XFast 555 Technology : XFast RAM / XFast LAN / XFast USB

 

XFast RAM will create a virtual disk from the system memory to boost the performance. For Photoshop, It can even perform 5X faster than before.

 

XFast LAN can lower latency in the game after setting online game priority higher.

Time latency in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

 

ATTO Disk Benchmark 4K Read

 

 

 

 

 

With ASRock’s exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes less than 1.5 seconds* to logon to Windows® 8 from a cold boot. No more waiting! The speedy boot will completely change your user experience and behavior.

 

The boot time may vary with a different configuration

 

 

 

ASRock "Restart to UEFI" technology is designed for those requiring frequent UEFI access. It allows users to easily enter the UEFI SETUP automatically when turning on the PC next time.

 

 

 

An easy-to-use interface
Relevant security and productivity applications
Free and easy customization

 

 

 

Software Monitor
Software Monitor helps keep critical security software running by monitoring it at the hardware level and alerting the business if there has been an attack.

Data Backup & Restore
Data Backup & Restore provides reliable after-hours backup of critical data using the local maintenance timer to remotely power on the PC.

USB Blocker
USB Blocker lets businesses control access to their infrastructure, preventing unauthorized USB devices or file imports or exports on company PCs.

 

 

 

PC Health Center
PC Health Center can schedule and perform PC maintenance tasks after hours so as not to interrupt employees' work. It works even if the computer is powered down, as long as it is plugged in.

 

Energy Saver
With Energy Saver, businesses can save energy by scheduling PCs to power-down at the end of the day and turn on before the work day beginsready for employees as they arrive in the morning.

 

All the capacitors on this board are built with 100% all solid capacitors. With these solid caps, ASRock motherboard is allowed to perform more stably and ensure longer lifetime.

 

 

 

The ASRock motherboards support the Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0! PCI Express 3.0 can maximize the bandwidth for the next-gen PCI Express 3.0 VGA cards, provide ultimate graphics performance.

Get PCI-E 3.0 Benefits
Higher bit rate - 8.0GT/s
Higher bandwidth per lane - 1GB/s
Higher efficiency - 98.5% encoding efficiency
100% backward compatible with previous PCI-E 2.0 / 1.0 standard

 

PCI-E architecture	Raw bit rate	Bandwidth per lane per direction	Encoding Efficiency
PCI-E 2.0	5.0GT/s	500MB/s	80%
PCI-E 3.0	8.0GT/s	1GB/s	98.5%

 

 

 

Intel  HD Graphics, simplifies your designs by eliminating additional discrete graphics hardware, while integrating stunning visuals and performance for immersive gaming.

 

 

Intel® Smart Connect Technology keeps content always up-to-date! It means that your email, favorite apps, and social networks are continually and automatically updated even when the system is asleep. Smart Connect will periodically wake up the PC while in a sleep state and check updates for things like email, Twitter, Facebook, etc. No more waiting for the latest world news or friends’ updates to be delivered—just enable this function and you’re up-to-date and ready to go.

 

 

 

Intel® Rapid Start Technology gets your device up and running faster from even the deepest sleep, saving time and battery life. It quickly returns where you left off with a PC that goes from deep-sleep to full awake in a flash. The ultra-responsive capability gives your device the power to quickly resume to Windows® 7 OS within few seconds and ensures ultra-low power consumption when on standby. With Intel® Rapid Start Technology, users can jump right back into everything they were doing!

 

 

 

Users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by enabling “Dehumidifier Function”. When enabling Dehumidifier Function, the computer will power on automatically to dehumidify the system after entering S4/S5 state.

 

 

Graphical UEFI – The Revolutionary BIOS Interface

 

 

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a revolutionary BIOS utility which offers tweak-friendly options in an advanced viewing interface. Compared with traditional BIOS design, the latest UEFI utility provides lots improved functions. The major features of UEFI include:
1. Graphical Visual Experience – UEFI provides an improved visual interface with colorful icons and makes your computing environment more versatile to replace the traditional dull BIOS page.
2. Mouse Enabling – Besides keyboard control, you can freely use mouse to select your ideal settings in UEFI as well.
3. Supports 3TB bootable HDD - UEFI breaks the limitations of 2TB bootable HDD on traditional BIOS. With UEFI, you can enjoy 3TB bootable HDD size.*

 

 

 

UEFI system browser is a useful tool included in graphical UEFI. It can detect the devices and configurations that users are currently using in their PC. With the UEFI system browser, you can easily examine the current system configuration in UEFI setup.

