CPU :

•  Supports 5th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
• Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® Xeon®/Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
• Digi Power design
• 6 Power Phase design
• Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
• Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs
• Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

Chipset :   

• Intel® Z97

Memory :   

• Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
• 4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
• Supports DDR3 3100+(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
• Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2

Expansion Slots :

• 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)
• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3: x4 mode)
• 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
• 2 x PCI Slots
• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™

Storage :   

• 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 1 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connector (shared with SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and M.2 Socket)*
• 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)

LAN :   

• Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
• Giga PHY Intel® I218V
• Supports Intel® Remote Wake Technology
• Supports Wake-On-LAN
• Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
• Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
• Supports PXE

Audio :   

• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
• Premium Blu-ray Audio support
• Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
• Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps

USB Ports :   

• - 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• 1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

Operating System Support :

• Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

Rear Panel I/O :

• 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
• 1 x D-Sub Port
• 1 x DVI-D Port
• 1 x HDMI Port
• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
• 4 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• 4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
• HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Support Disc :

• Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), Orbweb.ME Professional (Win 8.1)