Z97-DELUXE
(NFC&WLC )

Z97-DELUXE

Z97-PRO
(Wi-Fi ac)

Z97-PRO

Z97-A

Z97-AR

CPU

Intel® LGA1150 4th, New 4th & 5th Generation Core™ i7/Core™ i5/Core™ i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors Ready

Chipset

Intel® Z97 Express Chipset

Power Phase Design

DIGI+ 16-Phase VRM, 
DIGI+ 2-Phase DRAM

DIGI+ 12-Phase VRM, 
DIGI+ 2-Phase DRAM

DIGI+ 8-Phase VRM

Memory

4xDDR3 DIMM, max. 32GB, 3300(O.C.) MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered

4xDDR3 DIMM, max. 32GB, 3200(O.C.) MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered

4xDDR3 DIMM, max. 32GB, 3200(O.C.) MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered

PCIex16 Slots

2*PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16
1*PCIe 2.0 x16(@x4)

2*PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16
1*PCIe 2.0 x16(@x4)

2*PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16
1*PCIe 2.0 x16(@x2)

Output Support

DP/mDP/HDMI

DP/HDMI/DVI/D-sub

DP/HDMI/DVI/D-sub

DP/HDMI

SATA Express

2

1

1

SATA 6Gb/s

10

8

6

M.2

1 x M.2(PCIe x2/SATA mode) socket 3 with M key, supports type 2260/2280

1 x M.2 (PCIe x2) socket 3 with M key, supports type 2260/2280

Wi-Fi

Dual Band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz)

N/A

USB 3.0

10(4 at front)

8 (4 at front)

6 (2 at front)

Audio

Realtek® ALC1150 with Crystal Sound 2, DTS UltraPC II, DTS Connect

Realtek® ALC1150 with Crystal Sound 2, DTS UltraPC II, DTS Connect

Realtek® ALC1150 with Crystal Sound 2, DTS UltraPC II, DTS Connect

Networking (LAN)

2x Intel Gigabit Ethernet, Turbo LAN

1x Intel Gigabit Ethernet, Turbo LAN

1x Intel Gigabit Ethernet, Turbo LAN

Exclusive features

5-Way Optimization by Dual Intelligent Processors 5, UEFI BIOS, ASUS HomeCloud, 5X Protection

Form Factor

ATX

ATX

ATX

H97-PRO

H97-PLUS

H97M-PLUS

H97M-E

H97I-PLUS

Socket

Intel® LGA1150 4th, New 4th & 5th Generation Core™ i7/Core™ i5/Core™ i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors Ready

Chipset

Intel H97 Express Chipset

Power Phase Design

DIGI+

6-phase VRM

DIGI+

4-phase VRM

DIGI+

4-phase VRM

DIGI+

4-phase VRM

DIGI+

6-phase VRM

Memory

4 x DIMM, max. 32GB. DDR3 1600(O.C.) MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered

2x DIMM, max. 16GB. DDR3 1600(O.C.) MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered

PCIex16 Slots

1*PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16, 1*PCIe 2.0x16(@x4)

1*PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16

Output Support

HDMI/DVI/D-sub

DP/HDMI/DVI/D-sub

SATA Express

1

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

SATA 6Gb/s

6

6

6

4

4

M.2

1 x M.2(PCIe x2/SATA mode) socket 3 with M key, supports type 2260/2280

USB 3.0

6 (2 at front)

6 (2 at front)

6 (2 at front)

6 (2 at front)

6 (2 at front)

Audio

Realtek® ALC892 with Crystal Sound 2

Realtek® ALC887 with Crystal Sound 2

Realtek® ALC887 with Crystal Sound 2

Realtek® ALC887 with Crystal Sound 2

Realtek® ALC887 with audio features

Networking (LAN)

