Intel® 800 Series Chipset Family Platform Controller Hub (PCH)

Datasheet, Volume 1 of 2

ID Date Version Classification
833778 01/07/2025 Public
Document Table of Contents

SKU Definition

Desktop PCH SKUs

Features H810 B860 Q870 Z890
PCH IO Capabilities
DMI Gen 4 x4 Gen 4 x4 Gen 4 x8 Gen 4 x8
Maximum SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 4 4 8 8
Maximum PCIe* Gen4 Lanes 8 14 20 24
Total USB 2.0 Ports 10 12 14 14
Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 (5 Gb/s) 4 6 10 10
Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10 Gb/s) 2 4 8 10
Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gb/s) 0 2 4 5
Intel® CSME Firmware Intel® CSME 19 Consumer Intel® CSME 19 Consumer Intel® CSME 19 Corporate Intel® CSME 19 Consumer
eSPI Chip Select 2 2 4 4
PCIe* RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 Support NO NO YES YES
SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 Support YES YES YES YES
Processor IO Capabilities with PCH Pairing 1
Processor Thunderbolt™ 4 / USB4* Ports 1 1 Up to 2 Up to 2
IA & BCLK Overclocking NO NO NO YES
Memory Overclocking NO YES NO YES
Processor PCI Express 5.0 Lanes Configuration Support 1 x 16 1 x 16 + 1 x 4 1 x 16 + 1 x 4 or 2 x 8 + 1 x 4 or 1 x 8 + 3 x 4 1 x 16 + 1 x 4 or 2 x 8 + 1 x 4 or 1 x 8 + 3 x 4
Processor PCI Express 4.0 Lanes Configuration Support NO NO 1 x 4 1 x 4
System Memory Channels/DPC 2/1 2/2 2/2 2/2
ECC Memory NO NO NO NO
Number of Simultaneous Independent Displays Supported 3 4 4 4
Notes:
  1. These are not features of the PCH, but rather pertain to the processor when paired with a specific PCH SKU.

Mobile PCH SKUs

Features WM880 HM870
PCH IO Capabilities
DMI DMI Gen 4 x8 DMI Gen 4 x8
Maximum SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 8 8
Maximum PCIe* Gen4 Lanes 24 24
Total USB 2.0 Ports 14 14
Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 (5 Gb/s) 10 10
Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10 Gb/s) 10 10
Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gb/s) 5 5
Intel® CSME Firmware Intel® CSME 19 Consumer and Corporate Intel® CSME 19 Consumer
eSPI Chip Select 4 4
PCIe* RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 Support YES YES
SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 Support YES YES
Processor IO Capabilities with PCH Pairing 1
Integrated Thunderbolt Lanes N/A N/A
IA & BCLK Overclocking NO YES
Memory Overclocking NO YES
Processor PCI Express 5.0 Lanes Configuration Support 1 x 16 + 1 x 4 or 2 x 8 + 1 x 4 or 1 x 8 + 3 x 4 1 x 16 + 1 x 4 or 2 x 8 + 1 x 4 or 1 x 8 + 3 x 4
Processor PCI Express 4.0 Lanes Configuration Support 1 x 4 1 x 4
System Memory Channels/DPC 2 2
ECC Memory YES NO
Number of Simultaneous Independent Displays Supported 4 4
Notes:
  1. These are not features of the PCH, but rather pertain to the processor when paired with a specific PCH SKU.

Workstation PCH SKUs

Features W880 (entry-level workstation)
PCH IO Capablities
DMI DMI Gen 4 x8
Maximum SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 8
Maximum PCIe* Gen4 Lanes 24
Total USB 2.0 Ports 14
Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 (5 Gb/s) 10
Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10 Gb/s) 10
Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gb/s) 5
Intel® CSME Firmware Intel® CSME 19 Corporate
eSPI Chip Select 4
PCIe* RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 Support YES
SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 Support YES
Processor IO Capabilities with PCH Pairing 1
Processor Thunderbolt™ 4 / USB4* Ports Up to 2
IA & BCLK Overclocking NO
Memory Overclocking YES
Processor PCI Express 5.0 Lanes Configuration Support 1 x 16 + 1 x 4 or 2 x 8 + 1 x 4 or 1 x 8 + 3 x 4
Processor PCI Express 4.0 Lanes Configuration Support 1 x 4
System Memory Channels/DPC 2/2
ECC Memory YES
Number of Simultaneous Independent Displays Supported 4
Notes:
  1. These are not features of the PCH, but rather pertain to the processor when paired with as specific PCH SKU.

