Product information

The ASRock Z170 Gaming K6 is an ATX LGA1151 motherboard based on the Intel Z170 chipset. The board must be combined with DDR4 memory, for which 4 slots are available. In total, the ASRock Z170 Gaming K6 has 8 Serial ATA connections for hard disks and SSDs. The onboard sound card offers 7.1 channel sound and is based on a Realtek ALC1150 chip.

Features: Motherboard | ATX | LGA1151 | 4x DDR4 | 8x SATA-600 | 2x SATA Express | 1x Ultra M.2 | PCI-e 3.0 x1 | PCI-e 3.0 x16 | USB 2.0 | USB 3.1 (Gen1, 5Gb / s) | USB 3.1 (Gen1, 5Gb / s) type-c | DVI-D | HDMI | Displayport

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Product: ASRock Z170 Gaming K6
Socket: LGA1151
Supports: 6th en 7th Generation Processors
Category: motherboards
Brand: ASRock
EAN: 4717677326680
Condition: Refurbished – BIOS updated to the latest version
SKU: 90-MXGYQ0-A0UAYZ, Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6, Z170 GAMING K6
Warranty: 6 months

Package Contents:
– Motherboard (ASRock Z170 Gaming K6)
– backplate (blende)
– No manual
– No CD with drivers
– No cables

Gaming Armor
CPU Power
– Hi-Density Power Connector
Memory
– 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
VGA Card
– 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)
Internet
– Killer ™ E2400 LAN
Cooling
– XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
– Heat Pipe Design
Audio
– Purity Sound ™ 3

Unique Feature
ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2
– ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb / s)
– ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb / s)
ASRock Super Alloy
– XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
– Premium 60A Power Choke
– Combo Caps (Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps)
– Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan-made high-quality conductive polymer capacitors)
– I / O Armor
– Matte Black PCB
– High-Density Glass Fabric PCB
ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & amp; SATA3)
ASRock Full Spike Protection
ASRock Live Update & amp; APP Shop

CPU
Supports 7th and 6th Generation Intel® Core ™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium® / Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151)
– Digi Power design
– 12 Power Phase design
– Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs
– Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
– Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine

Chipset
– Intel® Z170

Memory
– Dual-Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
– 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
Supports DDR4 3866+ (OC) * / 3600 (OC) / 3200 (OC) / 2933 (OC) / 2800 (OC) / 2400 (OC) / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
– Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB **
– Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
– 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

* 3866 + (OC) memory frequency can only be achieved when a single memory module is installed (Single channel memory).
Please refer to the Memory Support List on ASRock’s website for more information.

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.

BIOS
– 2 x 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)
– Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology
– ACPI 5.0 Compliant wake-up events
– SMBIOS 2.7 Support
– CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCPLL, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment

Graphics
Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals: Intel® Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel® InTru ™ 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® Insider ™, Intel ® HD Graphics 510/530
Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12
– Max. shared memory 1024MB *
– Three graphics output options: DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2
– Supports Triple Monitor
Supports HDMI with max. Resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 24Hz / (3840×2160) @ 30Hz
Supports DVI-D with max. Resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. Resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2304) @ 60Hz
Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
Supports Accelerated Media Codecs: HEVC, VP8, VP9
Supports HDCP with DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports
Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports

* The size of maximum shared memory may vary from different operating systems.

** 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® 8/8 64-bit / 7/7 64-bit.

**** Intel® InTru ™ 3D is only supported under Windows® 8/8 64-bit / 7/7 64-bit.

Audio
– 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)
– Premium Blu-ray Audio support
– Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
– Supports Purity Sound ™ 3
– Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier
– TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600-ohm headsets)
– Pure Power-In
– Direct Drive Technology
– PCB isolate shielding
– Supports DTS Connect

LAN
– PCIe x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb / s
– Killer ™ E2400 Series
– Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports Lightning / ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
– Supports PXE

Slots
– 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2 / PCIE4 / PCIE6: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4); triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE6) ) *
– 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX ™, 3-Way CrossFireX ™ and CrossFireX ™
Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI ™ and SLI ™
– 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Storage
– 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb / s Connectors by Intel® Z170, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 14 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
– 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb / s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
– 2 x SATA Express 10 Gb / s Connectors *
– 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb / s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb / s) **

* Support to be announced
M2_1, SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA_EXP0 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.

** Supports ASRock U.2 Kit
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Connector
– 1 x COM Port Header
– 1 x TPM Header
– 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
– 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed ​​Control)
– 4 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed ​​Control) *
– 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
– 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
– 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
– 1 x Thunderbolt ™ AIC Connector
– 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
– 1 x Dr Debug with LED
– 1 x Power Switch with LED
– 1 x Reset Switch with LED

* All CPU / Chassis Fan Connectors can auto-detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.
The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.

Rear Panel I / O
– 1 x PS / 2 Mouse / Keyboard Port
– 1 x DVI-D Port
– 1 x HDMI Port
– 1 x DisplayPort 1.2
– 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb / s) (ASMedia ASM1142) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb / s) (ASMedia ASM1142) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
– 5 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Intel® Z170) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
– 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 3.1 Gen1) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
– 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT / LINK LED and SPEED LED)
– 1 x Clear CMOS Switch
HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Software and UEFI
Software
– ASRock F-Stream
– ASRock DiskHealth Report
– ASRock USB Key
– ASRock Key Master
– ASRock APP Charger
– ASRock XFast RAM
– ASRock Fast Boot (Fast Boot, Restart to UEFI)

UEFI
– ASRock EZ Mode
– ASRock Full HD UEFI
– ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
– ASRock Instant Flash
– ASRock Internet Flash
– ASRock Crashless BIOS
– ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
– ASRock UEFI System Browser
– ASRock UEFI Tech Service
– ASRock Easy RAID Installer
– ASRock Easy Driver Installer

* These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & amp; APP Shop.

Accessories
– I / O Shield

Hardware Monitor
– CPU, Chassis temperature sensing
– CPU, Chassis Fan Tachometer
– CPU, Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust the chassis fan speed by CPU temperature)
– CPU, Chassis Fan multi-speed control
Voltage monitoring: + 12V, + 5V, + 3.3V, CPU Vcore, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA

Form Factor
ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm

OS
– Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit *

* To install Windows® 7 OS, a modified installation disk with xHCI drivers packed into the ISO file is required. Please see our online tutorial or check our User Manual for more detailed instructions.
For the updated Windows® 10 driver, please visit ASRock’s website for details.

Certifications
– FCC, CE
– ErP / EuP ready (ErP / EuP ready power supply is required)