H55M Pro

- "Best for Under $100", "Best for Multi-monitor Office" and "Best for Service Replacement/Upgrade" from Tom’s Hardware H55/H57 MB round up

1. ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
2. Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2600+(OC)
3. Supports ATI™ CrossFireX™ and Quad CrossFireX™
4. 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (at x16 mode), 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (at x4 mode, 2.5GT/s)
5. Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
6. Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback
7. 1 x Powered eSATA2/USB Connectors, Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
8. ErP/EuP Ready
9. Supports ASRock XFast RAM, XFast LAN, XFast USB Technologies
10. Supports Instant Boot, Instant Flash, OC Tuner, OC DNA, IES, Multi-Speed Fan Control, Good Night LED

Simply click the Turbo 50 button in BIOS, the system performance will boost up to 50% increase by automatically overclocking CPU, Memory, GPU frequency and all related voltage settings!

OS	Windows® 7 Ultimate RTM
Model	H55M Pro
Chipset	Intel® H55
BIOS	P1.20
CPU	Core i3 530 2.93 GHz
RAM	Kingston DDR3-1600 2GB*2
VGA	Intel® HD Graphics
HDD	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB

Turbo 50 Performance Test Result

H55M Pro / Core i3 530	CPU Frequency	Memory Frequency	GPU Frequency	3DMARK 06	PCMARK Vantage	Super PI
Turbo 50 Off	2.93GHz	1333MHz	733MHz	1767	4661	14.485
Turbo 50 On	4GHz	1456MHz	867MHz	2665	5453	10.641
Percentage Increase	36.66%	9.23%	18.28%	50.82%	16.99%	26.54%

Note 1: The overclocking performance depends on the system configuration you adopt. We do not guarantee the overclocking performance.

Note 2: When using add-on VGA card with Turbo 50 / Turbo 100 technology, the overall performance will still improve, but it may not reach 50% / 100% performance boost ideally.

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Fast Charge & Charge Anytime

Simply installing the App Charger driver, it makes your iPhone charge up to 40% faster than before. ASRock App Charger supports continuous charging when your PC enters Standby mode (S1), Suspend to RAM (S3), hibernation mode (S4) or power off (S5). The App Charger technology has been fully applied on ASRock Full series motherboards.

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EuP / ErP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by European Union to define the power consumption for the completed system. According to EuP / ErP, the total AC power of the completed system shall be under 1.00W in off mode condition. To meet EuP / ErP standard, the EuP / ErP ready motherboard and the EuP / ErP ready power supply are required. (The EuP / ErP ready power supply must meet the standard of 5v standby power efficiency is higher than 50% under 100 mA current consumption.).

CrossFireX is a brand name for ATI™ Technologies multi-GPU solution. The technology allows a pair of graphics cards to be used in a single computer to improve graphics performance.

Delivering the world’s fastest DDR3 memory support up to 2600+ MH/z. ASRock motherboards allow users to enjoy the better computing experience and reach a higher overclocking performance.

ASRock DuraCap featuring all solid capacitor design, 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors which can last 2.5 times longer lifespan.

C.C.O. provides the flexible option to adopt three different CPU cooler types, Socket LGA 775*, LGA 1155 and LGA 1156.

Supporting the new generation of Intel^® Core i7™ / Core i5™ / Core i3™ and Pentium G6950 processor in LGA1156 package.

The new Core i5 and i3 processors integrate Intel^® HD graphics technology and memory controller which supports dual channel DDR3 memory. Plus, ASRock motherboards combined with the Intel^® Core i7™ / Core i5™ / Core i3™ processors supporting Intel^® Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading Technology that could bring you the ultimate performance with the optimized power efficiency.

This motherboard supports HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) which is an interface standard for transferring uncompressed video data and delivering multi-channel audio through a single cable. Both video and audio data signals transferred through the HDMI™ interface are digital without being converted into analog, therefore it delivers the richest pictures and the most realistic sounds.

ASRock software suite is designed with the customer-oriented concept, delivers the best possible experience for today’s most demanding users.

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