Desktop PCH HSIO Details

Flex I/O Lane H810 B860 1 Q870 Z890
0 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #1
1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #2 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #2 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #2 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #2
2 USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 #3 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #3 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #2 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #3 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #2 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #3 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #2
3 USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 #4 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #4 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #4 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #4
4 Not Available Not Available USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 #5 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #5 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #3
5 Not Available Not Available USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 #6 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #6
6 Not Available Not Available USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #7 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #4 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #7 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #4
7 Not Available Not Available USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #8 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #8
8 Not Available USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 #9 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #9 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #5 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #9 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #5
9 Not Available USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 #10 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #10 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #10
10 PCIe* #1 PCIe #1 PCIe #1 PCIe #1
11 PCIe #2 PCIe #2 PCIe #2 PCIe #2
12 PCIe #3;GbE PCIe #3;GbE PCIe #3;GbE PCIe #3;GbE
13 PCIe #4 PCIe #4 PCIe #4 PCIe #4
14 PCIe #5 PCIe #5 PCIe #5 PCIe #5
15 PCIe #6 PCIe #6 PCIe #6 PCIe #6
16 PCIe #7;GbE PCIe #7;GbE PCIe #7;GbE PCIe #7;GbE
17 PCIe #8 PCIe #8 PCIe #8 PCIe #8
18 Not Available Not Available Not Available PCIe #9
19 Not Available Not Available Not Available PCIe #10
20 Not Available Not Available Not Available PCIe #11
21 Not Available Not Available Not Available PCIe #12
22 Not Available Not Available PCIe #13;SATA #0 PCIe #13;SATA #0
23 Not Available Not Available PCIe #14;SATA #1 PCIe #14;SATA #1
24 GbE PCIe #15;GbE PCIe #15;SATA #2;GbE PCIe #15;SATA #2;GbE
25 Not Available PCIe #16 PCIe #16;SATA #3 PCIe #16;SATA #3
26 SATA #4 SATA #4 PCIe #17;SATA #4 PCIe #17;SATA #4
27 SATA #5 SATA #5 PCIe #18;SATA #5 PCIe #18;SATA #5
28 SATA #6 SATA #6 PCIe #19;SATA #6 PCIe #19;SATA #6
29 SATA #7 SATA #7 PCIe #20;SATA #7 PCIe #20;SATA #7
30 Not Available PCIe #21 PCIe #21 PCIe #21
31 Not Available PCIe #22 PCIe #22 PCIe #22
32 Not Available PCIe #23 PCIe #23 PCIe #23
33 Not Available PCIe #24 PCIe #24 PCIe #24
34 Not Available Not Available DMI #7 DMI #7
35 Not Available Not Available DMI #6 DMI #6
36 Not Available Not Available DMI #5 DMI #5
37 Not Available Not Available DMI #4 DMI #4
38 DMI #3 DMI #3 DMI #3 DMI #3
39 DMI #2 DMI #2 DMI #2 DMI #2
40 DMI #1 DMI #1 DMI #1 DMI #1
41 DMI #0 DMI #0 DMI #0 DMI #0
Notes:
  1. For the PCH-S B860 SKU, the PCIe Controller #4 associated PCIe Lanes 13 and 14 are not available. If used this Controller must only route PCIe Lanes 15 and/or 16 and the Controller configuration mode must be set accordingly to any configuration other than 1x4 or 1x4 Lane Reversal.

Mobile PCH HSIO Details

Flex I/O Lane WM880 HM870
0 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #1
1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #2 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #2
2 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #3 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #2 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #3 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #2
3 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #4 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #4
4 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #5 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #3 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #5 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #3
5 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #6 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #6
6 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #7 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #4 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #7 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #4
7 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #8 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #8
8 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #9 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #5 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #9 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #5
9 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #10 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #10
10 PCIe* #1 PCIe #1
11 PCIe #2 PCIe #2
12 PCIe #3;GbE PCIe #3;GbE
13 PCIe #4 PCIe #4
14 PCIe #5 PCIe #5
15 PCIe #6 PCIe #6
16 PCIe #7;GbE PCIe #7;GbE
17 PCIe #8 PCIe #8
18 PCIe #9 PCIe #9
19 PCIe #10 PCIe #10
20 PCIe #11 PCIe #11
21 PCIe #12 PCIe #12
22 PCIe #13;SATA #0 PCIe #13;SATA #0
23 PCIe #14;SATA #1 PCIe #14;SATA #1
24 PCIe #15;SATA #2;GbE PCIe #15;SATA #2;GbE
25 PCIe #16;SATA #3 PCIe #16;SATA #3
26 PCIe #17;SATA #4 PCIe #17;SATA #4
27 PCIe #18;SATA #5 PCIe #18;SATA #5
28 PCIe #19;SATA #6 PCIe #19;SATA #6
29 PCIe #20;SATA #7 PCIe #20;SATA #7
30 PCIe #21 PCIe #21
31 PCIe #22 PCIe #22
32 PCIe #23 PCIe #23
33 PCIe #24 PCIe #24
34 DMI #7 DMI #7
35 DMI #6 DMI #6
36 DMI #5 DMI #5
37 DMI #4 DMI #4
38 DMI #3 DMI #3
39 DMI #2 DMI #2
40 DMI #1 DMI #1
41 DMI #0 DMI #0

Workstation PCH HSIO Details

Flex I/O Lane W880 (entry-level workstation)
0 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #1
1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #2
2 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #3 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #2
3 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #4
4 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #5 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #3
5 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #6
6 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #7 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #4
7 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #8
8 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #9 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 #5
9 USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 #10
10 PCIe* #1
11 PCIe #2
12 PCIe #3;GbE
13 PCIe #4
14 PCIe #5
15 PCIe #6
16 PCIe #7;GbE
17 PCIe #8
18 PCIe #9
19 PCIe #10
20 PCIe #11
21 PCIe #12
22 PCIe #13;SATA #0
23 PCIe #14;SATA #1
24 PCIe #15;SATA #2;GbE
25 PCIe #16;SATA #3
26 PCIe #17;SATA #4
27 PCIe #18;SATA #5
28 PCIe #19;SATA #6
29 PCIe #20;SATA #7
30 PCIe #21
31 PCIe #22
32 PCIe #23
33 PCIe #24
34 DMI #7
35 DMI #6
36 DMI #5
37 DMI #4
38 DMI #3
39 DMI #2
40 DMI #1
41 DMI #0