ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 APEX DDR5 ATX Motherboard - Black
- Socket LGA1700 for 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
- Intelligent Control: ASUS-exclusive tools including AI Overclocking, AI Cooling, AI Networking and Two-Way AI Noise-Cancelation for easy configuration
- Robust Power Solution: 24+0 teamed power stages rated for 105 A, ProCool II power connectors, MicroFine alloy chokes and premium metallic capacitors
- Optimized Thermal Design: Enlarged VRM heatsinks plus integrated aluminum I/O cover, high-conductivity thermal pad, dual M.2 heatsinks with embedded backplates and ROG Water-Cooling Zone
- High Performance Networking: Onboard Wi-Fi 6E, Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet, and ASUS LANGuard.
- Fastest Gaming Connectivity: PCIe® 5.0, PCIE 5.0 M.2 card with Gen 5 M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 front-panel connector
- Industry Leading Audio: ROG SupremeFX ALC4080 codec with Savitech SV3H712 amplifier for high-fidelity audio
- Unmatched Personalization: ASUS-exclusive Aura Sync RGB lighting, including one RGB header and three addressable Gen 2 RGB headers
- DIY Friendly Design: Pre-mounted I/O shield, PCIe Slot Q-Release, V-Latch switch, BIOS FlashBack™, Q-Code, FlexKey, Q-Connector, SafeSlot and ROG graphics card holder
- Renowned Software: Bundled 1-year AIDA64 Extreme subscription and intuitive UEFI BIOS dashboard with integrated MemTest86
Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z690 APEX DDR5 ATX Motherboard
Intel® Z690 ATX motherboard with 24+0 power stages, DDR5, Five M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 front-panel connector with Quick Charge 4+ Support, PCIe® 5.0, Onboard Wi-Fi 6E and Aura Sync RGB lighting
ROG Maximus Z690 Apex is the premiere choice for those who seek a combination of raw speed and cutting-edge tech like DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, and truckloads of power delivery for the most performant 12th Gen Intel Core processors available. Its streamlined layout is engineered for ultra-low latency and maximal bandwidth, to empower users to discover the limits of performance and define new world records.
AUTO-EXTREME TECHNOLOGY
Auto-Extreme Technology is an automated manufacturing process that sets new standards in the industry by allowing soldering to be completed in a single pass. This reduces thermal strain on components and avoids the use of harsh cleaning chemicals, resulting in less environmental impact, lower manufacturing power consumption, and a more reliable product overall.
OVERCLOCKING
ROG Maximus Z690 Apex makes overclocking accessible to both beginners and seasoned enthusiasts alike. Its beef-up power solution caters to the demands of 12th Gen Intel processors, while ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile technology makes it easy to ramp up DDR5 performance.
COOLING
A comprehensive cooling solution is vital to a pursuit of performance. ROG Maximus Z690 Apex includes robust heatsinks and the ROG Water-Cooling Zone, a set of fan and sensor headers that help keep temperatures in check.
CONNECTIVITY
Maximus Z690 Apex delivers supersmooth WiFi 6E connectivity, extensive M.2 slots, and high-end audio – the essentials for any setup.
OPTIMIZATION
ROG Maximus Z690 Apex is packed with intuitive and flexible tools like 5-Way Optimization and a UEFI BIOS interface, giving users next-level control of system performance.
PERSONALIZATION
In addition to extraordinary performance and advanced tech, ROG Maximus Z690 Apex elevates aesthetics with extruded aluminum and touches of RGB lighting, for building a system that truly stands apart.
Specifications
CPU
- Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0*
- Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list.
- * Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 support depends on the CPU types.
Chipset
- Z690
Memory
- 2 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR5 6600(OC)/6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC) / 4800 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*
- Dual Channel Memory Architecture
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- *Supported memory types, data rate(Speed), and number of DRAM module vary depending on the CPU and memory configuration, for more information refer to www.asus.com for memory support list.
Expansion Slots
- Intel® 12th Gen Processors
- 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (supports x16 or x8/x8 modes)*
- Intel® Z690 Chipset**
- 1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot
- 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot
- * When the PCIE 5.0 M.2 card is installed on the PCIEX16(G5)_2, PCIEX16(G5)_1 will run x8 only.
- ** Supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH-attached PCIe slot.
Storage
- Supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- Total supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 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.
- PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (Key M) via PCIe 5.0 M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110
- - Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 5.0 x4 mode
- Intel® Z690 Chipset**
- M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)
- DIMM.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
- DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports***
- * Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports NVMe RAID 0/1/5, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
- ** Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH attached M.2 slots.
- *** RAID configuration and boot drives are not supported on the SATA6G_E1-2 ports.
