Asus ROG STRIX Z690-I GAMING WIFI Motherboard

Technical Specification

CPU
Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 12th Gen Intel® Core, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors

Chipset:  Z690

Graphics:  1 x HDMI 2.1

Expansion Slots
Intel® 12th Gen Processors*
1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot(s)***
* Please check PCIe bifurcation table in support site.

Storage
Total supports 2 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
Intel® 12th Gen Processors
M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280
- Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.
Intel® Z690 Chipset**
M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)
4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports***
* Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports NVMe RAID 0/1/5, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
*** Install ROG Strix Front panel SATA card to support 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Ethernet
1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet

Wireless & Bluetooth
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E
"Wi-Fi 6E
2x2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band*

Bluetooth v5.2
* WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries, and function will be ready in Windows 11 or later. "

USB
Rear USB (Total 9 ports)
2 x Thunderbolt 4 port(s) (2 x USB Type-C®)
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (2 x Type-A)
3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s) (3 x Type-A)
2 x USB 2.0 port(s) (2 x Type-A) 

Front USB (Total 5 ports)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector(s) (support(s) USB Type-C®)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
1 x USB 2.0 header(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 2.0 ports

Audio
"ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4080
- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
- Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
- High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input
- Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback"

Audio Features
- SupremeFX Shielding Technology
- Savitech SV3H712 AMP
- LED-illuminated audio jacks
- Rear optical S/PDIF out port
- Premium audio capacitors

** A chassis with an HD audio module in the front panel is required to support 7.1 Surround Sound audio output.

Back Panel I/O Ports
2 x Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C® port(s)
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (2 x Type-A)
3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s) (3 x Type-A)
2 x USB 2.0 port(s) (2 x Type-A)
1 x HDMI® port
1 x Wi-Fi Module
1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
LED-illuminated audio jacks
1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
1 x BIOS FlashBack  button
1 x Clear CMOS button 

Internal I/O Connectors
Fan and Cooling related
1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header(s)
1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header(s)
1 x 4-pin Chassis Fan header(s)

Power related
1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
1 x 8-pin +12V Power connector

Storage related
2 x M.2 slots (Key M)
4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (support(s) USB Type-C®)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
1 x USB 2.0 header(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 2.0 ports

Miscellaneous
1 x Addressable Gen 2 header(s)
1 x AURA RGB header(s)
1 x 2 pin POWER_BTN header
2 x USB Type-C® connectors to Install ROG Strix Front panel SATA card*
* Install ROG Strix Front panel SATA card to support 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports, 1 x Addressable Gen 2 header, 1 x Front Panel header and 1 x Speaker header.