A good-looking and powerful Motherboard
8 Power Phase Design
Featuring sturdy components and completely smooth power delivery to the CPU. Plus, it offers enhanced performance with the lowest temperature for advanced gamers.
Premium 50A Power Choke
Compared to traditional chokes, ASRock’s premium 50A power chokes effectively make the saturation current up to three times better, thus providing enhanced and improved Vcore voltage to the motherboard.
Clever Access Memory
Conventional PC systems processor can only access a fraction of graphics memory and limits system performance. With Clever Access Memory, the data channel gets expanded to harness the full potential of GPU memory, removes the bottleneck and increase performance.
Base Frequency Boost (BFB) Technology
While ASRock BFB breathes life into non K series CPUs, the boost frequency currently still depends on the cooling system applied on your rig.
PCIe 4.0 High Speed M.2 Solution
This motherboard is capable of accomadating multiple M.2 storage devices, one of which can even support next generation PCI Express 4.0 M.2 SSD, it is capable of performing twice the speed compared to previous 3rd generation, giving a lightning fast data transferring experience.
This M.2 Heatsink is default equipped with M.2_1 socket to pair with Intel® 11th Gen processor. You may use it for M.2_2 if you’re using the Intel® 10th Gen processor to get the best heat dissipation.
RULE YOUR OWN LIGHTING WAY – POLYCHROME RGB
ASRock motherboards deliver stunning performance and superior aesthetics to rule your own colorful lighting way! ASRock offers a very comprehensive control to perform the built-in RGB LEDs or the connected LED strips, CPU fans, coolers, chassis and any RGB devices smoothly. Devices can be synchronized across the Polychrome RGB Sync-certified accessories as well.
*The addressable RGB LED header supports WS2812B addressable RGB LED strip (5V/Data/GND), with a maximum power rating of 3A (5V), a max of 80 LEDs and length within 2 meters.
*The RGB LED header supports standard 5050 RGB LED strip (12V/G/R/B), with a maximum power rating of 3A (12V) and length within 2 meters.
Reinforced Steel Slot [PCIe 4.0 Version]
The reinforced steel slot is capable of supporting PCI Express 4.0 standard. The various benefits include:
✔ Extra anchor points
✔ Stronger latch
✔ Ensure signal stability
✔ Make sure heavy graphics cards to be well-installed.
![Reinforced Steel Slot [PCIe 4.0 Version]](https://www.asrock.com/mb/features/PCIeSteel-B560%20Pro4.jpg "Asrock B560 Pro4 12 - LXINDIA")
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M.2 (KEY E) For WiFi
![Reinforced Steel Slot [PCIe 4.0 Version]](/mb/features/PCIeSteel-B560 Pro4_mobile.jpg "Asrock B560 Pro4 13 - LXINDIA")
Besides the onboard LAN port, users may also choose 802.11ac wireless connections by M.2 (Key E) slot.
*Wi-Fi module is not included.
Intel® LAN
Intel® LANIntel® LAN provides the best throughput performance, lower CPU utilization, enhanced stability and is able to deliver ultimate network experience to users!
Nahimic Audio
Whether you are using headphones, a headset, external or internal speakers, via USB, Wi-Fi, analog output or even HDMI, Nahimic Audio offers you the most engaging listening experience, vibrant and rich with details.
The Sound Tracker is a visual indicator that points out the directions from which predominant sounds are coming. Each sound is properly positioned in 360° on a radar for a full immersion during the game.
Post Status Checker
An easy troubleshooting tool that shows the CPU / DRAM / VGA / BOOT operation every time you start up the system. Post Status Checker is an fast and easy way to identify the source of the problem.
Dual Graphics Outputs
Dual Graphics OutputsComplete with two types of most used connectors! Packed with a HDMI + DisplayPort combo, you have more graphics output options now.
HDMI 4k @60Hz
Supports the most recent HDMI 4K 60Hz graphics output specification. With the larger bandwidth and increased frame rate, the motion on your screen becomes more fluid and less blurry.
Front USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C
Front USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C header delivers up to 5 Gbps data transfer rate and next generation reversible USB design to the front panel of computer case.
Premium 50A Power Choke
Compared to traditional chokes, ASRock’s premium 50A power chokes effectively make the saturation current up to three times better, thus providing enhanced and improved Vcore voltage to the motherboard.
Matte Black PCB
A new mysterious matte black and copper color scheme to match the prestigious components on ASRock’s high-end motherboards.
High Density Glass Fabric PCB
High Density Glass Fabric PCB design that reduces the gaps between the PCB layers to protect the motherboard against electrical shorts caused by humidity.
Water Pump Header
This is not only a standard CPU fan header, but also supports water pumps! This header provides a maximum of 2A power for supporting the most popular water pumps. User also can adjust the voltage of water pump to get higher cooling performance with lower noise.
Full Spike Protection
Some sensitive digital components on the motherboard are vulnerable to power surges, the excessive current may cause your system to malfunction immediately. ASRock Full Spike Protection includes various technologies to prevent your motherboard’s components from being damaged by these unexpected voltage spikes.
