MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Review

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Rendering Benchmarks Continued

V-Ray Benchmark

V-Ray 4.10.07 was used for this test.

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard V-Ray

This test didn’t surprise me at all given Intel’s core deficit.

Handbrake

This is an encoding using the 1080P fast 30 preset. The only changes made to the application were disabling of GPU acceleration. The video was a 4K video at 4 minutes and 42 seconds in length.

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Handbrake

The Intel systems are rather close here. The increased core count makes little difference until you see the AMD results.

POV-Ray 3.7

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Pov-Ray

We see more of the same in this test with Intel being at a disadvantage. However, we can see that clock speed helps somewhat as the results from our all core overclock were somewhat better than at stock.

Dan Dobrowolski
Dan has been writing motherboard reviews for the past 15 years, with the first decade or so writing for [H}ard|OCP. Dan brings his depth of knowledge about motherboards and their components to his reviews here at The FPS Review to help you select the best one for your needs.

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