Intel® LGA 1151 ATX gaming motherboard with Aura Sync RGB LED lighting, DDR4 4000MHz support, 32Gbps M.2, Intel Optane memory ready, and USB 3.1 Gen 2.

Arm Your Battlestation

TUF Gaming motherboards are built to survive and thrive on every battlefield. Infused with the military spirit of The Ultimate Force (TUF) and styled to strike fear into the hearts of every enemy, TUF Z370-Plus Gaming is the perfect foundation for your ATX battle rig: a solid, durable and camouflaged force that's fit for today's fights, and with the durability to handle multiple upgrades for the campaigns of tomorrow.

TUF Z370 Plus Gaming
TUF Z370 Plus Gaming
Thermal Armor

DVI Port

USB Type-CTM port

HDMI Port

USB 3.1 Gen 2 Ports

PCI Express 3.0(Gen 3)
CFX Support
Asus SafeSIot Support

Realtek® ALC 887
Exclusive DTS Custom for
Gaming headsets
・ TUF Gaming Audio Cover
・ Audio Shielding
・ Dedicated audio PCB layers
・ Premium Japanese audio capacitors

DIGI+ VRM & EPU

DDR4 4000(O.C.)MHz

Intel® LGA 1151 Socket

AURA SYNC

Intel® Z370 Chipset

・ 32 Gb/s M.2 x4 PCIe&SATA mode
・ Intel® Optane Memory Ready

Front USB 3.1 Gen 1

GAME YOUR WAY
Gaming Audio

DTS CUSTOM FOR GAMING HEADSETS

Hone your battleskills with exclusive DTS Custom onboard audio. Utilizing advanced emulation techniques to create positional cues via stereo headphones, DTS Custom takes onboard audio to a new frontier. With three presets ― Aerial, Soundscape, and Tactical ― for different genres, you'll have a distinct advantage in every game.


Soundscape Mode
Tactical Mode
Aerial Mode
Soundscape Mode
Tactical Mode
Aerial Mode
Soundscape Mode
SOUNDSCAPE MODE
The ideal audio envelope for MMO, RPG, action and horror games — your ears will put you in the center of the action!

TACTICAL MODE
Shhh — is that an enemy just around the corner? DTS Custom emphasises detail for stealthy play, so you'll detect and locate every footstep!

AERIAL MODE
Experience audio as though hovering above the game world, with sound coming from ahead — perfect for MOBA, RTA, strategy and sports titles!

SOUNDSCAPE MODE
The ideal audio envelope for MMO, RPG, action and horror games — your ears will put you in the center of the action!

TACTICAL MODE
Shhh — is that an enemy just around the corner? DTS Custom emphasises detail for stealthy play, so you'll detect and locate every footstep!

AERIAL MODE
Experience audio as though hovering above the game world, with sound coming from ahead — perfect for MOBA, RTA, strategy and sports titles!

SOUNDSCAPE MODE
The ideal audio envelope for MMO, RPG, action and horror games — your ears will put you in the center of the action!

SHIELDED AUDIO, SUPERIOR SOUND

Intelligent design and premium hardware create audio quality unlike anything you've ever experienced!


AUDIO SHIELDING

Separates analog/digital signal domains, significantly reducing multi-lateral interference.

DEDICATED CHANNEL LAYOUTS

Separate layers for left and right channels to preserve the quality of the sensitive audio signals.

TUF GAMING AUDIO COVER

Effective shielding preserves the integrity of audio signals to ensure best quality.

AUDIO ENJOYMENT

Premium Japanese audio capacitors provide warm, natural, and immersive sound with exceptional clarity and fidelity.

Outshine the competition
A well-tuned system deserves a matching aesthetic. ASUS Aura offers full RGB lighting control with a variety of functional presets for the built-in RGB LEDs as well as strips connected to the onboard RGB headers. And it can all be synced with an ever-growing portfolio of Aura-capable hardware.

*Learn more about ASUS Aura Sync.
Static
Static
Breathing
Breathing
Strobing
Strobing
Rainbow
Rainbow
Color cycle
Color cycle
Comet
Comet
Flash & dash
Flash & dash
Wave
Wave
Glowing Yo Yo
Glowing Yo Yo
Starry night
Starry night
Music effect
Music effect
CPU temperature
CPU Temperature

GAMING NETWORKING
Intel Ethernet

MORE THROUGHPUT, LESS CPU USAGE

TUF Z370-Plus Gaming features the very latest Intel Ethernet. Intel's LAN has the advantage of reducing CPU overhead and offering exceptionally high TCP and UDP throughput for faster, smoother data transfer.


TUF LANGuard

BEST SURGE PROTECTION

TUF LANGuard is a military-grade innovation that integrates advanced signal-coupling technology and premium surface-mounted capacitors to improve throughput, protecting the motherboard from lightning strikes and static electricity.


Turbo LAN

NETWORK-OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE FOR CUSTOMIZABLE PACKET PRIORITIZATION

Turbo LAN with cFosSpeed traffic-shaping technology adds even more lag-reducing support and an intuitive user interface, so you'll reduce lag by up to 1.45X — with no expert knowledge. It even includes Game mode to prioritise game-related data transmissions, smoothing network operations every time you play!


