User Guide

ASUS X99-E-10G WS

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Chapter 1

Product Introduction

1.1 Special features

1.1.1 Product highlights

LGA2011-v3 socket for Intel

Core™ i7 X-Series / i7 processors

This motherboard supports Intel

Core™ i7 X-Series / i7 processors in the LGA2011-v3

package. It provides great system performance, quad-channel DDR4 memory slots and PCI

Express 2.0/3.0 expansion slots.

Intel

X99 Express Chipset

Intel

X99 Express Chipset is a single chipset that supports the LGA2011-v3 socket for Intel

Core™ i7 X-Series / i7 processors. It utilizes the serial point-to-point links, which increases

bandwidth and enhances the system’s performance. It natively supports up to eight (8) USB

3.0 ports and ten (10) SATA 6 Gb/s ports.

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.

4-WAY SLI and 4-Way CrossFireX™ Support

This motherboad features NVIDIA 4-WAY SLI and AMD 4-Way CrossreX support that

enables mulit-GPU setup, giving you the full power of the latest graphics technologies. It also

features native support for 4K/UHD (ultra high denition) resolution of up to 4096 x 2160 via

HDMI or DisplayPort, resulting to four times the number of pixels for incredible visual clarity,

detail, and realism.

Quad-Channel DDR4 2400 MHz Support

The motherboard supports the quad-channel DDR4 memory that features data transfer rates

of DDR4 2400 MHz to boost the system’s performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth

requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia and Internet applications.

M.2* and U.2 Support

This motherboard features the M.2 slot and U.2 connector, which shares bandwidth with

PCI Express 3.0 x4 slot to speed up data transfer up to 32 Gb/s. This helps enhance the

performance of your SSD (Solid State Drive) that is dedicated only to the operating system.

* Supports PCIe mode only.

Chapter 1: Product Introduction