Motherboard Layout

The components of the ECS Z97-PK Deluxe is neatly aligned. From the top, we can easily see the various components on board. The front panel is still the same jumpered type which isn’t that friendly in 2015. It should be on/off buttons for easy access.

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ECS Z97-PK top view
ECS Z97-PK top view

The backplane of the motherboard shows the positioning of the PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Combo port, 4 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 (Blue), D-SUB, DVI-D, HDMI, audio ports.

Backview of the ECS Z97-PK Deluxe
Backview of the ECS Z97-PK Deluxe

 

At the left bottom corner of the board is the 6 SATA 6Gbps (SATA III) ports which support RAID 0,1,5,10.

6 SATA ports on ECS Z97 PK Deluxe
6 SATA ports on ECS Z97 PK Deluxe

On the left top corner of the board, we can see the 2 PCIe 3.0 slots which can be paired up with external graphics cards or peripherals.

ECS Z97-PK Deluxe Top Left Corner
ECS Z97-PK Deluxe Top Left Corner

 

Top right corner of the ECS Z97-PK Deluxe
Top right corner of the ECS Z97-PK Deluxe

 

Left Bottom corner of ECS Z97-PK Deluxe
Left Bottom corner of ECS Z97-PK Deluxe

The Dual Channel DDR3 supports XMP profiles. So, if you have a XMP profile DDR3 module (check compatibility list), it will auto configure the ram timings or you can manually select profile #1 or profile #2 from the BIOS.

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Right bottom corner of ECS Z97-PK Deluxe
Right bottom corner of ECS Z97-PK Deluxe