ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore

Released October 17, 2023

ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore

Released October 17, 2023

ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore

Key specifications

Dual Procool II Power Connectors
INTEL® SOCKET LGA 1700 For 14th & 13th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, and 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold, and Celeron® Processors
24+0+2 Power Stages

Available Colors

Pricing

High Level

Features and Full Specifications

Power

CPU

Intel® Socket LGA1700 for Intel® Core™ 14th & 13th Gen Processors, Intel® Core™ 12th Gen, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

Chipset

Intel® Z790 Chipset

Memory

2 x DIMM, Max. 96GB, DDR5 8400+(OC)/8200+(OC)/8000+(OC)/7800(OC)/7600(OC)/7400(OC)/7200(OC)/7000(OC)/6800(OC)/6600(OC)/6400(OC)/6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600/ 5400/ 5200/ 5000/ 4800 MT/s Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory* Dual Channel Memory Architecture Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile II (AEMP II) Supports DIMM Flex

Wireless & Bluetooth

Intel® Wi-Fi 7* 2x2 Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)** Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band*** Support Wi-Fi 7 320MHz bandwidth, up to 5.8Gbps transfer rate. Bluetooth® v5.4*

Operating System

Windows® 11, Windows® 10 64-bit

Storage

Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)

M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)** M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

Intel® Z790 Chipset

M.2_3 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) 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Ports and Slots

Expansion Slots

Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)* 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (supports x16 or x8/x8 modes) Intel® Z790 Chipset* 2 x PCIe 4.0 x4 slot

Ethernet

1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet ASUS LANGuard

Rear USB (Total 10 ports)

1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x USB Type-C®)* 5 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Type-A) 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)

Front USB (Total 9 ports)

1 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C® with up to 60W PD/QC4+)** 2 x USB 5Gbps headers support additional 4 USB 5Gbps ports 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Features

ROG Exclusive Software

- ROG CPU-Z - DTS® Sound Unbound

ASUS Exclusive Software

Armoury Crate - AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version) - Aura Creator - Aura Sync - Fan Xpert 4 (with AI Cooling II) - GameFirst - Power Saving - Sonic Studio - Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation AI Suite 3 - Easy Optimization with AI Overclocking - TPU - DIGI+ Power Control - Turbo app - PC Cleaner

UEFI BIOS

AI Overclocking Guide ASUS EZ DIY - ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 - ASUS EZ Flash 3 - ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode - ASUS MyHotkey MemTest86