Connectors and I/O

Totally ASUS equipped the Z97I-Plus with four straight SATA ports, where two are located above the back end of the PCI-Express x16 slot and two others can be found below the 24-pin ATX power connector. On this board you won't find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons and there is also no debug display. There is basically only a MemOK! button, which can help you, whenever you experience incompatibilities with memory. A closer look at the audio solution shows, that there is an ALC892 chips from Realtek.



Totally you'll find three fan header on the Z97I-Plus which is enough, to provide a well equipped mini-ITX system with fresh air. The fan headers are located on the left side of the CPU socket. ASUS decided to use 4-pin PWM headers in all three cases. Therefore it is possible to adjust rotation speed in the BIOS or in Windows.



Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASUS equipped the Z97I-Plus  with six USB 3.0/2.0 ports, four USB 2.0/1.1 ports, one gigabit ethernet port, an HDMI connector, a DisplayPort output as well as an optical out and an analogue audio panel. Furtheremore you'll find also a clear CMOS reset button and a USB BIOS flash back switch. Furhtermore there are two connectors to attach the antenna, which is included in the delivery.

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Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 15 - UC Bench
Page 3 - Features	Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 4 - Layout	Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 5 - Connectors and I/O	Page 18 - Cinebench
Page 6 - BIOS	Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
Page 7 - Test setup	Page 20 - Metro Last Light
Page 8 - Preview / Gallery	Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 9 - 3D Mark	Page 22 - Power Consumption
Page 10 - 3D Mark 11	Page 23 - Performance Rating
Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage	Page 24 - Price Comparison
Page 12 - PC Mark 7	Page 25 - Conclusion
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