- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by Intel
® Z97, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel
® Rapid Storage Technology 13 and Intel
® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug and ASRock HDD Saver Technology
- 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug and ASRock HDD Saver Technology (SATA3_A2 connector is shared with the eSATA port)
- 2 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connectors (SATAE_0 is shared with SATA3_1 and SATA3_2; SATAE_1 is shared with SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and M.2 Socket)
*- 1 x eSATA Connector by ASMedia ASM1061, supports NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M Key M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)
*Support to be announced.
** The M.2 Socket, SATAE_1, SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and SATA Express share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.