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Strix X99 Gaming is the first ROG Strix motherboard and it delivers spades of gaming creds. Find out more here!

USB 3.0 motherboards such as the ASUS P7P55/USB 3 were introduced six years ago in 2009, and the next generation lands now, in 2015. Known as USB 3.1 or 'SuperSpeed Plus USB', it can transfer up to 10Gbps - twice the performance of existing USB 3.0. Here are the behind the scenes details on the technical advances made in USB 3.1 and how ASUS USB 3.1 motherboards optimize these technologies with ASUS USB 3.1 Boost in AI Suite III to reach the real performance potential of USB 3.1.

Since the Z87 Deluxe/SATA Express ASUS has been working extensively with Intel and SATA Express SSD chipset manufacturers in developing compatibility and performance reliability for the new standard. Today ASUS is announcing that the joint BIOS development teams have yielded a breakthrough in design, and will implement a technology that is critical for SATA Express to perform at its best — the Separate Reference Clock with Independent Spread Spectrum Clocking Architecture, or SRIS for short.