Asus Tuf Gaming Z690-Plus DDR4 Motherboard

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.

4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR4 5333(OC)/5133(OC)/5000(OC)/4800(OC)/4600(OC)/4400(OC)/4266(OC)/4133(OC)/4000(OC)/3866(OC)/3733(OC)

/3600(OC)/3466(OC)/3400(OC)/3333(OC)/3200/3000/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 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).

1 x DisplayPort**

1 x HDMI® port***

* Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types.

** Supports max. 4K@60Hz as specified in DisplayPort 1.4

***Supports 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.

**** VGA resolution support depends on processors’ or graphic cards’ resolution.

1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot

1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)

1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot

2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots

* Please check PCIe bifurcation table in support site.

** Supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH-attached PCIe slot

M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110

– Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode

M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)

M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

* Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports NVMe RAID 0/1/5, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.

** Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH attached M.2 slots.

TUF LANGuard

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (2 x Type-A)

5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Realtek 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC*

– Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking

– Supports up to 24-Bit/192 kHz playback

– Audio Shielding

– Rear optical S/PDIF out port

– Premium audio capacitors

– Dedicated audio PCB layers

– Audio Cover

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (2 x Type-A)

5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)

1 x DisplayPort

1 x HDMI® port

1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port

5 x Audio jacks

1 x Optical S/PDIF out port

1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header

1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header

1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header

4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers

1 x 24-pin Main Power connector

1 x 8-pin +12V Power connector

1 x 4-pin +12V Power connector

4 x M.2 slots (Key M)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers

1 x AURA RGB header

1 x Clear CMOS header

1 x COM Port header

1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)

1 x 20-3 pin System Panel header with Chassis intrude function

1 x Thunderbolt™ header

– DIGI+ VRM (- Digital power design with DrMOS)

– Enhanced DRAM Overcurrent Protection

– ESD Guards

– TUF LANGuard

– Overvoltage Protection

– Safeslot

– Stainless-Steel Back I/O

– M.2 Q-Latch

– Q-DIMM

– Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])

– Q-Slot

– M.2 heatsink

– VRM heatsink design

– CPU Socket lever protector

– ProCool

– Pre-mounted I/O shield

– SafeDIMM

– AURA RGB header

– Addressable Gen 2 headers

Armoury Crate

– AURA Creator

– AURA Sync

– Fan Xpert 4

– Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation

AI Suite 3

– Performance And Power Saving Utility

TurboV EVO

EPU

DIGI+ VRM

TUF GAMING CPU-Z

DTS Audio Processing

MyAsus

Norton Anti-virus software (Free Trial version)

WinRAR

ASUS EZ DIY

– ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

– ASUS EZ Flash 3

– ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

192 (128+64) Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

WOL by PME, PXE

2 x SATA 6Gb/s cables

2 x M.2 Rubber Packages

1 x M.2 SSD screw package

1 x TUF GAMING sticker

1 x Support DVD

1 x TUF Certification card

1 x User guide