MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Review

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Gaming Benchmarks Part 3

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Ghost Recon Breakpoint

Thanks to recently added support and content patches for Ghost Recon, its become quite a good game. Surprisingly, all the test systems are relatively close in performance with averages, minimums, and maximums lining up almost neatly.

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Ghost Recon Breakpoint

Even with the Vulkan renderer, 4K is tough in this game. However, you can clearly see we are entirely GPU limited in this test.

Doom Eternal

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Doom Eternal

This is the first time I’ve tested this game for review purposes. The numbers are a bit surprising. Interestingly, the 10900K achieves the worst minimum FPS when overclocked. The rest of the numbers certainly favor Intel.

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Doom Eternal

Unfortunately, at 4K, the numbers weren’t what we expected. This may be something that clears up when the platform matures.

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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