Asrock Z68M-ITXHT User Manual

Z68M-ITX/HT

Intel Smart Response Technology

Intel® Z68 Chipset

Remote Controller & Multi-Angle CIR

Remote Receiver

Built-in

Visuals

Free Bundle

On/Off

Play

Faster Internet Access

Product Brief

- ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time, 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

- Supports Intel

- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2133(OC)

- Supports Intel

- Multi-VGA Output : D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI

- Support Intel Smart Response, Lucid Virtu Switchable Graphics

- Supports ASRock XFast USB, XFast LAN Technologies

- Supports ASRock On/Off Play, graphical UEFI, ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudio

- Free Bundle : 1 x MCE Remote Controller, 1 x Multi-Angle CIR Remote Receiver, 1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable, 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.

K-Series unlocked CPU

HD Graphics with Built-in Visuals

3.5mm Audio Cable

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Detail Specification

Platform

CPU

Chipset Memory

Expansion Slot Graphics

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel I/O

SATA3

USB 3.0 Connector

BIOS Feature

Support CD

Unique Feature

Hardware Monitor

OS Certifications

Accessories

- Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm

- All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

- Supports 2

- Supports Intel

- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology

- Intel

- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology

- 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots

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

- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB

- Supports Intel

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (blue @ x16 mode)

- Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video, Intel 2000/3000, Intel

- Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 11 with Intel with Intel

- Max. shared memory 1759MB

- Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

- 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, 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 PXE

I/O Panel

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x D-Sub Port

- 1 x DVI-D Port

- 1 x HDMI Port

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x eSATA2 Connector

- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)

- HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

- 2 x SATA3 6.0 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

- 2 x USB 3.0 ports by ASMedia ASM1042, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

- 2 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

- 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors

- 1 x CIR header

- 1 x Power LED header

- CPU/Chassis FAN connector

- 24 pin ATX power connector

- 4 pin 12V power connector

- Front panel audio connector

- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

- 32Mb 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

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

- ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)

- ASRock Instant Boot

- ASRock Instant Flash

- ASRock APP Charger

- ASRock SmartView

- ASRock XFast USB

- ASRock XFast LAN

- Lucid Virtu

- ASRock On/Off Play Technology

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control

- ASRock U-COP

- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)

- Good Night LED

- CPU Temperature Sensing

- Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis 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 XP 64-bit compliant

- FCC, CE, WHQL

- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield

- 2 x SATA Data Cables (Optional)

- 1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable (Optional)

- 1 x CIR Remote Receiver (Optional)

- 1 x MCE Remote Controller (Optional)

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Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package

Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

K-Series unlocked CPU

Z68

Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® HD Graphics

Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Sandy Bridge CPU

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

Ivy Bridge CPU, DirectX 10.1

Z68M-ITX/HT

SSD CacheSSD Cache

HDD

Intel® Z68 Chipset

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Lucid Virtu

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

104 sec

235.48%

ASRock Z68 MB with Lucid Virtu (Convert by Intel HD Graphics) Other Z68 MB without Lucid Virtu (Convert by Nvidia GTX580)

Faster

(Lower is better)Convert time

Intel Smart Response Technology

For users who are tempted to connect the SSD and HDD on Z68M-ITX/HT Motherboard, the Intel Smart Response Technology can make the SSD become the "Cache of the HDD" to boost up the HDD access speed.

Generation Intel® Core™

Test Platform :

MB : ASRock 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

6149

(With Smart Response Technology)

28009

355.5%

Performance Boosts Up

XFast LAN Technology

1 2

Faster Internet Access

You can configure your application priority ideally and/or add new programs.

3 4

Boot time

WD 1TB SATA3 HDD Intel SSD 311 Series + WD 1TB SATA3 HDD

(With Smart Response Technology)

28.36 sec

LAN Application Prioritization

35.2 sec

19.4%

Performance Boosts Up

Lower Latency In Game

Time latency in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

After setting online game priority higher in XFast LAN, it can lower the latency in game.

System Configuration:

MB : Z68M-ITX/HT 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

441 ms

Without XFast LANWith XFast LAN

67.83%

Improve

Traffic Shaping Real-Time Analysis Of Your Data

1371 ms

You can watch Youtube HD video and download files simultaneously.

With the status window, you can easily recognize which data streams you are currently transferring.

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