Real-time speed monitorGrouping your own favorite listSet priority to speed up for your application
PERFORMANCE LEVEL UP
Make Your Memory Go Faster

ASUS OptiMem preserves memory signal integrity by routing memory traces and vias to the optimal PCB layer, and our T-Topology layout ensures time-aligned signaling by balancing trace lengths between memory slots. These enhancements lead to more headroom for overclocking and improved stability, allowing DDR4 memory speeds of 4000MHz with all slots populated — and even beyond!


Improved stability and overclocking
With all slots populated

DDR4 – 4000MHz

CPU: Intel i7-8700K | Motherboard: TUF Z370-Plus Gaming |
DRAM: Corsair CMK32GX4M4B4000C19R Ver 4.31 | Power: Corsair AX1500i |
Water-cooling: Corsair H115i
One Click Overclocking

You don't need to be a technical expert to experience exhilarating overclocking performance. TUF Z370-Plus Gaming incorporates the OC Tuner feature for efficient operation with precise voltage control and monitoring. OC Tuner takes all the hassle out of complex tuning by overclocking your system with a single click — it couldn't be easier!


ULTRAFAST TRANSFER SPEED
10Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2 Onboard


With backward-compatible USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A, you'll experience ultimate connection flexibility and blazing data-transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps — or twice as fast as USB 3.1 Gen 1!


Intel Optane Memory Ready


Intel® Optane™ is a revolutionary non-volatile memory technology supported by TUF Z370-Plus Gaming. Intel Optane memory modules accelerate attached storage to reduce boot and load times, so everything feels faster and more responsive.

Dual Onboard M.2 & M.2 Heatsink

PERFECTED COOLING FOR UNLEASHING PERFORMANCE

TUF Z370-Plus Gaming features dual onboard M.2 slots, both operating at X4 PCI Express 3.0 to provide a scintillating 32Gbps of bandwidth. The primary slot is placed below the CPU socket, making use of chassis airflow to keep drive temperatures under control. The second sits below the Z370 chipset and is covered by a heatsink that reduces drive temps by as much as 25℃, ensuring peak performance under all scenarios.


Flexible Cooling Controls
TUF Z370 Plus Gaming

Fan Xpert 4 Core

TUF Z370-Plus Gaming features the most comprehensive fan controls ever, configurable via Fan Xpert 4 Core and our award-winning UEFI BIOS.

Multiple temperature sources

4-pin PWM/DC fan

Smart protection
Enables full control of PWM or DC water pumps, perfect for both custom and self-contained cooling setups.
RELIABILITY AND STABILITY
TUF Gaming motherboards are engineered to be as strong and as dependable they appear. TUF Protection is the name of TUF Z370-Plus Gaming's hardware safeguards that ensure long-term durability and stability, while the board's complement of military-grade TUF Components are manufactured and tested to exacting standards — providing the confidence you need to create a gaming system that'll go the distance.
TUF PROTECTION

SAFESLOT

Protect your graphics card investment

SafeSlot is the PCIe slot reinvented by ASUS and engineered to provide superior retention and shearing resistance. Manufactured in a single step using a new insert-molding process, SafeSlot integrates fortifying metal for an inherently stronger slot, which is then firmly anchored to the PCB through additional solder points.

safeslot
ESD GUARDS

Electrostatic discharge protection

ESD Guards prolong the life of components while preventing damage from electrostatic discharge, providing protection for up to +/- 10kV of air discharge and +/- 6kV of contact discharge.

safeslot
LAN PORT

ESD TVS diode protection on the LAN Circuit.


KEYBOARDS AND MOUSE CONNECTORS

Additional on-circuit ESD transient-voltage-suppression.


USB CONNECTORS

TVS diode for surface-mount and dual-inline package.

MORE
TUF COMPONENTS

TUF CHOKES

Certified military-grade TUF chokes deliver rock-steady power to the CPU, helping to improve system stability.

TUF CAPACITORS

+20% temperature tolerance and 5X-longer lifespan.


TUF MOSFETS

Certified military-grade MOSFETs with lower RDS(on)*.
*Lower RDS(on) results in better power efficiency and reduced heat generation.



Intel CPU and Chipset features

intel chipset Z370 inside
INTEL® Z370 CHIPSET

The Intel® Z370 chipset supports 8th Generation Intel® Core™ processors. It provides improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, the Z370 provides a maximum of 10 USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports, six SATA 6Gbps ports, and 32Gbps M.2 and PCIe 3.0 lane speed support, for faster data retrieval. Intel Z370 also supports integrated-graphics, so you'll enjoy the very latest in graphics performance.

supports intel core inside
READY FOR 8TH GENERATION INTEL CORE LGA1151 PROCESSORS

This motherboard supports 8th Generation Intel® Core™ processors in the LGA1151 package, with integrated graphics, memory and PCI Express controllers to support onboard graphics output with dedicated chipsets, dual-channel (4-DIMM) DDR4 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes for great performance.