Description
Part number90MB1CB0-M0EAY0
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme (Wi-Fi 6E) LGA 1700 (Intel® 12th&13th Gen) EATX Gaming Motherboard (PCIe 5.0, DDR5, 24+1 105A Power Stages, 5x M.2, 1x PCIe 5.0 M.2, 10Gb & 2.5Gb LAN, 2x Thunderbolt™ 4 Onboard, AniMe Matrix LED, USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Front-Panel Connector with Quick Charge 4+)
The ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme (Wi-Fi 6E) fully armed for those wanting to push the latest 13th Gen Intel® Core™ to the very edges of the performance envelope. Expertly tuned by ROG Engineers to bring you the ultimate performance to achieve optimized overclocking, high-speed memory support and comprehensive water and fan cooling controls.
Features
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- Intel® LGA 1700 socket: Ready for 13th Gen Intel® Core™ processors & 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
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- Dominant Power Solution: 24 + 1 teamed power stages rated for 105A with dual ProCool II power connectors, high-quality alloy chokes, and premium metallic capacitors to support multi-core processors
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- Optimized VRM Thermals: Massive heatsinks integrated with the I/O cover, joined by an L-shaped heatpipe, and connected to the power stages with high-conductivity thermal pads
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- Next-Gen M.2 Support: On-board PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot and two PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots all with front and back heatsinks, and two additional PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots on the ROG DIMM.2
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- Abundant Connectivity: Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C port and front-panel connector, USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C port and front-panel connector with Quick Charge 4+ up to 60W, eight additional USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, two PCIe 5.0 x16 SafeSlots, HDMI 2.1
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- High-Performance Networking: On-board Intel Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Marvell® AQtion 10Gb, Intel 2.5 Gb Ethernet, and ASUS LANGuard
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- Intelligent Control: ASUS-exclusive AI Overclocking, AI Cooling II, AI Networking and Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation to simplify setup and improve performance
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- Unmatched Personalization: AniMe Matrix™ LED display, 2″ Color OLED, three addressable Gen 2 headers and one RGB header, all configurable with ASUS-exclusive Aura Sync RGB lighting
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- DIY Friendly Design: ROG Water Cooling Zone, PCIe Slot Q-Release, M.2 Q-Latch, pre-mounted I/O shield, Q-Code, Q-LED, FlexKey button, Start button, BIOS FlashBack™ button, and Clear CMOS button
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- Renowned Software: Bundled 1-year AIDA64 Extreme trial subscription and intuitive UEFI BIOS dashboard with integrated MemTest86
Compatibility
Intel® Processor Support:
This ASUS Motherboard supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors for Socket LGA-1700.
Operating System Support:
Windows® 11, 10
Specifications
| Make and Model | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 EXTREME E-ATX Motherboard |
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| CPU Support | Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 13th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors & 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors* Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0** * Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list. ** Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 support depends on the CPU types. |
| Chipset | Intel® Z790 Chipset |
| Memory | 4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR5 7200(OC)/ 7000(OC)/ 6800(OC)/ 6600(OC)/ 6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600/ 5400/ 5200/ 5000/ 4800 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory* Dual Channel Memory Architecture Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) OptiMem II * Actual Memory frequency support depends on the CPU types and DRAM modules, for more information refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). |
| Integrated Graphics | Requires compatible Intel® Processor w/ Integrated Graphics: 1x HDMI port 2x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C™) support DisplayPort 1.4 and Thunderbolt™ video outputs * Supports 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1. Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. |
| Storage | Total supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports Intel® 13th & 12th Gen Processors: M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)**M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)Intel® Z790 Chipset: M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes) DIMM.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode) DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s) * Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports PCIe RAID 0/1/5/10, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10. ** M.2_1 shares bandwidth with PCIEX16(G5)_2. When M.2_1 is enabled, PCIEX16(G5)_2 will be disabled. *** RAID configuration and boot drives are not supported on the SATA6G_E1-2 ports. |
| Expansion Slots | Intel® 13th & 12th Gen Processors: 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (supports x16 or x8/x8 modes)**Intel® Z690 Chipset: 1 x PCIe 4.0×4 slot* Please check the PCIe bifurcation table on the support site (https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1037507/). ** M.2_1 shares bandwidth with PCIEX16(G5)_2. When M.2_1 is enabled, PCIEX16(G5)_2 will be disabled. |
| Multi-GPU Support | N/A |
| USB Ports | Rear USB Port (Total 10) 1 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (1 x USB Type-C) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port (1 x USB Type-C) 8 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (7 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C)Front USB Port (Total 10) 1 x Thunderbolt™ 4 connector (supports USB Type-C) 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 |
| LAN | 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet 1 x Marvell® 10Gb Ethernet ASUS LANGuard |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band* * Wi-Fi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries, and function will be ready in Windows® 11 or later. |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth v5.2 |
| 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 Jack-retasking – High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input – Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback Audio Features – SupremeFX Shielding Technology – ESS® ES9218 QUAD DAC – LED-illuminated audio jacks – Rear optical S/PDIF out port – Premium audio capacitors – Audio cover |
| Back Panel I/O Ports | 1 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C port 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port (1 x USB Type-C) 8 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (7 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C) 1 x HDMI port 1 x Wi-Fi Module 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port 1 x Marvell® AQtion 10Gb Ethernet port 5 x LED-illuminated audio jacks 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port 1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button 1 x Clear CMOS button |
| Internal I/O | Fan and Cooling related 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header 2 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers 2 x 4-pin Radiator Fan headers 2 x W_PUMP+ headers 1 x WB_SENSOR 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 Graphics Card connector Storage related 3 x M.2 slots (Key M) 1 x DIMM.2 slot supports 2 x M.2 slots (Key M) 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports USB 1 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 port (USB Type-C™) 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 1 x 6-pin ARGB Gen 2 header to support 2 x ARGB Gen 2 headers 1 x Addressable Gen 2 header 1 x Aura RGB header 2 x BCLK button 1 x BIOS Switch button 1 x FlexKey button 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP) 1 x LN2 Mode jumper 1 x Osc sence header 12 x ProbeIt Measurement Points 1 x ReTry button 1 x RSVD switch 1 x RSVD header 1 x Safe Boot button 1 x Slow Mode switch 1 x Start button 1 x V_Latch switch 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header 1 x Thermal Sensor header |
| BIOS | 2 x 256Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS |
| Manageability | WOL by PME, PXE |
| Operating System | Windows® 11, 64 bit, Windows® 10, 64 bit |
| Form Factor | Extended ATX Form Factor: 12″ x 10.9″ (30.5 x 27.7 cm) |





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