Description

Asus Z590 Maximus 13 Extreme lga1200 motherboard

Intel^® Z590 EATX motherboard with 18+2 power stages, five M.2 slots, USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 front-panel connector, USB 3.2 Gen 2 front-panel connector, dual Thunderbolt™ 4, Marvell^® AQtion 10 Gb Ethernet, Intel^® 2.5 Gb Ethernet, PCIe^® 4.0, onboard WiFi 6E (802.11ax) and Aura Sync RGB lighting

Intel^® Socket LGA 1200 for 11th Gen Intel^® Core™ processors and 10th Gen Intel Core, Pentium^® Gold and Celeron^® processors
Intelligent Control: ASUS-exclusive software and firmware utilities that simplify setup and improve performance: AI Overclocking, AI Cooling, AI Networking and Two-Way AI Noise-Cancelation
Robust Power Solution: 18+2 teamed power stages – each rated at 100 Amps, ProCool II power connectors, MicroFine alloy chokes and 10K Japanese-made black metallic capacitors
Optimized Thermal Design: Enlarged VRM heatsinks plus integrated aluminum I/O cover, high-conductivity thermal pad, five M.2 heatsinks with embedded backplates and ROG Water-Cooling Zone
High-Performance Networking: Onboard WiFi 6E (802.11ax), Marvell^® AQtion 10 Gb Ethernet, Intel^® 2.5 Gb Ethernet, and ASUS LANGuard
Fastest Gaming Connectivity: PCIe^® 4.0, five M.2 slots, USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 front-panel connector, dual Thunderbolt™ 4 USB-C^®
Industry-leading Gaming Audio: ROG SupremeFX ALC4082 with ESS^® ES9018Q2C DAC for high-fidelity sound
Unmatched Personalization: 2” LiveDash OLED, 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, V_Latch switch, BIOS FlashBack™, Q-Code, FlexKey, Q-Connector, SafeSlot and Graphics Card Holder
Renowned Software: Bundled 1-year AIDA64 Extreme subscription and intuitive UEFI BIOS dashboard with integrated MemTest86

CPU

Supports Intel^® 14 nm CPU
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

Z590

Memory

DDR4 5333(OC)/5133(OC)/5000(OC)/4800(OC)/4700(OC)/4600(OC)/4500(OC)/4400(OC)/4266(OC)/4133(OC)/4000(OC)/3866(OC)/3733(OC)/3600(OC)/3466(OC)/3400(OC)/3333(OC)/3200/3000/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Supports Intel^®Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
OptiMem III
* 10^th Gen Intel^® Core™ i7/i9 processors support 2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively, others will run at the maximum transfer rate of DDR4 2666MHz.
* 11^thGen Intel^® Core™ processors support 3200/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively.
* Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists), and memory frequency support depends on the CPU types.

Graphics

1 x HDMI 2.0
2 x Intel^® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports

* Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types.
** Only Intel^® 11th Core™ processors support HDMI™ 2.0 with max. resolution of 4K@60Hz, others will only support HDMI™ 1.4 with max. resolution of 4K@30Hz .Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.

Expansion Slots

Intel^® 11^th&10^th Gen Processors 2 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot(s)
– Intel^® 11^th Core™ processors support PCIe 4.0 x16 or x8/x8 mode(s) – Intel^® 10^th Core™ processors support PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8/x8 mode(s)
Intel^® Z590 Chipset
1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot*
* PCIEx4 slot shares bandwidth with SATA6G_12 and PCIEx4 slot is default set at x2 mode.

Multi-GPU Support

NVIDIA 2-Way SLI^® Technology*
* Support varies with different graphics cards

Storage

Total supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Intel^® 11^th & 10^th Gen Processors
M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280
– Intel^® 11^th Core™ processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode
– Intel^® 10^th Core™ processors support PCIe 3.0 x4 mode M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280
– Intel^® 11^th Core™ processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode
– Intel^® 10^th Core™ processors support PCIe 3.0 x4 mode M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280
– Only Intel^® 11^th Core™ processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode, this slot will be disabled for other CPUs
Intel^® Z590 Chipset
DIMM.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA modes)
DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 mode)*
6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Raid function for PCIe mode SSD in Intel^® Rapid Storage Technology is available with either 1. Intel^® SSDs installed in both CPU-attached and PCH-attached slots, or 2. any other 3rd party SSDs installed in PCH- attached slots.
To enable Intel^® Optane™ Memory (Hybrid Storage device), it must be installed in PCH-attached slots with Intel^® Rapid Storage Technology.
* DIMM.2_2 shares bandwidth with SATA6G_34 and DIMM.2_2 is default set at x2 mode

Ethernet

1 x Intel^® 2.5Gb Ethernet
1 x Marvell^® 10Gb Ethernet
ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

Intel^® Wi-Fi 6E
2×2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band* Bluetooth v5.2 hardware ready**
* WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries, and function will be ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 or later.
** Bluetooth v5.2 function will be ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 or later.

