PREMIUM HARDWARE DESIGN With years of experience, MSI is no stranger to building high-performance motherboards. Our R&D and engineering teams have reviewed countless designs, evaluated a wide selection of high quality components, and developed products for reliability even under extreme conditions.
THERMAL SOLUTION FOR MORE CORES AND HIGHER PERFORMANCE With more cores’ processors, thermal and power design is more important to make sure the temperature keeps lower. MSI extended PWM heatsink and enhanced circuit design ensures even high-end CPU to run in full speed with MSI motherboards.
FULLY CONTROLLABLE IN BIOS AND SOFTWARE MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans. Total Fan Control allows you check your primary system characteristics in a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.
FROZR AI COOLING Detecting CPU & GPU temperatures and automatically adjusting fan duty of system fans to a proper value by adopting MSI AI ENGINE.
DIY 2.0 – INTEGRATING WITH THE SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT Connect and synchronize with MSI coolers and cases with strategically positioned pin-header locations including a dedicated pump-fan header.
OPTIMIZED FOR WATER COOLING Designed to support the most popular All-In-One & customized water cooling solutions on the market. A dedicated water pump PIN header supports up to 3 amp, giving you full control of the water pump speed. A clearly marked ‘keep-out-zone’ allows for easy and safe installation and a perfect fit.
ENHANCED PERFORMANCE High performance MSI motherboards are loaded with advanced features and the latest technology to overwhelm any challenge at hand no matter whether you’re a gamer, prosumer, or PC enthusiast.
LIGHTNING GEN 4 M.2 Utilizing 11th Gen Intel processors, MSI Z590 motherboards feature latest Lightning Gen 4 M.2 which is the fastest onboard storage solution on the market with up to 64 Gb/s transfer speed.
FAST AND FUTURE-READY STORAGE MSI motherboards support all the latest storage standards, which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Higher efficiency makes your work easier.
OPTIMIZED STORAGE DESIGN MEG Z590 UNIFY series motherboard features exclusive onboard quadruple M.2 connectors for the maximum storage performance. The Industry leading design maximizes bandwidth to fully utilize professional graphics cards and high-end storage devices, provides multiple configurations for demanding gamers and power users.
EASY RAID SETUP WITH M.2 GENIE Looking to go all out in terms of raw data speed and put multiple SSDs in RAID 0? Setting this up can prove to be quite the challenge. That’s why we created M.2 Genie, a brilliant feature to make setting up RAID 0 for M.2 and U.2 much easier and less time consuming.
OPTANE: BOOST YOUR HDD TO PERFORM LIKE AN SSD PC Enthusiasts can now enjoy the performance of an SSD on their HDD by coupling it with the new Intel® Optane™ Memory device. Intel® Optane™ technology provides an unparalleled combination of high throughput, low latency, high quality of service, and high endurance.
CONNECTIVITY MSI motherboards are built with a variety of connectors to satisfy gamers. Enhanced audio, advanced LAN networking capabilities, USB and Mystic Light turn any gaming experience into an immerse one.
HIGH-BANDWIDTH AND LOW-LATENCY NETWORK 2.5Gbps LAN provides incredible data transfer speed faster than general Gigabit LAN. This is a premium solution for demanding users.
SURFACING WITH THE REAL MU-MIMO TECHNOLOGY The latest Wi-Fi 6E solution supports 6GHz spectrum, Bluetooth 5.2, two-way MU-MIMO and BSS color technology, provide up to 4X network capacity and efficiency in the high signal density environment, delivering speeds up to 2400Mbps.
OPTIMIZE ONLINE GAMING TRAFFIC FOR LOWER LATENCY! MSI LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive applications for online games, giving you the best online gaming experience with low latency.
