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X99-S specifications summary
Storage
ASMedia
®
SATA Express controller***
- 1 x SATA Express ports (gray at bottom, compatible with 2 x
SATA 6 Gb/s ports)
* Due to chipset behavior, the SATA6G_78 and SATA6G_910 ports
(black) do not support Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology including RAID
configuration.
** These functions work depending on the CPU installed.
*** These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. ATAPI devices are
not supported.
LAN
Gigabit Intel
®
LAN controllers—802.3az Energy Efcient Ethernet
(EEE) appliance
- Intel
®
I218-V Gigabit LAN - Dual interconnect between the
integrated Media Access Controller (MAC) and physical layer
(PHY)
- ASUS Turbo LAN utility
Audio
Realtek
®
ALC1150 8-channel high denition audio CODEC
featuring Crystal Sound 2
- Separate layer for left and right track, ensuring both sounds
deliver equal quality
- Top notch audio sensation delivers according to the audio
conguration
- Audio shielding ensures precision analog/digital separation
and greatly reduced multi-lateral interference
- Audio Amplier to enhance the highest quality sound for
headphone and speakers
- Premium Japan-made audio capacitors provide warm, natural,
and immersive sound with exceptional clarity and delity
- High quality 112 dB SNR stereo playback output (Line-out at
rear) and 104 dB SNR recording (Line-in) support
- Absolute pitch 192 KHz/24-bit True BD Lossless Sound
- BD audio layer content protection
- DTS UltraPC II
- DTS Connect
- Supports jack-detection, multi-streaming and front panel jack-
retasking (MIC)
- Optical S/PDIF out ports at rear I/O
USB
Intel
®
X99 Express Chipset - supports ASUS USB 3.0
Boost
- 4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at mid-board for front panel support
- 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at rear
panel)
ASMedia
®
USB 3.0 controllers - support ASUS USB 3.0
Boost
- 8 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at rear panel (blue)