ASUS PRIME Z590M-PLUS GAMING MOTHERBOARD

Specifications CPU Intel® Socket LGA1200 for 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors & 10th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors*

• Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list.

* Dual Channel Memory Architecture Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) OptiMem II

• 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7/i9 processors support 2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively, others will run at the maximum transfer rate of DDR4 2666MHz.
• 11th Gen Intel® processors support 3200/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively.
• Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists), and memory frequency support depends on the CPU types.

Graphics 1 x DisplayPort 1.4*

• Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types.

1 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot

• Intel® 11th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x16 or x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4 mode
• Intel®10th Gen processors support PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4 mode

Intel® Z590 Chipset 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode) 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots

• Supports PCIe bandwidth bifurcation for RAID on CPU function.

Storage Total supports 3 x M.2 slots and 5 x SATA 6Gb/s ports Intel®11th Gen Processors M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280

• Only Intel® 11th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode, this slot will be disabled for other CPUs

Intel® Z590 Chipset M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA modes) M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2260/2280 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 mode) 5 x SATA 6Gb/s ports Raid function in Intel® Rapid Storage Technology is available with either 1. Intel® SSDs installed in both CPU-attached and PCH-attached slots, or 2. any other 3rd party SSDs installed in PCH-attached slots. To enable Intel® Optane™ Memory (Hybrid Storage device), it must be installed in PCH-attached slots with Intel® Rapid Storage Technology.

• When a device in SATA mode is installed on the M.2_2 slot, SATA6G_1 port cannot be used.

Ethernet 1 x Intel® I219-V 1Gb Ethernet Wireless & Bluetooth M.2 slot only (Key E) (Support CNVi & PCIe interface)*

• Wi-Fi module is purchased separately.

USB Rear USB (Total 8 ports) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (1 x Type-A) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (2 x Type-A) 4 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x Type-A) Front USB (Total 7 ports) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 3 USB 2.0 ports Audio "Realtek ALC897 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 Features

• Audio Shielding
• Premium Japanese audio capacitors
• Dedicated audio PCB layers
• A chassis with an HD audio module in the front panel is required to support 7.1 Surround Sound audio output.

Back I/O Ports 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (1 x Type-A) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (2 x Type-A) 4 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x Type-A) 1 x DisplayPort 1 x DVI-D port 1 x HDMITM port 1 x Intel® I219V 1Gb Ethernet 3 x Audio jacks Internal I/O Connectors Fan and cooling related 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header 2 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers Power related 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector 1 x 8-pin +12V Power connector 1 x 4-pin +12V Power connector Storage related 3 x M.2 slots (Key M) 5 x SATA 6Gb/s ports USB 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 3 USB 2.0 ports Miscellaneous 2 x AURA Addressable Gen 2 headers 2 x AURA RGB headers 1 x Clear CMOS header 1 x COM Port header 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP) 1 x M.2 slot (Key E) 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x SPI TPM header (14-1pin) 1 x 20-3 pin System Panel header with Chassis intrude function 1 x Thunderbolt™ header Special Features ASUS 5X PROTECTION III

• DIGI+ VRM (- Digital power design with DrMOS)
• LANGuard
• Overvoltage Protection
• SafeSlot Core+
• Stainless-Steel Back I/O

ASUS Q-Design

• ASUS Q-DIMM
• ASUS Q-Slot

ASUS Thermal Solution

• VRM heatsink design

ASUS EZ DIY

• Procool

AURA Sync

• AURA RGB headers
• Addressable Gen 2 RGB headers

Software Features ASUS Exclusive Software Armoury Crate

• AURA Sync

AI Suite 3

• Performance And Power Saving Utility

TurboV EVO EPU Digi+ VRM Fan Xpert 4

• EZ update

ASUS CPU-Z AI Charger Norton Anti-virus software (Free Trial version) DAEMON Tools WinRAR UEFI BIOS ASUS EZ DIY

• ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
• ASUS EZ Flash 3
• ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

BIOS 192 (128+64) Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS Manageability WOL by PME, PXE Accessories Cables 2 x SATA 6Gb/s cables Miscellaneous 1 x I/O Shield 2 x M.2 SSD screw package Installation Media 1 x Support DVD Documentation 1 x User manual Operating System Windows® 10 - 64 bit Form Factor mATX Form Factor 9.6 inch x 9.6 inch (24.4 cm x 24.4 cm)