MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Review

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Memory Bandwidth

AIDA64

This program has many tools for determining memory bandwidth as well as various latency values.

Memory Read

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Aida64 Memory Benchmark

Obviously, at DDR4 3866MHz, the MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi outstrips the rest of our test systems. It falters just a bit at 3200MHz compared to the Ryzen 9 3900X.

Memory Write

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Aida64 Memory Benchmark

The MSI MPG Z490 delivers here. At both stock and overclocked speeds, it’s faster than the competing 3900X based system and the outgoing 9900K.

Memory Copy

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Aida64 Memory Benchmark

Here, we see excellent numbers from the MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi. Overclocked, it’s a beast. At stock speeds it’s a good deal faster than the Maximus XI APEX, but still slower than the 3900X equipped ASUS Prime X570.

Sandra Memory Bandwidth

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard SiSoft Sandra 2020

Here, we can see the MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi achieved a result of 34.15GB/s at stock speeds and 39.44GB/s overclocked.

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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