Connectors and I/O

ASRock equipped the X99E-ITX/AC with six SATA ports. Four of which have been angled by 90 degrees and the two straight ones, directly above the PCI Express x16 connector can be combined to form a SATA-Express header. There is also an Ultra-M.2 x4 expansion slot, which has been connected through four PCI Express lanes. Overall there is good storage flexibility with this motherboard, although it's within the boundries set by the small form factor in combination with the huge X99 chipset. Looking for practical onboard power- and reset-buttons as well as a debug LEDs we can't find any. The reason for this is simple again: there is not enough space.

In total there are three fan headers on the ASRock X99E-ITX/AC which is enough, to provide a well equipped high-end system or also a workstation with fresh air. The fan headers are located around the CPU socket as well as spread over the motherboard. All headers offer 4 pins, which means that you can control fan speeds from within BIOS or Windows.

Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASRock equipped the X99E-ITX/AC with one PS2 mouse/keyboard connector, two USB 3.1 ports, four USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, two gigabit ethernet ports, an eSATA connector as well as an optical out and an analogue audio panel. Furtheremore you'll also find a clear CMOS-reset button.

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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
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