2. Product Position / Schedule B150 Platform Overview Product Overview
Product Spec
Feature Table
Exclusive Features
5X PROTECION II
LANGuard | Overvoltage Protection | DIGI+ VRM
Stainless Steel Back I/O | DRAM Overcurrent Protection
High Performance
DDR4 Memory support | M.2 support | Intel LAN
Gaming Audio
LED-illuminated design | Audio Shielding
Dedicated Audio PCB Layers | Japanese-made Audio Caps
EZ DIY
USB Type-C support | EZ Flash 3 | PC Cleaner | Mobo Connect
Competitor Spec Comparison

3. Product Position / Schedule
B150 Platform Overview
Product Overview
Product Spec

4. 2015 Oct 2015 Nov 2015 Dec B150M-PLUS B150M-PLUS D3 B150M-A B150M-A D3
B150, DDR4 2133,DIGI+VRM, 6 Power Phase, HDMI/DVI/RGB output, 2*PCIe x16, 1*PCIe x1, 1*PCI, CFX, M.2 onboard, COM header, Intel Gb LAN, MOS Heatsink, FAN Xpert 2+, 5X PROTECTION II, Audio Features, SBA
B150M-PLUS
NEW
B150M-PLUS D3
B150, DDR3-1866(O.C.), DIGI+VRM, 6 Power Phase, HDMI/DVI/RGB output, 2*PCIe x16, 1*PCIe x1, 1*PCI, CFX, COM header, MOS Heatsink, FAN Xpert 2+, 5X PROTECTION II, Audio Features, SBA
B150M-A
B150, DDR , DIGI+VRM, 6 Power Phase, HDMI/DVI/RGB output, 1*PCIe x16, 2*PCIe x1, 5Gb/s USB Type C, COM header, LPT header , FAN Xpert 2+, 5X PROTECTION II, Audio Features, SBA
B150M-A D3
B150, DDR3-1866(O.C.), DIGI+VRM, 6 Power Phase, HDMI/DVI/RGB output, 1*PCIe x16, 2*PCIe x1, COM header, LPT header , FAN Xpert 2+, 5X PROTECTION II, Audio Features, SBA
B150M-D D3
LGA 1151, B150 Chipset, DDR3-1866(O.C.), DIGI+VRM, 6 Power Phase, DVI/RGB, 1*PCIe x16, 2*PCIe x1, 1*PCI, LPT Port, COM header , 5X PROTECTION II, FAN Xpert, Audio Features, SBA
B150M-K D3
LGA 1151, B150 Chipset, DDR3-1866(O.C.), DIGI+VRM, 6 Power Phase, DVI/RGB, 1*PCIe x16, 2*PCIe x1, COM header , 5X PROTECTION II, FAN Xpert, Audio Features, SBA

5. 6 x USB 3.0 PCIe 3.0 Intel® B150 PCH SATA 6Gb/s
Intel 6th Gen
Core™ Processors
DDR
DDR3L – 1600
up to
6 x USB 3.0
Digital
Display
x16 PCIe 3.0
PCIe 3.0
Intel® B150 PCH
up to 6 x
SATA 6Gb/s

6. B150M-PLUS Intel LGA 1151 Socket M.2 Support DIGI+ Power control
4 x DDR4 Memory, 2133 MHz Support
Intel LGA 1151 Socket
Support 14nm CPU
2 x front USB 3.0 connectors
M.2 Support
DIGI+ Power control
3+2+1 Digital Power Phase
SATA 6Gb/s
RGB & DVI
HDMI
Intel® B150 Chipset
5Gb/s USB Type C
Intel LAN & LANGuard
Gaming Audio
Audio
PCI Express 3.0 Slot
CFX Support

7. Spec Table Allocation Date 1st Sample Allocation: 10/20
MP Allocation: 10/20
Socket
LGA 1151 socket
Chipset
Intel® B150 Express Chipset
Memory
DDR4 x4, 2133 MHz
PCIe 3.0 x16
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16)
1 x PCIe 3.0 x4)
PCIe 3.0 x1 1
PCI slot
VGA
HDMI/DVI-D/RGB
LAN
Intel® I219-V Gigabit LAN
Audio
Realtek ALC887, 8-ch
M.2
1 x 16Gb/s M.2 Socket 3 with M Key
SATA 6.0 Gb/s 6
5Gb/s USB Type C
USB 3.0
USB 2.0
COM header
YES
SBA
Form Factor
uATX, 9.6*8.7 inch
　Feature Table
5X Protection II
LANGuard
Overvoltage Protection
DIGI+ VRM
DRAM Overcurrent Protection
Stainless Steel Back I/O
Gaming Audio
LED-illuminated design
Audio Shielding
Premium Japanese-made Audio Caps
Dedicated Audio PCB Layers
ASUS EZ DIY
Q-Slot
Q-DIMM
EZ Flash 3
UEFI BIOS
Push Notice
Exclusive Features
AI Suite 3
USB 3.0 Boost
EPU
Fan Xpert 2+

