USB 3.1（SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps）is a new specification based on USB 3.0 and its 3 modes all have performance of 10 Gbps including Type-A, Type-B and newly designed Type-C. The standard Type-A interface is used widely at present and Micro-B is mainly applied by smartphone as well as tablet. Moreover, the newly designed Type-C is adopted in thinner and smaller device.

ASUS exhibited two motherboards with USB 3.1 – codenamed Shadowcat (mini-ITX) and Quicksilver (ATX). These two LGA1150 motherboards used Z97 chipset featuring USB 3.1 support courtesy of an ASMedia controller, offer maximum transfer rates of 10 Gbps and up to 100 W for connected devices.

Slight lead over Asus, MSI showcased the industry's first motherboard featuring 10 Gbps USB 3.1 ports, it also used LGA1150 socket and based on Intel's Z97 Express chipset, and uses a third-party ASMedia controller for two USB 3.1 ports. The controller is wired to the PCH over PCI-Express 2.0 x2.

The 2 above motherboards has not confirmed launch time yet but expect to be announced by year end.