Asus P9X79 WS Intel X79 Socket 2011 Motherboard

30% graphics performance boost with 4-way GeForce® SLI™ and CrossFireX™

Workstation Essentials for Your Business

The ASUS Workstation Series is the ideal foundation for a powerful PC. It delivers awesome power, dependable performance and unmatched multiple I/O scalability for the most demanding tasks and future upgrades. The ASUS Workstation Series intelligently reduces operating noise and dissipates heat through advanced and environmentally friendly methods to accommodate user needs. ASUS Workstation Series motherboards also bring you ultimate reliability and quality through our 24x24 initiative, which means 24-hour non-stop operation and a 24-month life cycle supply guarantee so you don´t change computers so often.Instead, let the ASUS Workstation Series improve the quality of your work and life.

CPU

Intel® Socket 2011 for 2nd Generation Core™ i7 Processors

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2

* Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list

Chipset

Intel® X79

Memory

8 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR3 2400(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory

Quad Channel Memory Architecture

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs.

* Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

Multi-GPU Support

Supports NVIDIA® 4-Way SLI™ Technology

Supports AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

Expansion Slots

4 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (dual x16, triple x16/8/8, quad x8, black+blue) *1

2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x4 mode, white) *1

Storage

Intel® X79 chipset :

2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), gray

4 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), blue

Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10

Marvell® PCIe 9128 controller :

2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), navy blue

Support Raid 0, 1

LAN

Intel® 82579V, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)

Intel® 82574L, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)

Audio

Realtek® ALC898 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC

- Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking

Audio Feature :

- Absolute Pitch 192kHz/ 24-bit True BD Lossless Sound

- DTS Ultra PC II

- Optical S/PDIF out port(s) at back panel

IEEE 1394

1 x IEEE 1394a port(s)

USB Ports

ASMedia® USB 3.0 controller :

4 x USB 3.0 port(s) (2 at back panel, blue, 2 at mid-board)

Intel® X79 chipset :

13 x USB 2.0 port(s) (8 at back panel, black, 5 at mid-board)

Workstation Feature

6 x PCIe x 16 slot(s)

Quick Gate: 1 x vertical USB 2.0 on board

ASUS SASsaby series Cards support

ASUS WS Diag. LED

ASUS WS 3-color LED

Special Features

ASUS TPU :

- Auto Tuning

- TurboV

- TPU switch

ASUS EPU :

- EPU

- EPU switch

ASUS Digital Power Design :

- Industry leading Digital 8 + 2 Phase CPU Power Design

- Industry leading Digital 2 + 2 Phase DRAM Power Design

- CPU Power Utility

- DRAM Power Utility

ASUS Exclusive Features :

- MemOK!

- AI Suite II

- Ai Charger

- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode featuring friendly graphics user interface

- ASUS SSD Caching

- USB 3.0 Boost

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution :

- Stylish Fanless Design Heat-pipe solution

- ASUS Fan Xpert+

ASUS EZ DIY :

- USB BIOS Flashback

- ASUS Q-Shield

- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

- ASUS EZ Flash 2

- ASUS MyLogo 2

- Multi-language BIOS

ASUS Q-Design :

- ASUS Q-Code

- ASUS Q-Slot

- ASUS Q-DIMM

- ASUS Q-Connector

Back I/O Ports

1 x PS/2 keyboard (purple)

1 x PS/2 mouse (green)

1 x IEEE 1394a

2 x LAN (RJ45) port(s)

2 x USB 3.0

8 x USB 2.0 (one port can be switched to USB BIOS Flashback)

1 x Optical S/PDIF out

6 x Audio jack(s)

1 x USB BIOS Flashback Button(s)

Internal I/O

1 x USB 3.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.0 port(s) (19-pin)

2 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 2.0 port(s)

1 x Vertical USB 2.0 port(s)

1 x COM port(s) connector(s)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s connector(s)

4 x SATA 3Gb/s connector(s)

1 x CPU Fan connector(s) (4 -pin)

4 x Chassis Fan connector(s) (4 -pin)

1 x Optional Fan connector(s) (4 -pin)

1 x S/PDIF out header(s)

1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s)

1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s)

1 x 4-pin EZ_PLUG Power connector(s)

1 x Front panel audio connector(s) (AAFP)

1 x System panel(s) (Q-Connector)

1 x MemOK! button(s)

1 x TPU switch(es)

1 x EPU switch(es)

1 x Power-on button(s)

1 x Reset button(s)

1 x Clear CMOS jumper(s)

Accessories

User's manual

I/O Shield

2 x SATA 3Gb/s cable(s)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s)

1 x 3-Way SLI bridge(s)

1 x 4-Way SLI bridge(s)

1 x SLI bridge(s)

1 x Q-connector(s) (2 in 1)

BIOS

64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

Support Disc

Drivers

ASUS Utilities

ASUS Update

Anti-virus software (OEM version)

Form Factor

CEB Form Factor

12 inch x 10.5 inch ( 30.48 cm x 26.67 cm )

CPU Since BIOS

Core i7-3930K (3.2G,L3:12M,6C,HT,rev.C1) 0503

Core i7-3960X (3.3G,L3:15M,6C,HT,rev.C1) 0503