USB

Rear USB (Total 10 ports)
2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 port(s) (2 x USB Type-C^®) with up to 5V/3A, 15W charging support
8 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (8 x Type-A)

Front USB (Total 10 ports)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 connector(s) (support(s) USB Type-C^®)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Front Panel connector(s) (support(s) USB Type-C^®) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
2 x USB 2.0 header(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Audio

ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4082
– 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
– ESS^® SABRE9018Q2C DAC/AMP
– LED-illuminated audio jacks
– Rear optical S/PDIF out port
– Premium Japanese audio capacitors
– Audio cover

Back Panel I/O Ports

2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C^® port(s)
8 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (8 x Type-A) 1 x HDMI™ port
1 x ASUS Wi-Fi Module
1 x Marvell^® AQtion AQC113CS 10Gb Ethernet
1 x Intel^® I225-V 2.5Gb Ethernet
5 x LED-illuminated audio jacks
1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button
1 x Clear CMOS button

Internal I/O Connectors

Fan and Cooling related
1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header(s)
1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header(s)
2 x 4-pin Chassis Fan header(s)
2 x 4-pin Radiator Fan header(s)
2 x W_PUMP+ header(s)
1 x WB_SENSOR 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
3 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 2×2 connector (support(s) USB Type-C^®)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (support(s) USB Type-C^®)
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
2 x USB 2.0 header(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
Miscellaneous
3 x AURA Addressable Gen 2 header(s)
1 x AURA RGB header(s)
1 x BIOS Switch button
1 x FlexKey button
1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
1 x LN2 Mode jumper
8 x ProbeIt Measurement Points
1 x ReTry button
2 x RSVD switch
1 x RSVD header
1 x Safe Boot button
1 x Slow Mode switch
1 x Speaker header
1 x Start button
1 x V_LATCH switch
1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
1 x Thermal Sensor header

Special Features

Extreme OC Kit
– FlexKey button
– LN2 Mode
– Probelt
– ReTry button
– Safe boot button
– Start button
– Slow Mode
Extreme Engine Digi+
– 10K Black Metallic Capacitors
– MicroFine Alloy Choke
ASUS Q-Design
– Q-Code
– Q-Connector
– Q-DIMM
– 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
– ProCool II
– Pre-mounted I/O shield
– SafeSlot
AURA Sync
– ROG AURA sync backplate
– AURA RGB header(s)
– Addressable Gen 2 RGB header(s)
Dual BIOS
OLED 2”
ASUS HYDRANODE
– 2 x Chassis fan support* (CHA_FAN1P, CHA_FAN2P)
– 2 x USB 2.0 port support* (USB_EP1, USB_EP3)
* Visit ASUS Website for the latest compatibility list.

Software Features

ROG Exclusive Software
– Mem Tweakit
– RAMCache III
– ROG CPU-Z
– GameFirst VI
– Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer
– Sonic Radar III
– DTS^® Sound Unbound
– Overwolf
– BullGuard Internet Security (1-year full version)
ASUS Exclusive Software
Armoury Crate
– AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version)
– AURA Creator
– AURA Sync
– Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
– OLED Display
AI Suite 3
– 5-Way Optimization with AI Overclocking
TPU
EPU
Digi+ Power Control
Fan Xpert 4
Turbo app
– EZ update
AI Charger
DAEMON Tools
MyASUS
WinRAR
UEFI BIOS
MemTest86
AI Overclocking Guide
ASUS EZ DIY
– ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
– ASUS EZ Flash 3
– ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

BIOS

2 x 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

Cables
1 x 1-to-3 ARGB splitter cable
2 x 1-to-4 fan splitter cable
1 x RGB extension cable
3 x ROG weave SATA 6G cables
1 x 3-in-1 Thermistor cables pack
ROG Fan Controller
1 x ROG Fan Controller
1 x Fan EXT PWR cable
1 x ARGB input cable
1 x USB input cable
1 x ROG Fan Controller 3M Mounting tape
1 x Fan Controller manual
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
Miscellaneous
1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas
1 x Q-connector
1 x ROG CLAVIS DAC
1 x ROG key chain
1 x ROG Graphics card holder
1 x ROG logo plate stickers
1 x ROG screwdriver
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