8. LANGuard
Overvoltage Protection
DIGI+ VRM
Stainless Steel Back I/O
DRAM Overcurrent Protection

9. Safe & Reliable! ASUS Exclusive LANGuard Your Computer is in danger…
Protect your motherboard
from lightning strikes!
Your Computer is in danger…
More reliable connection and better throughput
Lightning Strike
Safe & Reliable!
ASUS LANGuard is hardware-level networking protection that employs signal-coupling technology and premium anti-EMI surface-mounted capacitors ensure a more reliable connect and better throughput, plus electrostatically-guarded and surge-protected components for greater tolerance to static electricity and improved protection against surges.

10. 15KV Protect your motherboard from lightning strikes! EMI Cover
Surface-mounted capacitors
Protect your motherboard from lightning strikes!
15KV
Line to Ground
6KV
* ESD result is undertaken by individual LANGuard
LANGuard
Traditional LAN port

11. Protect your motherboard from inferior power supplies
B150M-PLUS
Motherboard
Other brand
Motherboard
Stable Electric Current
Unstable Electric Current
The Circuit Protector can protect your motherboard from the high-level voltage which coming from some inferior power supplies result in excellent circuit protection for your motherboard!
Protect your Chipset, I/O devices, Expansion devices and audio codec from unstable inferior power supply
No protection at all and the motherboard may result in unexpectedly damage

12. Hardware safeguards to ensure long-term durability
DIGI+ VRM
Precise digital power control and Long-lasting Stability
Rich tuning options, all-round balanced power phase loading
Dynamic adjustment, lower temperature can significantly enhance the overclocking stability
DRAM Overcurrent Protection
Onboard Polyswitch
(resettable fuse) protect connection ports and DRAM against overcurrent and short-circuit damage by onboard resettable fuses, extending your motherboard’s life.
* The location of DRAM polyswitch varies with models.
Stainless Steel Back I/O
3X longer usage life compared to ordinary panels. We are the only MB maker using stainless steel shields!
Protective Coating

13. High Performance
DDR4 Memory Support
M.2 Support
Intel LAN

14. 2133 DDR4 MHz SUPPORT Make your memory go faster Enjoy the DDR4
The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR4 memory that features data transfer rates of DDR MHz to boost the system’s performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia and Internet applications.
DDR4
2133
MHz SUPPORT
Enjoy
the DDR4
benefits with
ASUS B150

15. Both PCIe /SATA mode available
Upgrade to B150 platform & enjoy the incredible data transfer speed
B85 Series
Are you still perplexed that your B85 Series Motherboard is not supporting M.2 SSD? And you have nothing to do with it! X
Both PCIe /SATA mode available
Now,B150M-PLUS, our new motherboards of B150 Series, support 3 types of M.2 devices (2242 / 2260 / 2280) with both PCIe & SATA modes. We provide the excellent compatibility that can fulfill all your demand!

16. More throughput, less CPU usage and great gaming experiences
B150M-PLUS features the very latest Intel® Ethernet for faster, smoother gaming — always. Intel's LAN has the serious double advantage of reducing CPU overhead and offering exceptionally high TCP and UDP throughput. This significantly reduces the processor's workload, so there's more power for your game and your gameplay!

17. LED-illuminated design
Audio Shielding
Dedicated Audio PCB Layers
Premium Japanese-made Audio Caps

18. Create a great atmosphere to enhance the entertainment experience
The LED onboard around audio shielding are now programmable, so you can create a stylish light path with a cool looks.
LED-illuminated Design
Breathing Audio LED
We provide you the perfect LED motherboards to match your transparent acrylic chassis!

19. Dedicated Audio PCB Layers
Get ready to rule!
Audio Shielding
Dedicated Audio PCB Layers
Ensures precision analog/digital separation and greatly reduces multi-lateral interference
Separate layers for left and right channels to guard the quality of the sensitive audio signals
Premium Japanese-made Audio Caps
Provides warm, natural and immersive sound with exceptional clarity and fidelity
High Freq.
Decrease the peak feeling sound at high compass
Low Freq.
Increase massive sound at low compass

