Model No

GigaByte Intel Z790 AORUS MASTER X DDR5 Wifi Gaming MotherBoard

Part No

Z790 AORUS MASTER X

Chipset

Intel® Z790 Express Chipset

Form Factor

E-ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 26.0cm

Socket Compatibility

LGA1700 socket: Support for the 14th, 13th, and 12th Generation Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors*

L3 cache varies with CPU

LAN

Marvell® AQtion AQC113C 10GbE LAN chip

(10 Gbps/5 Gbps/2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)

Wireless & Bluetooth

Qualcomm® Wi-Fi 7 QCNCM865 (PCB rev. 1.0)

- 802.11a, b, g, n, ac, ax, be, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands

- BLUETOOTH 5.3

- Support for 11be 320MHz wireless standard

MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 MT7927, RZ738 (PCB rev. 1.1)

- 802.11a, b, g, n, ac, ax, be, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands

- BLUETOOTH 5.3

- Support for 11be 320MHz wireless standard

Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE200 (PCB rev. 1.2)

- 802.11a, b, g, n, ac, ax, be, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands

- BLUETOOTH 5.3

- Support for 11be 320MHz wireless standard

(Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.)

Note:

Wi-Fi 7 features require Windows 11 SV3 to function properly. (There is no support driver for Windows 10)

Wi-Fi 7 channels on 6GHz band availability depends on individual country's regulations.

Graphics

Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:

- 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60 Hz

* Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version and HDCP 2.3

Memroy

Support for DDR5 8266(O.C) / 8200(O.C) / 8000(O.C) / 7950(O.C) / 7900(O.C) / 7800(O.C) / 7600(O.C.) / 7400(O.C.) / 7200(O.C.) / 7000(O.C.) / 6800(O.C.) / 6600(O.C.) / 6400(O.C.) / 6200(O.C.) / 6000(O.C.) / 5800(O.C.) / 5600(O.C.) / 5400(O.C.) / 5200(O.C.) / 4800 / 4000 MT/s memory modules

4 x DDR5 DIMM sockets supporting up to 192 GB (48 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory Dual channel memory architecture

Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)

Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules

Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

Storage Compatibility

CPU:

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 25110/2280 PCIe 5.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2C_CPU)

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)

Chipset:

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q_SB)

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support)(M2P_SB)

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2280 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)

- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, and RAID 10 support for NVMe SSD storage devices

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, and RAID 10 support for SATA storage devices

Back Panel I/O Ports

1 x Q-Flash Plus button

1 x Clear CMOS button

2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)

1 x DisplayPort

1 x USB Type-C® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 1 support

2 x USB Type-C® ports, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support

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

4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

1 x RJ-45 port

1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector

2 x audio jacks

USB Ports

Chipset:

- 3 x USB Type-C® ports, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support (2 ports on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB header)

Chipset+2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Hubs:

- 1 x USB Type-C® port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 1 support

- 7 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel

Chipset+2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hubs:

- 8 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

Chipset+USB 2.0 Hub:

- 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

Expansion Slots

CPU:

- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 5.0 and running at x16 (PCIEX16)

* The PCIEX16 slot shares bandwidth with the M2C_CPU connector. The PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode when a device is installed in the M2C_CPU connector.

* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

Chipset:

- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 3.0 and running at x4 (PCIEX4)

- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 3.0 and running at x1 (PCIEX1)

Audio

Realtek® ALC1220-VB CODEC

* The front panel line out jack supports DSD audio.

ESS ES9118 DAC chip

Support for DTS:X® Ultra

High Definition Audio

2/4/5.1-channel

* You can change the functionality of an audio jack using the audio software. To configure 5.1-channel audio, access the audio software for audio settings.

Support for S/PDIF Out

Internal I/O Connectors

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors

1 x CPU fan header

1 x CPU fan/water cooling pump header

4 x system fan headers

4 x system fan/water cooling pump headers

3 x addressable RGB Gen2 LED strip headers

1 x RGB LED strip header

5 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors

4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

1 x front panel header

1 x front panel audio header

1 x USB Type-C® header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers

2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

1 x noise detection header

2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors

1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0/GC-TPM2.0 SPI V2 module only)

1 x power button

1 x reset button

1 x reset jumper

1 x Clear CMOS jumper

2 x temperature sensor headers

Voltage Measurement Points

Special Features

Support for GIGABYTE Control Center (GCC)

* Available applications in GCC may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.

Support for Q-Flash

Support for Q-Flash Plus

Support for Smart Backup

I/O Controller

iTE® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring

Voltage detection

Temperature detection

Fan speed detection

Water cooling flow rate detection

Fan fail warning

Fan speed control

* Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.

Noise detection

BIOS

1 x 256 Mbit flash

Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS

PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0