1x Intel Gigabit Ethernet, Turbo LAN

1x Realtek LAN

1x Intel Gigabit Ethernet

1x Realtek LAN

1x Intel Gigabit Ethernet

Features

5X Protection, UEFI BIOS, Fan Xpert 3, ASUS HomeCloud

5X Protection, UEFI BIOS, Fan Xpert 2+, ASUS HomeCloud

Form Factor

ATX

m-ATX

mini-ITX

Maximus VII Gene

Maximus VII Hero

Maximus VII Ranger

Socket

Intel® LGA1150 4th, New 4th & 5th Generation Core™ i7/Core™ i5/Core™ i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors Ready

Chipset

Intel Z97 Express Chipset

Power Phase Design

Extreme Engine Digi+ III

Extreme Engine Digi+ III

Fully Digital VRM

Memory

DDR3 3300MHz (O.C.)

DDR3 3200MHz (O.C.)

DDR3 3200MHz (O.C.)

4 DIMM, up to 32GB, non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Dual-channel memory architecture,

Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Expansion slots

2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16

1 x PCIe 2.0 x4

1 x mPCIe 2.0 x1

2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16

1 x PCIe 2.0/x16

3 x PCIe 2.0 x1

Multi-GPU support

Quad-GPU NVIDIA SLI/ AMD CrossFireX™

Storage

8 x SATA 6Gbit/s

1 x M.2 (PCIe x2) socket 3 with M key, supports type 2260/2280

8 x SATA 6Gbit/s

1 x M.2 (PCIe x2) socket 3 with M key, supports type 2260/2280

6 x SATA 6Gbit/s

1 x M.2 (PCIe x2) socket 3 with M key, supports type 2260/2280

USB

6 x USB 3.0

7 x USB 2.0

6 x USB 3.0

7 x USB 2.0

6 x USB 3.0

7 x USB 2.0

Networking (LAN)

                   1 x Intel Gigabit Ethernet, ROG GameFirst III, LANGuard

Audio

SupremeFX Impact II add-in card, 8-Channel High-Definition audio codec, Sonic SoundStage, Sonic SenseAmp, Sonic Radar II, Sonic Studio, DTS Connect

SupremeFX 2014

8-Channel High-Definition audio codec, Sonic SoundStage, Sonic SenseAmp, Sonic Studio, Sonic Radar II, DTS Connect

Form Factor

mATX

ATX

ATX

 Model

SABERTOOTH Z97

MARK 1

SABERTOOTH Z97

MARK 2

GRYPHON Z97

ARMOR EDITION

GRYPHON Z97

Socket

LGA1150 socket for 5th, new 4th and 4th-gen Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3, Pentium®/Celeron® processors

Chipset

Intel Z97 Express Chipset

Memory

Dual-channel DDR3 1866/1600/1333, max. 32GB

VGA Output

HDMI/DP

HDMI/DP/DVI

Power Phase Design

Digital 8+2 phase

PCIe x16 slots

2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (@max. x4)

PCIe x1 slots

3 x PCIe 2.0x1

1 x PCIe 2.0x1

Multi-GPU

Quad-GPU SLI & CFX

LAN

1x Intel Gigabit LAN

1x Realtek Gigabit LAN

1x Intel Gigabit LAN

Audio

Realtek 1150 8-channel HD

Realtek 892 8-channel HD

Storage

1x SATA Express(compatible with 2 x SATA 6Gb/s), 6 x SATA 6Gb/s

6x SATA 6Gbit/s

USB

8x USB 3.0 (4 front); 8 x USB 2.0

6 x USB 3.0 (2 front); 6 x USB 2.0

TUF Features

Thermal Armor with Flow Valve

TUF ICe

Dust de-Fan

TUF Fortifier

Dust Defenders

Thermal Radar 2

TUF Components

TUF ICe

Thermal Radar 2

TUF Components

Thermal Armor

TUF ICe

Dust de-Fan

TUF Fortifier

Dust Defenders

Thermal Radar 2

TUF Components

TUF ICe

Thermal Radar 2

TUF Components

Form factor

ATX

mATX