Once this person gets older, he will lose all his limbs and will be tired and slumped on the ground for a long time if he removes the motherboard. So now I don’t like to exchange the motherboards over and over again, as long as it can be used. But it cannot stand the motherboard manufacturers of each generation of Intel updated products have to come up with supporting boards. A few days ago, the first-tier manufacturer MSI sent another box to me. This time it was not my teammate, but this thing:
This is a box of MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI DDR4 motherboards. In each generation of installation configuration list, MSI's blade motherboard is a hot product. How much has this generation of Z790 changed compared to Z690? In terms of chipset design, the improvement of Z790 compared to Z690 is mainly reflected in the number of PCIE channels. The number of PCI-E4.0 channels increased from 12 of Z690 to 20, and conversely, the number of PCI-E 3.0 channels changed from 16 to 8. I am very proficient in balancing. The number of USB3.2 with a rate of 20Gbps has increased by 1, and other aspects remain the same.
MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI DDR4, this is a new motherboard launched by MSI after the launch of the 13th generation Core. Using a brand new design language, the heat sink imitates the parallel folding design of the stealth fighter, and the digital EDGE logo and chipset characteristic description have been added to both the M.2 heat sink and the PCH heat sink.
In terms of details, the CPU-powered heatsink of MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI DDR4 blade motherboard has more cutting layers, and theoretically the heat dissipation efficiency has also been improved.
However, the closed part above the main power supply armor of the Z690 blade is open on the MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI DDR4, which should be for the sake of cooling.
power supply is still 16+1+1, but MOS is said to have been upgraded, each item has been increased from 75A to 90A. Compared with
IO, Z790 not only retains the original one-click clear BIOS settings, but also adds a one-click update BIOS button to facilitate players to upgrade. At the same time, one has been added to the Type-C interface.
For players to reduce unnecessary time during the installation process, MSI has changed the traditional double screw design on the M2_1 heat sink to a unique downward bayonet + fixed column design. Just lightly press the bayonet and the heat sink will pop out, then lift the heat sink and install M.2.
Z690 to Z790, 0 improvement or?
I will use the Z690 blade to match the factory BIOS settings to compare the performance of MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI DDR4, which is also the default BIOS.
just received the new generation of i9 processor sent by Intel, so the CPU used in comparison is Intel's latest generation of i9-13900K. Compared with the 12th generation Core, the cache is 50% higher than that of the 13th generation Core, and the second-level cache is as high as 32MB. At the same time, the turbo frequency of the i9-13900K is up to 5.8GHz, but to achieve this automatic turbo frequency, a relatively excellent water cooling is required.
The memory used in the test is Asgartroo W3, with two 8GB capacity, the default XMP is 3200MHz, and it uses Samsung particles. The light guide bar is a unique imitation water-cooled dream light guide bar. The graphics card used for
test is Asus RTX3070 8G Megalodon, the graphics card has a 2x8pin interface and a 3-fan design, and the use strength is relatively low.
The picture below shows the lighting effect after installation. The water cooling is overclocked three. The Julang 360 ARGB integrated water cooling is an entry-level positioning.
If you look at the paper specification sheet, if you change to Z690, it is indeed 0 improvement. But if there is an improvement, it is better. So I tested it on the computer. The test items include wPrime, y-cruncher single-core performance, R20, R23 and memory latency. The results are as follows:
Intel 13th generation Core, which adopts a new generation of 10nm process technology since 14nm, and the transistor density is increased by 2.7 times compared to the 14nm process. With such excellent technology, the gap between the 13th generation Core is as high as 222% compared to the 11th generation Core i9, which is only one generation.
From the test results, the Z790 has improved computing and rendering between 1% and 8% compared to the Z690. I personally believe that the reason why replacing the motherboard can improve CPU performance is mostly due to the fact that MSI provides greater current for each power supply of the CPU, which allows the CPU performance to be fully utilized. Although the improvement is not too much, considering that this is just a replacement of the motherboard and it is free to get performance. I still know whether it is worth it. I won’t talk about it.
Double Eleven is approaching. MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI DDR4 Blade Motherboard is a popular option in the DIY industry. I don’t need to bring goods at all. You only need to look at the right coupons in the past few days. I’ve found the final purchase price of several platforms for you to refer to:
