ASUS Z170-Deluxe ATX Motherboard

Description

Create a PC system that is built with a 6th-generation Intel processor and DDR4 memory along with SSDs connected via PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 and SATA Express with the Z170-Deluxe ATX Motherboard from ASUS . This motherboard offers four DIMM slots that support a total of 64GB DDR4 memory modules and overclocks these RAM chips at 3733 MHz. ASUS includes many perks that are not normally available on typical motherboards such as dual LAN controllers and onboard LEDs as well as a macro microprocessor, USB 3.1 type-C port, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and a Q-Code display. Moreover, this motherboard offers other features that enhance your components and provide system stability.

This Z170-Deluxe motherboard comes outfitted with three PCIe 3.0 x16 slots so you can instal dedicated graphics cards linked via SLI or CrossFireX. Using integrated Intel HD graphics, it delivers visuals through the DisplayPort and HDMI ports. In addition, it has four PCI x1 slots. You can immerse yourself in sounds using your speakers or headset and the Realtek ALC1150 featuring Crystal Sound 3 to complete the multimedia experience. ASUS has equipped this motherboard with five USB 3.1 type-A ports that transfer data to external drives at a rate up to 10 Gb/s. It also provides a single USB 3.0 port and a USB 2.0 port, which can be used for flashing the BIOS. For internal drive support, it offers six SATA III 6 Gb/s ports that can connect to hard drives and optical drives. Included along with this motherboard is a Hyper kit that converts the M.2 slot to support SSDs with a U.2 interface.

Features

5-Way Optimisation

The Z170-Deluxe motherboard dynamically optimises essential aspects of your system based on real-time use to provide CPU performance, everyday energy savings, ultra-stable digital power, and cool and quiet fans. It even adjusts the networking and audio settings for the apps that you are using. In short, 5-Way Optimisation ensures that your PC is suitable for gaming, entertainment, productivity, or just about anything else.* Games run swiftly and smoothly with high performance, prioritised bandwidth, and clear sound

• Fans stay whisper-quiet for everyday computing and ensure cooling efficiency when gaming
• Helps prevent stutter when running professional apps and heavy loading
• Energy waste is reduced so you'll save money

TurboV Processing Unit

Increase the system's performance by using the two-phase on-board switch or the AI Suite 3 utility software. The TurboV Processing Unit (TPU) offers precise voltage control and advanced monitoring for the CPU and graphics card, enabling you to adjust CPU frequencies and ratios for optimised performance and exploit the potential out of your graphics card.

Energy Processing Unit

This Energy Processing Unit (EPU) automatically detects and adjusts the power consumption based upon the system's needs. It can reduce the CPU wattage to a set level or even provide more savings with Away Mode, which creates an extreme energy-saving scenario by shutting down unused extra I/O controllers and reduces the power level in graphics cards.

Fan Xpert 3

With thermal sensors and hardware-level 4-pin/3-pin PWM/DC mode detection, Fan Xpert 3 helps ensure each fan achieves the best balance of cooling performance and low noise.* Dedicated water-pump header for water-cooling efficiency

• Auto-Tuning Mode: Scans and detects all fan characteristics for single-click customisation
• Extreme Quiet Mode: Reduces the CPU fan speed to below the default minimum, for quiet operation and power savings during light loads
• RPM Fixed Mode: Lowers noise levels to near-0dB silence, allowing to you fix the fan's speed

DIGI+ Power Control

The ASUS DIGI+ Power Control complies with Intel's IMVP8 specifications to intelligently detect the processor's power draw so you can increase its overclocking potential, enhance system stability, and improve power efficiency with flexibility and accurate control.

Turbo App

ASUS offers an exclusive Turbo App that features an intuitive panel, which lets you adjust your hardware. You can use it to automatically overclock the processor, tune the fans, prioritise network data, and optimise audio settings.

ASUS PRO Clock technology

ASUS offers a dedicated base-clock (BCLK) generator designed for 6th-generation Intel processors so you can overclock the base clock frequencies up to or beyond 400 MHz. This custom solution works with the ASUS TurboV Processing Unit to enhance voltage and base-clock overclocking control.

DDR4

Second-generation ASUS T-Topology enables DDR4 memory overclocking to reach over 3733 MHz with all memory slots populated. Featuring a customised trace layout for reduced crosstalk and coupling noise, this T-Topology ensures time-aligned signal transfers for improved memory stability and compatibility.

Hyper Kit

ASUS includes an M.2 to U.2 adapter that converts the PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slot into U.2 ports. This allows your 2.5" NVMe SSDs to connect with the system's 32 Gb/s bandwidth.

Hyper M.2 x4 Mini

ASUS offers an optional low-profile PCI Express x4 add-in card that provides an extra M.2 slot for this motherboard. This card supports M.2 drives in the size of 1.2" (2230) to 4.3" (22110).

3T3R 802.11ac Wi-Fi

The included 3x3 dual band 2.4/5 GHz antennas transfer data at a rate up to 1300 Mb/s.

M.2/NVMe PCIe RAID Support

This motherboard allows you to build a RAID 0 array using two PCIe storage drives.

SATA Express Support

Some SSDs consume up to 550 MB/s, which is close to saturation point for SATA III 6 Gb/s connections. The SATA Express port provides faster transfer rates than SATA III and is backwards compatible, which can support up to two SATA drives.

M.2 Slot

With x4 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 bandwidth, M.2 supports up to 32 Gb/s data-transfer speeds. It is suitable for use as an operating system or application drive connection, making your whole PC work that much faster.