20. USB Type-C support
EZ Flash 3
PC Cleaner
Mobo connect

21. 1 2 Any way up! Enjoy and forget the legacy USB ports! Smaller Size
USB Type-C has smaller size than legacy USB ports. 1
Any-way up design
With any-way-up design, USB Type C can eliminates your puzzle of how to find the right angle to plug your USB devices. 2
Type A
Type C
Traditional USB solution is both brilliantly simple and deeply frustrating. Everything just works but getting plug into the socket the right way up never seems to happen first time – you twist, turn, and twist again.
Exclusive Type C any-way-up design eliminates this problem, so you'll make your USB connections first time, every time!
A sad story tells you why you need reversible USB Type-C port

22. One port, more choices!
So far as we know, some mobile devices such as the Apple New MacBook, the Nokia N1 (pad) and a lot of expansion devices had already used USB type C standard.
USB Type C will be a very popular industry connector standard in the coming future.
Apple
New MacBook
What you need is a ASUS motherboard supports native USB type C port and enjoy the connection with your new devices, isn’t it?
Nokia N1

23. Get your latest BIOS fast and easy!
4 simple steps to update your BIOS through the Internet! 1 2
Connect to a LAN cable
Select flash by Internet 3 4
Select suitable connection
Update automatically
Get your latest BIOS fast and easy!

24. PC Cleaner
Get rid of junk files and free up disk space
Get Rid of Junk Files and Free Up Disk Space!
Running slow?
PC Cleaner cleans up unused and unwanted files/programs that take up spaces in your drives, eliminating the clog.
Suggested to Clean
845.5 MB
100%
CLEANED
 Work Faster
 Start Quicker & Smoother

25. Keyboard/Mouse Sharing Audio Mode
Share PC’s input devices for your Android machines!
Work with your PC & Android devices at the same time through a single keyboard/mouse set.
Keyboard/Mouse Sharing
Audio Mode
Use a set of keyboard/mouse to control PC, and your Android mobile
Better sound with PC speaker played from your phone*.
* Support on Win8.1/10.

26. SPEC Comparison
Layout Comparison

27. ASUS Gigabyte Asrock MSI B150M-PLUS GA-B150M-D3H B150M Pro4
Brand
ASUS
Gigabyte
Asrock
MSI
Model
B150M-PLUS
GA-B150M-D3H
B150M Pro4
B150M MORTAR
Chipset
Intel®B150
Memory Slots
4 x DIMM;
Max. 64GB DDR4
Power Phase
DIGI+6 Power Phase
5 Power Phase
6 Power Phase
PCIe 3.0x16
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 x16)
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 x4)
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 x4
PCIe x1 1
N/A 2
PCI
VGA
HDMI/DVI/D-Sub
Multi-GPU
2-Way CFX
LAN
Intel® I219-V
Intel® Gb Lan
Realtek® 8111H
Audio
Realtek® ALC887
Realtek®ALC892
SATA 6Gb/s
6*SATA 6Gb/s
6+2*SATA 6Gb/s
M.2
YES
USB 3.0
6 *USB 3.0 (1xType C,
6*USB
USB 2.0
6 *USB
6*USB
2*USB 2.0(
Form factor
uATX 24.4 x 22.1
uATX,24.4 x 22.5
uATX
uATX,23.5 x 22.8

28. 1 3 4 2 4 N/A 2 N/A ASUS Gigabyte V.S. B150M-PLUS GA-B150M-D3H
ASUS: Digital 6 phase
Gigabyte: 5 phase
Solid Vcore design, Better thermal performance!
1. Vcore Design
2. LANGuard
ASUS LANGuard protects against Lan surges, lightning strikes!
More safe & reliable!
3. Back I/O
ASUS stainless steel back I/O have a usage life 3x longer compared with ordinary panels
4. USB Type-C
B150M-PLUS support
native USB type C port for convenient connectivity

29. 3 4 2 1 4 N/A 2 N/A 1N/A ASUS V.S. ASRock B150M-PLUS B150M Pro4
ASUS: YES
ASRock: N/A
Enjoy the incredible
data transfer speed!
1. M.2 Support
2. LANGuard
ASUS LANGuard protects against Lan surges, lightning strikes!
More safe & reliable!
3. Back I/O
ASUS stainless steel back I/O have a usage life 3x longer compared with ordinary panels
4. USB Type-C
B150M-PLUS support
native USB type C port for convenient connectivity

30. 3 4 1 2 4 N/A ASUS V.S. MSI B150M-PLUS B150M MORTAR 3. Back I/O
1. M.2 Support
ASUS: YES
MSI: only M.2 Wifi module
Enjoy the incredible
data transfer speed!
2. Intel Lan
ASUS: Intel® I219-V
MSI: N/A
Enjoy faster, smoother gaming experiences!
3. Back I/O
ASUS stainless steel back I/O have a usage life 3x longer compared with ordinary panels
4. USB Type-C
B150M-PLUS support
native USB type C port for convenient connectivity!