SPECIFICATIONS:
| Unique Feature           | ASRock Super Alloy |
| – Premium 50A Power Choke | |
| – Sapphire Black PCB | |
| – High Density Glass Fabric PCB | |
| ASRock Intel® 4-Layer Memory POOL (Planes on Outer Layers) Technology | |
| ASRock Steel Slot | |
| ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink | |
| ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4) | |
| ASRock POST Status Checker (PSC) | |
| ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports) | |
| ASRock Live Update & APP Shop | |
| CPU    | – Supports 10th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors and 11th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors (LGA1200) |
| – Digi Power design | |
| – 8 Power Phase design | |
| – Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology | |
| Chipset | – Intel® B560 |
| Memory       | – Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology |
| – 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots | |
| – 11th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 4800+(OC)* | |
| – 10th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 4600+(OC)* | |
| – Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode) | |
| – Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB** | |
| – Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0 | |
| *11th Gen Intel® Core™ (i9/i7/i5) support DDR4 3200 natively; Core™ (i3), Pentium® and Celeron® support DDR4 2666 natively. | |
| 10th Gen Intel® Core™ (i9/i7) support DDR4 2933 natively; Core™ (i5/i3), Pentium® and Celeron® support DDR4 2666 natively. | |
| **Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation. | |
| BIOS Â Â Â | – 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support |
| – ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events | |
| – SMBIOS 2.7 Support | |
| – CPU Core/Cache, GT, DRAM, VPPM, VCCIN AUX, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment | |
| Graphics        | – 11th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors support Intel® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12). 10th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors support Gen 9 Graphics |
| – Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers | |
| – Supports HDMI 2.0 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz with 11th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors | |
| – Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 30Hz with 10th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors | |
| – Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2304) @ 60Hz | |
| – Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 2.0 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) | |
| – Supports HDCP 2.2 with DisplayPort and HDMI Ports (HDCP 2.3 ready with 11th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors) | |
| *Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated. | |
| Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. | |
| Audio   | – 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec) |
| – Supports Surge Protection | |
| – Nahimic Audio | |
| LAN Â Â Â Â Â | – Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s |
| – Giga PHY Intel® I219V | |
| – Supports Wake-On-LAN | |
| – Supports Lightning/ESD Protection | |
| – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az | |
| – Supports PXE | |
| Slots     | 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors |
| – 2 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3: single at Gen4x16 (PCIE1); dual at Gen4x16 (PCIE1) / Gen3x2 (PCIE3))* | |
| 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors | |
| – 2 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3: single at Gen3x16 (PCIE1); dual at Gen3x16 (PCIE1) / Gen3x2 (PCIE3))* | |
| – 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots | |
| – 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT) | |
| *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks | |
| Storage     | – 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 18, NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug* |
| – 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) (Socket M2_1 works with 11th Gen Intel® Coreâ„¢ processors only)** | |
| – 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)** | |
| – 1 x M.2 Socket (M2_3), supports M Key type 2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s)** | |
| *If M2_3 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_1 will be disabled. | |
| **Supports Intel® Optane™ Technology (M2_2) | |
| Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks | |
| Supports ASRock U.2 Kit | |
| Connector                 | – 1 x COM Port Header |
| – 1 x SPI TPM Header | |
| – 1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header | |
| – 2 x RGB LED Headers* | |
| – 2 x Addressable LED Headers** | |
| – 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)*** | |
| – 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)**** | |
| – 5 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***** | |
| – 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector | |
| – 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) | |
| – 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector | |
| – 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| – 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| – 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| *Support in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip | |
| **Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip | |
| ***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power. | |
| ****The CPU/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. | |
| *****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. | |
| CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN3/WP, CHA_FAN4/WP and CHA_FAN5/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use. | |
| Rear Panel I/O Â Â Â Â Â Â | – 3 x Antenna Mounting Points |
| – 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port | |
| – 1 x HDMI Port | |
| – 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 | |
| – 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| – 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| – 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) | |
| – HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone | |
| Software and UEFI Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | Software |
| – ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) | |
| – ASRock Polychrome SYNC | |
| – ASRock XFast LAN | |
| UEFI | |
| – ASRock EZ Mode | |
| – ASRock Full HD UEFI | |
| – ASRock My Favorites in UEFI | |
| – ASRock Instant Flash | |
| – ASRock Internet Flash | |
| *These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop. | |
| Support CD | – Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar |
| Accessories    | – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield |
| – 2 x SATA Data Cables | |
| – 4 x Screws for M.2 Sockets | |
| – 1 x Standoff for M.2 Socket | |
| Hardware Monitor     | – Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans |
| – Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans | |
| – Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans | |
| – CASE OPEN detection | |
| – Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, VPPM, VCCIN AUX, VCCSA, VCCPLL, VCCIO | |
| Form Factor  | – ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm |
| – Solid Capacitor design | |
| OS | – Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit / 11 64-bit |
| Certifications  | – FCC, CE |
| – ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) |