USB 3.1 Onboard

This motherboard comes with five USB 3.1 type-A ports and a reversible USB 3.1 type-C port. These ports transfer data at rate up to 10 Gb/s, which is twice as fast as USB 3.0. They even work with previous versions of USB. ASUS also provides USB 3.1 Boost technology that automatically accelerates USB 3.1 performance even further.

UEFI BIOS

The BIOS offers a mouse-controlled graphical interface along with EZ and Advanced Modes so you can find your way quickly and easily.* EZ Flash 3 - lets you update the BIOS via the Internet and from within the BIOS

• S.M.A.R.T - cheques your device's Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology logs to gauge reliability and even determine if they're about to fail
• EZ Tuning Wizard - OC and RAID - allow you to select your hardware and apply different scenarios to tune system performance or streamline your RAID configuration
• My Favourites - provides a list that contains your preferred tuning options and tools

EZ Mode * Intuitive Graphical Fan Control: Adjusts the spin speed for each fan by dragging a curve with the mouse

• EZ XMP Settings: Improve DRAM performance
• SATA Information: Each SATA port has details displayed, so you can easily recognise devices
• Fast Clock Adjustment: Change the time and date in EZ Mode using the mouse

Advanced Mode * GPU Port: Automatically detect selected ASUS graphics cards to view detailed information

• Secure Erase: Restores your SSDs to the day you first received them
• Last Modified Log: Track last change and save preferred profiles onto a USB drive
• SATA Port Renaming: Rename the SATA ports for easy identification

Crystal Sound 3

• Power pre-regulator - reduces power-input noise to ensure consistent performance
• Audio shielding - ensures analogue/digital separation and reduces multi-lateral interference
• Separate layers for left and right tracks deliver consistent and equal quality
• Audio amplifier - produces quality sound for headphone and speakers
• De-pop circuit - reduces start-up popping noise to all audio outputs
• Japanese-made audio capacitors - provide warm, natural, and immersive sound with clarity and fidelity

Intel Ethernet

The built-in Intel Ethernet controller reduces the processor's overhead and offers high TCP and UDP throughput.

Turbo LAN

This network-optimisation software features cFosSpeed traffic-shaping technology that provides lag-reducing support as well as an intuitive user interface. It allows a basic user to lower lag up to 1.45 times and offers an Advanced mode for experts.

LANGuard

Signal-coupling technology and premium anti-EMI surface-mounted capacitors improve throughput and a more reliable connection, while surge-protected and electrostatically-guarded components protect your motherboard from surges and static electricity.

Key Express

This motherboard comes equipped with a macro microprocessor that lets you use a software utility to assign macros to function keys F1 to F10 for launching any application with a single press, powering on your PC, or flashing your BIOS in S5. You can assign everyday functions such as switching the audio between speakers and a headset or securely removing USB drives. In addition to this, each key can store up to 15 sequential keystrokes.

LED Lights

ASUS provides onboard LEDs that can change colour based upon the processor's temperature or pulsate to the beat of your favourite music. ASUS offers six control schemes that include: Static - always on Breathing - fades in and out Strobing - flashes on and off Colour cycle - fades between the colours of the rainbow Music effect - pulses to the beat of your music CPU temperature - changes colour with CPU load

Wi-Fi GO

Wi-Fi GO gives you control of your PC, even when you're away from home. Access your forgotten files on your PC with an Internet connected device while you are in traffic or outside. Plus, there is only one step if you'd like to manage all your public clouds or sync files among your PC and devices in a click.* CloudGO!: Gather your ASUS WebStorage, Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive accounts in one place and even backup to PC at the same time

• File Transfer: Sync files between your PCs and smart devices with just a click
• Remote Desktop: Easily access and control your PC, virtually anytime and anywhere
• Remote Keyboard and Mouse: Control media playback from the comfort of your bed or couch
• Media Streamer: Streams the content on your PC or online storage to your connected devices
• HyStream: Delivers on-screen content from your Android or iOS device to you HDTV
• Mobo Connect: Allows you to share the PC's keyboard and mouse with your smart device or streams audio playback from a smart device to a PC. It even charges your mobile devices

Hardware Safeguards

ASUS has designed this motherboard with 5X Protection II that employs reliable components and an efficient circuit design as well as exacting standards to provide long-term durability and all-round protection.

Easy PC DIY

• CPU Installation Kit: Helps ensure your processor is installed correctly
• PC Cleaner: Cleans up unused, unwanted files and programmes that take up space on your storage drives so you can work faster and startup quicker
• Q-DIMM: One-sided clips can be pushed down for easily removing RAM modules
• Q-Slot: The PCI slots feature large-winged clips so you can easily remove your PCI express cards
• Q-Connector: This one-piece plug helps you connect the wires to the motherboard
• Q-LED: Informs you of problems with the CPU, memory, graphics card, or boot device
• Q-Code: The built-in LED display offers visual codes that you can cheque in the manual to find out the motherboard's status and diagnostic message

Intel Z170 Express Chipset

The Intel Z170 Express features a single-chipset design that supports 6th-generation Intel LGA1151 Core i7, Core i5, Core i3, Pentium, and Celeron processors. It provides improved performance by utilising serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. It also supports integrated-graphics (iGPU) functions, so you'll enjoy Intel's integrated graphics performance. This motherboard has a single USB 3.0 port and two internal USB 3.0 connectors, which support four additional USB 3.0 ports. It features six SATA III 6 Gb/s ports, four two-channel DDR4 DIMM slots, and three PCI Express 3.0 slots as well as a 32 Gb/s M.2 interface for faster data retrieval.

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