MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4 Review

ir_cow

on Oct 20th, 2022,

in Motherboards.

Manufacturer: MSI

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Finished Looks

The MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4 has no onboard RGB lighting at all. In an all black setup, the motherboard is best left in the background allowing the system memory, video card and case lighting to take the show. That's of course only important if color themes are part of a computer setup. Otherwise, it is just a motherboard and aesthetics do not matter.

Test System

Test System
Processor:	Intel Core i9-12900K Intel Core i9-13900K
Memory:	2x 8 GB DDR4-3600 G.SKILL TridentZ NEO
Cooling:	Custom loop: EKWB Quantum Velocity, D5 pump, 480 mm radiator
BIOS Version:	1.22
Graphics Card:	NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti Founder Edition
Harddisk:	1x Neo Forza NFS01 480GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (OS) 1x Neo Forza eSPORTS 1TB NVMe M.2 (data)
Power Supply:	Seasonic PRIME 1000 W Titanium SSR-1000TR
Case:	Primochill Praxis Wetbench
Software:	Windows 11 Pro 64-bit NVIDIA GeForce 512.95 WHQL

Supporting Hardware

Testing is performed with the newest available version of the BIOS at the time of review. All BIOS settings related to the CPU are left untouched. XMP is enabled for the memory. However, if the primary, secondary or tertiary memory timings are incorrectly set by the BIOS, it is tested as-is, to mimic a standard user. The same goes for the CPU. Unless it is a bug in the current BIOS—i.e., not present in other versions—any and all CPU boost parameters are left alone.