Specification:
| Internal I/O |
|---|
| Number of M.2 (M) slots |
4 |
| Thunderbolt headers |
2 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) connectors |
1 |
| Front panel connector |
Yes |
| 12V power connector |
Yes |
| Supported storage drive interfaces |
M.2, PCI Express 4.0, SATA III |
| USB 2.0 connectors |
3 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors |
2 |
| TPM connector |
Yes |
| Number of SATA III connectors |
6 |
| Front panel audio connector |
Yes |
| EPS power connector (8-pin) |
Yes |
| CPU fan connector |
Yes |
| ATX Power connector (24-pin) |
Yes |
| RGB LED pin header |
Yes |
| Technical details |
|---|
| Motherboard chipset family |
Intel |
| Motherboard chipset |
Intel Z690 |
| Supported processor sockets |
LGA 1700 |
| PC health monitoring |
Fan, Noise, Temperature, Voltage, Water cooling |
| Parallel processing technology support |
2-Way CrossFireX, Quad-GPU CrossFireX |
| HDMI version |
1.4 |
| Motherboard form factor |
ATX |
| Component for |
PC |
| Audio |
|---|
| Audio output channels |
7.1 channels |
| Performance |
|---|
| Supported storage drive types |
HDD & SSD |
| Motherboard chipset family |
Intel |
| Motherboard chipset |
Intel Z690 |
| RAID levels |
0, 1, 5, 10 |
| Windows operating systems supported |
Windows 10 x64, Windows 11 x64 |
| Supported processor sockets |
LGA 1700 |
| PC health monitoring |
Fan, Noise, Temperature, Voltage, Water cooling |
| Audio output channels |
7.1 channels |
| Motherboard form factor |
ATX |
| Component for |
PC |
| Processor |
|---|
| Processor manufacturer |
Intel |
| Compatible processor series |
Intel® Core™ i5, Intel® Core™ i7, Intel® Core™ i9 |
| Supported processor sockets |
LGA 1700 |
| Processor socket |
LGA 1700 |
| Memory |
|---|
| Number of memory slots |
4 |
| Memory slots type |
DIMM |
| Supported memory types |
DDR5-SDRAM |
| Memory channels |
Dual-channel |
| ECC |
Yes |
| Non-ECC |
Yes |
| Supported memory clock speeds |
4000,4800,5200,5400,5600,5800,6000,6200,6400 MHz |
| Maximum internal memory |
128 GB |
| Unbuffered memory |
Yes |
| Storage controllers |
|---|
| Supported storage drive types |
HDD & SSD |
| Supported storage drive interfaces |
M.2, PCI Express 4.0, SATA III |
| RAID levels |
0, 1, 5, 10 |
| Number of storage drives supported |
10 |
| RAID support |
Yes |
| Graphics |
|---|
| Parallel processing technology support |
2-Way CrossFireX, Quad-GPU CrossFireX |
| Maximum resolution |
4096 x 2304 pixels |
| HDCP |
Yes |
| Rear panel I/O ports |
|---|
| USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity |
6 |
| DisplayPort version |
1.2 |
| USB connector type |
USB Type-A, USB Type-C |
| USB 2.0 ports quantity |
2 |
| WiFi-AP antenna jack |
2 |
| Thunderbolt ports quantity |
2 |
| S/PDIF out port |
Yes |
| Microphone in |
Yes |
| Headphone outputs |
2 |
| HDMI version |
1.4 |
| HDMI ports quantity |
1 |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports |
1 |
| DisplayPorts quantity |
1 |
| Network |
|---|
| Ethernet LAN |
Yes |
| Wi-Fi |
Yes |
| Wi-Fi standards |
802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) |
| Ethernet interface type |
2.5 Gigabit Ethernet |
| Bluetooth |
Yes |
| Bluetooth version |
5.2 |
| Top Wi-Fi standard |
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) |
| WLAN controller model |
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 |
| Features |
|---|
| Motherboard chipset family |
Intel |
| Motherboard chipset |
Intel Z690 |
| Windows operating systems supported |
Windows 10 x64, Windows 11 x64 |
| Supported processor sockets |
LGA 1700 |
| PC health monitoring |
Fan, Noise, Temperature, Voltage, Water cooling |
| Audio output channels |
7.1 channels |
| Motherboard form factor |
ATX |
| Component for |
PC |
| Audio chip |
Realtek ALC4080 |
| Expansion slots |
|---|
| Number of M.2 (M) slots |
4 |
| PCI Express x16 slots |
3 |
| BIOS |
|---|
| BIOS type |
UEFI AMI |
| Clear CMOS jumper |
Yes |
| BIOS memory size |
256 Mbit |
| ACPI version |
5.0 |
| System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) version |
2.7 |
| Desktop Management Interface (DMI) version |
2.7 |
| Video |
|---|
| Maximum resolution |
4096 x 2304 pixels |
| HDCP |
Yes |
| Software |
|---|
| Windows operating systems supported |
Windows 10 x64, Windows 11 x64 |
| Weight & dimensions |
|---|
| Width |
12" (305 mm) |
| Depth |
10.2" (259 mm) |
| Packaging content |
|---|
| Cables included |
SATA |
