Connectors and I/O

Totally ASRock equipped the OC Formula with no less then ten angled SATA ports. Apart from that there is also a M.2 slot, which offers up to 10Gbps bandwith and there is even another M.2 slot which has offers up to 32Gbps bandwidth since it is connected through four Gen3 lanes. These storage connectors are definitely enough for any gaming system or overclocking setup. You'll also find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons in the bottom left corner of the board as well as a debug display. Furthermore there are also voltage read out points as well as ASRocks Rapid-OC buttons which allow an overclocker to change the multiplyer, BLCK as well as voltages on the fly.
Similar to the Z97 OC Formula the X99 OC Formula features a Realtek ALC1150 chip with an EMI shielding cap on top of it. Furthermore this chip has been isolated from the rest of the board to reduce signalnoise and improve signal quality. Additionally there is a high quality headphone amplifier, which is capable of driving headphones and headsets with high impedances. Apart from that there are even high quality Nichicon audio capacitors to further improve signal quality.

Totally you'll find six fan header on the OC Formula which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped high-end or overclocking-system with fresh air. The fan headers are located around the CPU socket as spread over the motherboard.

Looking at the external connectors at the back-panel ASRock equipped the X99 OC Formula with six USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports and two Gigabit ethernet ports. Furthermore there is an analogue audio panel as well as a digital audio out and a clear CMOS button.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 15 - UC Bench
Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 3 - Features	Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 4 - Layout	Page 18 - Cinebench
Page 5 - Connectors and I/O	Page 19 - Tomb Raider
Page 6 - BIOS	Page 20 - Metro Last Light
Page 7 - Test setup	Page 21 - Thief
Page 8 - Preview / Gallery	Page 22 - Right Mark Audio Analyzer
Page 9 - 3DMark	Page 23 - BCLK Overclocking
Page 10 - 3DMark 11	Page 24 - Power Consumption
Page 11 - 3DMark Vantage	Page 25 - Performance Rating
Page 12 - PC Mark 8	Page 26 - Price Comparison
Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 27 - Conclusion
Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2