Extreme 1080p) - Graphics Score

2. Virtual Vsync :

A technology designed to solve the
ever lasting debate between quality
and performance. Bring GPU
performance from 60 FPS Vsync
limit back to its maximum while
keeping Vsync image quality and no
tearing.

Intel Rapid Start
Technology

Quickly return to where you left off
with a PC that goes from deep-sleep
to full awake in a flash.

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3. Switchable Graphics :

90%

Performance

Boost

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Before Virtual Vsync:

TEARING ARTIFACT OR FPS LIMIT

Premium Gold Caps

Premium Gold Caps are 100% made in
Japan; these solid capacitors are sleek,
high gloss caps with a premium gold
coating representing long life and stable
performance.

Dynamically assigns tasks to the best graphics
resource regardless of physical cable
connections.

After Virtual Vsync:

NO TEARING

Digi Power

By adopting digital Pulse-width
modulation (PWM), the Z77 motherboard
can provide CPU Vcore voltage more
efficiently and smoothly.