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Chapter 1: Product Introduction Product introduction 1.1 Special features 1 1.1.1 Product highlights LGA1150 socket for the 4th, New 4th, and 5th generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Intel® Core™ i5 / Intel® Core™ i3, Pentium®, and Celeron® processors This motherboard supports the 4th, New 4th, and 5th generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Intel® Core™ i5 /Intel® Core™ i3, Pentium®, and Celeron® processors in the LGA1150 package. It provides great graphics and system performance with its GPU, dual-channel DDR3 memory slots, and PCI Express 2.0/3.0 expansion slots. Intel® Z97 Express Chipset Intel® Z97 Express Chipset is a single chipset that supports the LGA1150 socket for the 4th, New 4th, and 5th generation Intel® Core™ i7/Intel® Core™ i5/Intel® Core™ i3, Pentium® and Celeron® processors. It utilizes the serial point-to-point links, which increases bandwidth and enhances the system's performance. It natively supports up to six USB 3.0 ports for up to ten times faster transfer rate than USB 2.0 and enables the iGPU function for Intel® integrated graphics performance. PCI Express® 3.0 PCI Express® 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCI Express bus standard that provides twice the performance and speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance, unprecedented data speed and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices. Dual-Channel DDR3 1866 / 1600 / 1333 MHz Support The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of DDR3 1866 / 1600 / 1333 MHz to boost the system's performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia and Internet applications. Quad-GPU SLI and Quad GPU CrossFireX™ Support This motherboard features the most powerful Intel® Z97 platform that optimizes PCIe allocation in multi-GPU SLI and CrossFireX™ solution, giving you a brand-new gaming enjoyment. SATA Express support SATA Express provides faster data transfer speeds of up to 10 Gb/s, allowing your system to catch up with the speed of the SSDs. It also features backward compatibility with up to two SATA drives of the same speed. Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 1-1

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ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1
1-1
Product introduction
1
1.1
Special features
1.1.1
Product highlights
LGA1150 socket for the 4th, New 4th, and 5th generation Intel
®
Core™ i7 /
Intel
®
Core™ i5 / Intel
®
Core™ i3, Pentium
®
, and Celeron
®
processors
This motherboard supports the 4th, New 4th, and 5th generation Intel
®
Core™ i7 / Intel
®
Core™ i5 /Intel
®
Core™ i3, Pentium
®
, and Celeron
®
processors in the LGA1150 package. It
provides great graphics and system performance with its GPU, dual-channel DDR3 memory
slots, and PCI Express 2.0/3.0 expansion slots.
Intel
®
Z97 Express Chipset
Intel
®
Z97 Express Chipset is a single chipset that supports the LGA1150 socket for the 4th,
New 4th, and 5th generation Intel
®
Core™ i7/Intel
®
Core™ i5/Intel
®
Core™ i3, Pentium
®
and
Celeron
®
processors. It utilizes the serial point-to-point links, which increases bandwidth and
enhances the system’s performance. It natively supports up to six USB 3.0 ports for up to ten
times faster transfer rate than USB 2.0 and enables the iGPU function for Intel
®
integrated
graphics performance.
PCI Express
®
3.0
PCI Express
®
3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCI Express bus standard that provides twice the
performance and speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance,
unprecedented data speed and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility
to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices.
Dual-Channel DDR3 1866 / 1600 / 1333 MHz Support
The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates
of DDR3 1866
/ 1600 / 1333 MHz to boost the system’s performance, and to meet the higher
bandwidth requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia and Internet applications.
Quad-GPU SLI and Quad GPU CrossFireX™ Support
This motherboard features the most powerful Intel
®
Z97 platform that optimizes PCIe
allocation in multi-GPU SLI and CrossFireX™ solution, giving you a brand-new gaming
enjoyment.
SATA Express support
SATA Express provides faster data transfer speeds of up to 10 Gb/s, allowing your system to
catch up with the speed of the SSDs. It also features backward compatibility with up to two
SATA drives of the same speed.
Chapter 1:
Product Introduction