Z170 Gaming K4
Gaming Armor Memory
- 15µ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
VGA Card
- 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)
- PCIe Power Connector
Internet
Cooling
- XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
Audio
Unique Feature ASRock Super Alloy
- XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
- Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer
capacitors)
- I/O Armor
- Matte Black PCB
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3) ASRock Full Spike Protection
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
CPU
- Supports 6th Generation Intel Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron Processors
(Socket 1151)
- Digi Power design
- 10 Power Phase design
- Supports Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
- Supports Intel K-Series unlocked CPUs
- Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
Chipset
Memory
- Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
- 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR4 3200+(OC)*/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133 non-ECC,
un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB**
- Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
- 15µ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
*Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock's website for more
information.
**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
- 2 × 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main
BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)
- Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology
- ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCPLL, VCCSA Voltage
Multi-adjustment
Graphics
- Supports Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel Quick Sync Video with
AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel InTru™ 3D, Intel Clear Video
HD Technology, Intel Insider™, Intel HD Graphics 510/530
- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12
- Max. shared memory 1792MB
- Dual graphics output: Support DVI-D and HDMI ports by independent display
controllers
- Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 24Hz /
(3840×2160) @ 30Hz
- Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate
Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
- Supports Accelerated Media Codecs: HEVC, VP8, VP9
- Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
*Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only
with processors which are GPU integrated.
**Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel HD Graphics is
only supported under Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.
***Intel InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7
64-bit.
Audio
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)
- Premium Blu-ray Audio support
- Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
- Supports Purity Sound™ 3
- Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
- 115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier
- TI NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets)
- Pure Power-In
- Direct Drive Technology
- PCB isolate shielding
- Supports DTS Connect
LAN
- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Killer™ E2400 Series
- Supports Security Wake On Internet Technology
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE
Slots
- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2: x16 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode)
- 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
- 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)
Storage
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5,
RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 14 and Intel Smart Response
Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- 2 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connectors*
- 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI
Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**
*Support to be announced If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device,
SATA3_0 and the SATA function of SATA3_2_3 and SATA3_4_5 will be disabled.
**Supports ASRock U.2 Kit
Connector
- 1 x COM Port Header
- 1 x TPM Header
- 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
- 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
- 4 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
- 1 × 24 pin ATX Power Connector
- 1 × 8 pin 12V Power Connector
- 1 x PCIe Power Connector
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection
(ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection
(ASRock Full Spike Protection))
Rear Panel I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
- 1 x DVI-D Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 1 x USB 2.0 Port (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike
Protection))
- 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full
Spike Protection))
- 5 x USB 3.0 Type-A Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike
Protection))
- 1 x USB 3.0 Type-C Port (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike
Protection))
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker /
Microphone
Software and BIOS Software
- ASRock F-Stream
- ASRock Disk Health Report
- ASRock USB Key
- ASRock Key Master
- ASRock APP Charger
- ASRock XFast RAM
- ASRock Fast Boot (Fast Boot, Restart to UEFI, Instant Boot)*
UEFI
- ASRock Full HD UEFI
- ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock Crashless BIOS
- ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
- ASRock UEFI System Browser
- ASRock UEFI Tech Service
- ASRock Dehumidifier
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer
- ASRock Easy Driver Installer
*These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update &
APP Shop.
Support CD
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome
Browser and Toolbar, XSplit, Killer Network Manager
Accessories
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 4 x SATA Data Cables
- 1 x Screw for M.2 Socket
Hardware Monitor
- CPU/Chassis temperature sensing
- CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU
temperature)
- CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control
- Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH
1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA
Form Factor
OS