ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 PCIe 3.0 x4 Expansion Card V2 Supports 4 x NVMe M.2 (2242/2260/2280/22110) Up to 128 Gbps for Intel VROC and AMD Ryzen Threadripper NVMe RAID

1. Confidential HYPER M.2 X16 x INTEL VROC Sales Kit

2. Confidential Unleashed with the simple addition of an ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 Card, supporting up to four PCIe® 3.0 x4 M.2 drives, with a transfer bandwidth of up to 128Gbps! • M.2 SSD FAN • M.2 FAN Power Switch • PCIE X16 Interface • Stylish Heatsink cover • 4 x M.2 2242/2260/228022110 connectors • 4 x M.2 activity LED PRODUCT OVERVIEW HYPER M.2 X16 CARD

3. Confidential INTEL VROC SUPPORT Upgrade your RAID from CPU Intel VROC (Virtual RAID on CPU) is a new I/O storage technology , supported within the RSTe 5.x driver family. This feature allows you to use CPU PCIe lanes to create BOOTable RAID arrays. A CPU PCIe 3.0 x 16 slot can support data transfer rates up to 128 Gbps – that’s four times faster than DMI the 32 Gbps limit of the DMI bus, and 22 X faster than SATA 3.0. PCIe 3.0 x 16 VROC Traditional SATA 3.0 6Gbps 128 Gbps PCIe 3.0 x 4 (DMI limit) 32 Gbps

4. Confidential INTEL VROC SUPPORT How to enable VROC 1. Purchase the key. 2. Insert into ASUS’ X299 MBs & use a SKL-X CPU. 3. Install up to 4 Intel SSDs in the Hyper M.2 X 16 Card. H/W key VROC function No need Raid 0 Standard Raid 0/Raid 1 Premium Raid 0/Raid 1/Raid 5 • Only Intel SSDs can use Intel VROC. • Intel VROC does not support 3rd party SSDs.

5. Confidential INTEL VROC SUPPORT - ASUS HYPER M.2 X 16 Performance of the ASUS HYPER M.2 X 16 & Intel SSDs MB: ASUS PRIME X299-DELUXE / CPU: Intel i7-7900X/ DRAM:G.SKILL TRIDENT Z DDR4 3000MHz 8G x8 / CPU Cooling: Thermaltake Water 3.0 / VGA: ASUS STRIX GTX1080/ SSD: Intel M.2 SSD 600P 512GB x4/ OS: Win 10

6. Confidential Model HYPER M.2 X16 CARD Interface PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface Compatible with PCI Express x8, and x16 slots External Connectors 4 x M.2 Socket 3 with M Key design, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support(supports PCIE SSDs only) 1 x M.2 FAN Power Switch LED 4 x M.2 instruction LED RAID SUPPORT Intel® VROC Ready with Intel® RSTe for X299 Series Motherboards Dimension 20.2 * 9.6 *1.3cm Compatible Models* Support ASUS X299 series motherboard models PRODUCT SPEC