Ethernet
- 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
- ASUS LANGuard
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 10 ports
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port(s) (1 x USB Type-C®)
- 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (5 x Type-A)
- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s) (4 x Type-A)
- Front USB:
- Total 9 ports
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
- 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 4 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
- - Gold-plated audio jacks
- - Rear optical S/PDIF out port
- - Premium audio capacitors
- - Audio cover
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)
- 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A)
- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)
- 1 x Wi-Fi Module
- 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
- 5 x Gold-plated audio jacks
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
- 1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard (purple) port
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse (green) port
- Intrernal I/O Connectors
- Fan and Cooling related
- 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header(s)
- 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header(s)
- 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header(s)
- 3 x 4-pin Chassis Fan header(s)
- 2 x 4-pin Full Speed Fan header(s)
- 1 x W_PUMP+ header(s)
- 1 x 2-pin Water In header
- 1 x 2-pin Water Out header
- 1 x 3-pin Water Flow header
- Power related
- 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
- 2 x 8-pin +12V Power connector
- 1 x 6-pin PCIe Graphics Card connector
- Storage related
- 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)
- 1 x DIMM.2 slot supports 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
USB
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
- 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 4 USB 2.0 ports
- Miscellaneous
- 1 x 80 Light Bar jumper
- 3 x Addressable Gen 2 header(s)
- 1 x AURA RGB header(s)
- 2 x BCLK button
- 1 x BIOS Switch button
- 1 x FlexKey button
- 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
- 1 x LN2 Mode jumper
- 1 x OSC sence header
- 1 x Pause switch
- 12 x ProbeIt Measurement Points
- 1 x ReTry button
- 1 x RSVD header
- 2 x RSVD switches
- 1 x Safe Boot button
- 1 x Slow Mode switch
- 1 x Start button
- 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
- 1 x Thermal Sensor header
- 1 x Thunderbolt™ header
- 1 x V_Latch switch
Special Features
- Extreme OC Kit
- - FlexKey button
- - LN2 Mode
- - Probelt
- - ReTry button
- - Safe boot button
- - Start button
- - Slow Mode
- Extreme Engine Digi+
- - Black Metallic Capacitors
- - MicroFine Alloy Choke
- ASUS Q-Design
- - M.2 Q-Latch
- - PCIe Slot Q-Release
- - Q-Code
- - Q-Connector
- - Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])
- - Q-Slot
- ASUS Thermal Solution
- - M.2 heatsink backplate
- - M.2 heatsink
- - VRM heatsink design
- ASUS EZ DIY
- - BIOS FlashBack™ button
- - Clear CMOS button
- - CPU Socket lever protector
- - ProCool II
- - Pre-mounted I/O shield
- - SafeSlot
- - SafeDIMM
- AURA Sync
- - AURA RGB header(s)
- - Addressable Gen 2 header(s)
- Dual BIOS
- Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 with Quick Charge 4+ Support
- - Support: up to 60W charging*
- - Output: 5/9/15/20V max. 3A, PPS:3.3–21V max. 3A
- - Compatible with QC 4.0/3.0/2.0, PD3.0 and PPS
- * To support 60W, please install the power cable to 6-pin PCIe Graphics Card connector or can only support 27W.
- ASUS HYDRANODE
- 3 x Chassis fan support (CHA_FAN1P,CHA_FAN2P,CHA_FAN3P)
- * Visit ASUS Website for the latest compatibility list.
Software Features
- ROG Exclusive Software
- - ROG CPU-Z
- - GameFirst VI
- - ROG True Voltician
- - Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer + Sonic Suite Companion
- - Sonic Radar III
- - DTS® Sound Unbound
- - BullGuard Internet Security (1-year full version)
- ASUS Exclusive Software
- Armoury Crate
- - AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version)
- - AURA Creator
- - AURA Sync
- - Fan Xpert 4
- - Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
- AI Suite 3
- - Easy Optimization with AI Overclocking
- TPU
- EPU
- DIGI+ Power Control
- Turbo app
- MyAsus
- WinRAR
- UEFI BIOS
- AI Overclocking Guide
- ASUS EZ DIY
- - ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
- - ASUS EZ Flash 3
- - ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode
- MemTest86
BIOS
- 2 x 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS
Manageability
- WOL by PME, PXE
Accessories
- Cables
- 1 x ARGB RGB extension cable
- 1 x RGB extension cable
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s cables
- 1 x 3-in-1 Thermistor cables pack
- ROG DIMM.2 with Heatsink
- 1 x ROG DIMM.2 with heatsink
- 1 x M.2 pad for ROG DIMM.2
- 2 x M.2 screw package for ROG DIMM.2
- PCIe 5.0 M.2 Card
- 1 x PCIe 5.0 M.2 Card
- 1 x M.2 screw package for PCIe 5.0 M.2 Card
- ROG True Voltician
- 1 x ROG True Voltician
- 4 x cables for ROG True Voltician
- Miscellaneous
- 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas
- 1 x Q-connector
- 2 x M.2 Q-Latch packages for M.2 backplate
- 1 x ROG Graphics card holder
- 1 x ROG key chain
- 1 x ROG stickers
- 1 x ROG thank you card
- Installation Media
- 1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers
- Documentation
- 1 x User manual
Operating System
- Windows® 11 64-bit, Windows® 10 64-bit
Form Factor