Finished Looks

The MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi aesthetic is the common neutral black mixed with green accents on the chipset and M.2 heatsinks. When powered on, the MSI dragon logo and "Carbon" have full RGB support, allowing the user to change it to anything they desire.


This review is in part only possible thanks to ADATA, who provided the motherboard, and it was supposed to be paired with their XPG Lancer DDR5-5200 memory kit. A bit of miscommunication on my part ended with the memory being reviewed on a different motherboard, and this review using a different memory kit. As such, I will sneak in my quick thoughts on the paring right now. Overall, the XPG Lancer DDR5-5200 memory is well-suited for the MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi as there are no issues to report, and if you are interested in detailed in-dept review, it can be found by following this ADATA XPG Lancer DDR5-5200 2x 16 GB review link.

Test System

Supporting Hardware

Testing is performed with the newest available version of the BIOS at the time. 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.