ASRock B560M Steel Legend Socket LGA 1200 Micro ATX Motherboard
Overview :
Steel Legend represents the philosophical state of rock-solid durability and irresistible aesthetics. Built around most demanding specs and features, the Steel Legend series aims at daily users and mainstream enthusiasts! Providing a strong array of materials/components to ensure a stable and reliable performance.
Dr. MOS
Dr.MOS is the integrated power stage solution which is optimized for synchronous buck-set down voltage applications! Compared to traditional discrete MOSFETs, it intelligently delivers higher current for each phase, thus providing improved thermal result and superior performance.
Premium 60A Power Choke
Compared to traditional chokes, ASRock’s premium 60A power chokes effectively make the saturation current up to three times better, thus providing enhanced and improved Vcore voltage to the motherboard
10 Power Phase Design
Featuring sturdy components and completely smooth power delivery to the CPU. Plus, it offers unmatched overclocking capabilities and enhanced performance with the lowest temperature for advanced gamers as well.
Clever Access Memory
Conventional PC systems processor can only access a fraction of graphics memory and limits system performance. With Clever Access Memory, the data channel gets expanded to harness the full potential of GPU memory, removes the bottleneck and increase performance.
Base Frequency Boost (BFB) Technology
Who ever said that only K series CPUs and the Z-family platform are capable of being performed with maximum power. Via ASRock BFB (Base Frequency Boost) Technology, users may install their non K series CPUs to ASRock’s selected 500 series motherboards and enjoy the base frequency boost with the hidden power of processors immediately.
While ASRock BFB breathes life into non K series CPUs, the boost frequency currently still depends on the cooling system applied on your rig.
** BFB frequency performance results may vary between different CPUs and hardware configurations. Frequency shown in this chart is for reference only.
6 Layer PCB
The 6 Layer PCB comes with 3 sets of copper inner layers, providing stable signal traces and power shapes delivering lower temperature and higher energy efficiency for memory overclocking! Thus, it’s able to support the latest DDR4 memory modules with most extreme memory performance!
PCIe 4.0 High Speed M.2 Solution
This motherboard is capable of accomadating multiple M.2 storage devices, one of which can even support next generation PCI Express 4.0 M.2 SSD, it is capable of performing twice the speed compared to previous 3rd generation, giving a lightning fast data transferring experience.
USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C
The latest USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C delivers up to 20 Gbps data transfer rate which is 2x as fast as previous generation, providing a blazing fast data transfer interface with reversible USB Type-C design that fits the connector either way.
Dragon 2.5 Gb/s LAN
The intelligent 2.5Gb/s LAN platform is built for maximum networking performance for the demanding requirements of home networking, content creators, online gamers and high-quality streaming media. Boost networking performance up to 2.5X the bandwidth compared to the standard gigabit Ethernet, you’ll enjoy the faster and uncompromised connectivity experience for gaming, file transfers and backups. Automatically detects and accelerates game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother, stutter-free in-game performance and the competitive edge.
RULE YOUR OWN LIGHTING WAY – POLYCHROME RGB
ASRock motherboards deliver stunning performance and superior aesthetics to rule your own colorful lighting way! ASRock offers a very comprehensive control to perform the built-in RGB LEDs or the connected LED strips, CPU fans, coolers, chassis and any RGB devices smoothly. Devices can be synchronized across the Polychrome RGB Sync-certified accessories as well.
*The addressable RGB LED header supports WS2812B addressable RGB LED strip (5V/Data/GND), with a maximum power rating of 3A (5V), a max of 80 LEDs and length within 2 meters.
*The RGB LED header supports standard 5050 RGB LED strip (12V/G/R/B), with a maximum power rating of 3A (12V) and length within 2 meters.
Reinforced Steel Slot [PCIe 4.0 Version]
The reinforced steel slot comes with the next generation PCI Express 4.0 standard. The various benefits include:
Extra anchor points
Stronger latch
Ensure signal stability
Make sure heavy graphics cards to be well-installed.
M.2 (KEY E) For WiFi
Besides the onboard LAN port, users may also choose 802.11ac wireless connections by M.2 (Key E) slot.
*Wi-Fi module is not included.
Nahimic Audio
Whether you are using headphones, a headset, external or internal speakers, via USB, Wi-Fi, analog output or even HDMI, Nahimic Audio offers you the most engaging listening experience, vibrant and rich with details.
The Sound Tracker is a visual indicator that points out the directions from which predominant sounds are coming. Each sound is properly positioned in 360° on a radar for a full immersion during the game.
Post Status Checker
An easy troubleshooting tool that shows the CPU / DRAM / VGA / BOOT operation every time you start up the system. Post Status Checker is an fast and easy way to identify the source of the problem.
XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
Extra large aluminum alloy heat sinks that effectively take away heat from the MOSFET and chipset so that your whole system may perform more stable.
Premium 60A Power Choke
Compared to traditional chokes, ASRock’s premium 60A power chokes effectively make the saturation current up to three times better, thus providing enhanced and improved Vcore voltage to the motherboard.
Nichicon 12K Black Caps
Supreme 12K black capacitors with lifespans of at least 12,000 hours. Compared to other counterparts on high-end motherboards that merely have lifespans of around 10,000 hours, ASRock applied Nichicon 12K Black Caps that offer 20% longer lifespans and provide more stability and reliability.
Matte Black PCB
A new mysterious matte black and copper color scheme to match the prestigious components on ASRock’s high-end motherboards.
Dr. MOS
Dr.MOS is the integrated power stage solution which is optimized for synchronous buck-set down voltage applications! Intelligently delivering higher current and driving up to 50A continuous current for each phase, thus providing improved thermal result and superior performance.
