The Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus D4 Motherboard is designed to be compatible with 12th Gen Intel Core, Pentium Gold, and Celeron Processors, featuring the Intel LGA 1700 socket. As part of the Asus Prime series, these motherboards are meticulously engineered to unlock the full potential of 12th Generation Intel processors. They incorporate an enhanced power solution, including 14+1 DrMOS, a six-layer PCB, ProCool sockets, alloy chokes, and durable capacitors, ensuring stable power delivery. Additionally, they feature an enlarged VRM heatsink, a fanless heatsink for the PCH, M.2 heatsinks, hybrid fan headers, and the Fan Xpert 4 utility in Armoury Crate for efficient cooling.
The Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus D4 supports PCIe 5.0, USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C, front USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, and has Thunderbolt 4 header support. Asus 5-Way Optimization enhances the intelligence of your PC by handling complex tuning and dynamically optimizing essential aspects of your system. It also provides overclocking profiles specifically tailored for your setup. Throttling issues during sustained transfers are mitigated by two M.2 heatsinks that efficiently manage the three M.2 slots. The Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus D4 offers a total of four M.2 slots, supporting data-transfer speeds of up to 64 Gbps via PCIe 4.0, resulting in faster boot-up times and quicker application loading when using OS or application drives.