 

 

Fast, Easy and Free – ASRock OMG technology allows you to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at specified times. Administrators are able to schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to other users. Normally, ISPs (Internet Service Provider) will charge for internet curfew service. The service controls “all” the PCs connected at home through network remotely but all the PCs in that network will be restricted to access the internet at pre-setup times. However, ASRock OMG is a free tool for controlling internet access of each single PC. Parents can easily control internet access through BIOS setup to protect their kids from using Internet at inappropriate time, and meanwhile, enjoy their own internet space.

 

 

Internet Flash searches for available UEFI firmware updates from ASRock servers. System can auto-detect the latest UEFI from our servers and flash them within UEFI setup without entering Windows® OS.

 

 

Chrome is a fast, simple, and secure web browser, built for the modern web. Google Toolbar is designed to help you find what you're looking for quickly and discover new things along the way. Now ASRock has both Chrome and Google Toolbar bundled with our motherboards so users may enjoy better internet surfing experiences.

 

CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 trial now supports hardware transcoding and is optimized to accelerate conversion of all your favorite media files for your favorite portable players. Now you can easily display your favorite movies, songs and photos on iPhone, iPad, PSP, Xbox, Youtube, Facebook etc. Compile, convert and enjoy images and songs as much as you want and enhance your videos to new levels with TrueTheater Technology. Try it today!

 

General
CPU	- Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel  Core i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package - Supports Intel  Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
Chipset	- Intel  B75 - Supports Intel  Small Business Advantage - Supports Intel  Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect Technology *Intel  Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect Technology are only supported under Windows  7 OS or later versions.
Memory	- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology - 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Supports DDR3 2200(OC)***/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB* - Supports Intel  Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 *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. **DDR3 1600 with Intel  Ivy Bridge CPU, DDR3 1333 with Intel  Sandy Bridge CPU. ***DDR3 2200(OC) is only supported with Intel  Core i7 3770K.
BIOS	- 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, 1.8V PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment
Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics	- Supports Intel  HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel  Quick Sync Video 2.0, Intel  InTru 3D, Intel  Clear Video HD Technology, Intel  Insider, Intel  HD Graphics 2500/4000 with Intel  Ivy Bridge CPU - Supports Intel  HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel  Quick Sync Video, Intel  InTru 3D, Intel  Clear Video HD Technology, Intel  HD Graphics 2000/3000, Intel  Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) with Intel  Sandy Bridge CPU - Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11 with Intel  Ivy Bridge CPU. Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with Intel  Sandy Bridge CPU. - Max. shared memory 1760MB with Intel  Ivy Bridge CPU. Max. shared memory 1759MB with Intel  Sandy Bridge CPU. - Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent display controllers - Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz - Supports HDCP function with DVI-D port - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI-D port *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  Vista and Windows  7. ***Intel  InTru 3D is only supported under Windows  7 and Windows  7 x64.
Audio	- 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)
LAN	- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL8111E - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports LAN Cable Detection - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE
Expansion / Connectivity
Slots	- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (PCIE1: x16 mode) - 1 x PCI slot *PCIe Gen3 is supported on 3rd Generation of Intel  Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs.
Storage	- 1 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connector, supports NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
USB 3.0	- 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports, support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s - 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports), supports USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
Connector	- 3 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 1 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Print port header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x Chassis Intrusion header - 1 x CPU Fan connector (4-pin) - 1 x Chassis Fan connector (4-pin) - 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin) - 24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) - 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
Rear Panel I/O	I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x D-Sub Port - 1 x DVI-D Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Other Features / Miscellaneous
Unique Feature	- ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) - ASRock Instant Boot - ASRock Instant Flash - ASRock APP Charger - ASRock XFast USB - ASRock XFast LAN - ASRock XFast RAM - ASRock Crashless BIOS - ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) - ASRock Internet Flash - ASRock UEFI System Browser - ASRock Dehumidifier Function - ASRock Fast Boot - ASRock Restart to UEFI - Hybrid Booster: - ASRock U-COP - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - Good Night LED
Support CD	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
Accessories	- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield - 2 x SATA Data Cables
Hardware Monitor	- CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer - CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature) - CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control - CASE OPEN detection - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
Form Factor	- Micro ATX Form Factor - All Solid Capacitor design
OS	- Microsoft  Windows  8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant
Certifications	- FCC, CE, WHQL - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)