High Density Glass Fabric PCB
High Density Glass Fabric PCB design that reduces the gaps between the PCB layers to protect the motherboard against electrical shorts caused by humidity.
Water Pump Header
This is not only a standard CPU fan header, but also supports water pumps! This header provides a maximum of 2A power for supporting the most popular water pumps. User also can adjust the voltage of water pump to get higher cooling performance with lower noise.
Full Spike Protection
Some sensitive digital components on the motherboard are vulnerable to power surges, the excessive current may cause your system to malfunction immediately. ASRock Full Spike Protection includes various technologies to prevent your motherboard’s components from being damaged by these unexpected voltage spikes.
Live Update & APP Shop
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop is designed for your convenience. We provide various apps and support software for users to download. You can also easily optimize your system and keep your motherboard up to date with ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.
Specification :
| Unique Features | ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 |
| – ASRock Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s) | |
| ASRock Super Alloy | |
| – XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink | |
| – Premium 60A Power Choke | |
| – 50A Dr.MOS | |
| – Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) | |
| – Matte Black PCB | |
| – High Density Glass Fabric PCB | |
| 2.5G LAN | |
| ASRock Steel Slot | |
| ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink | |
| ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4) | |
| ASRock POST Status Checker (PSC) | |
| ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports) | |
| ASRock Live Update & APP Shop | |
| CPU | – Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors and 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (LGA1200) |
| – Digi Power design | |
| – 10 Power Phase design | |
| – Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology | |
| Chipset | – Intel® B560 |
| Memory | – Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology |
| – 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots | |
| – 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 4800 (OC)* | |
| – 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 4666 (OC)* | |
| – Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode) | |
| – Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB** | |
| – Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0 | |
| – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots | |
| *11th Gen Intel® Core™ (i9/i7/i5) support DDR4 up to 3200; Core™ (i3), Pentium® and Celeron® support DDR4 up to 2666 natively. | |
| 10th Gen Intel® Core™ (i9/i7) support DDR4 up to 2933; Core™ (i5/i3), Pentium® and Celeron® support DDR4 up to 2666 natively. | |
| BIOS | – 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support |
| – ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events | |
| – SMBIOS 2.7 Support | |
| – CPU Core/Cache, CPU GT, VCCSA, DRAM, VCCIO, VCCIO 1 2, VPPM, VCCIN AUX, Voltage Multi-adjustment | |
| Graphics | – 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support Intel® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12). 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support Gen 9 Graphics |
| – Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers | |
| – Supports HDMI 2.0 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz | |
| – Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2304) @ 60Hz | |
| – Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 2.0 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) | |
| – Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports | |
| – Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports** | |
| *Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated. | |
| **11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support HDMI 2.0. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support HDMI 1.4. | |
| Audio | – 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec) |
| – Supports Surge Protection | |
| – Gold Audio Jacks | |
| – 15μ Gold Audio Connector | |
| – Nahimic Audio | |
| LAN | – 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s |
| – Dragon RTL8125BG | |
| – Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software | |
| – Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control | |
| – Visual User Friendly UI | |
| – Visual Network Usage Statistics | |
| – Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes | |
| – User Customized Priority Control | |
| – Supports Wake-On-LAN | |
| – Supports Lightning/ESD Protection | |
| – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az | |
| – Supports PXE | |
| Slots | 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors |
| – 1 x PCI Express 4.0 x16 Slot* | |
| 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors | |
| – 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot* | |
| – 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots | |
| – 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT) | |
| – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1) | |
| *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks | |
| Storage | – 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 18, NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug* |
| – 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4 x4 (64 Gb/s) | |
| (with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors) or Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors)** | |
| – 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)** | |
| *If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_1 will be disabled. | |
| **M2_1 supports Intel® Optane™ Technology (with 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors) | |
| Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks | |
| Supports ASRock U.2 Kit | |
| Internal Connectors | – 1 x SPI TPM Header |
| – 1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header | |
| – 2 x RGB LED Headers* | |
| – 2 x Addressable LED Headers** | |
| – 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)*** | |
| – 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)**** | |
| – 3 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***** | |
| – 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) | |
| – 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) | |
| – 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector) | |
| – 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| – 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| – 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| *Support in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip | |
| **Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip | |
| ***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power. | |
| ****The CPU/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. | |
| *****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. | |
| CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP and CHA_FAN3/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use. | |
| Rear Panel I/O | – 3 x Antenna Mounting Points |
| – 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port | |
| – 1 x HDMI Port | |
| – 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 | |
| – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port | |
| – 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| – 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| – 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) | |
| – HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks) | |
| Software and UEFI | Software |
| – ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) | |
| – ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software | |
| – ASRock Polychrome SYNC* | |
| UEFI | |
| – ASRock EZ Mode | |
| – ASRock Full HD UEFI | |
| – ASRock My Favorites in UEFI | |
| – ASRock Instant Flash | |
| – ASRock Internet Flash | |
| *These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop. | |
| Support CD | – Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar |
| Accessories | – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield |
| – 2 x SATA Data Cables | |
| – 3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets | |
| – 1 x Standoff for M.2 Socket | |
| Hardware Monitor | – Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans |
| – Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans | |
| – Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans | |
| – CASE OPEN detection | |
| – Voltage monitoring: CPU Vcore, VCCIN AUX, DRAM, VCCIO, VPPM, VCCSA, CPU PLL, 12V, 5V, 3.3V | |
| Form Factor | Micro-ATX |
| Warranty | 3 Years |