Benchmarks
Sandra Dhrystone
In the Sandra CPU Dhrystone test, we see a result of 707.28GFLOPS compared to 730.12GFLOPS while using MSI’s default values. More specifically, with the power limits for the CPU uncapped, we get a considerable boost in performance. Interestingly, despite being a DDR4-based solution on an older chipset, the GIGABYTE Z690 GAMING X is slightly faster than the Z790-P PRO WiFi. Though not by a significant margin.
Sandra Whetstone
This is a strange result. Compared to the older test systems, the MSI Z790-P PRO WiFi is considerably faster. There may have been some issues with the power limits in the older tests, or some other software issue at work here. I cannot say. In any event, the Intel default power limits seem to help ever so slightly compared to the MSI default values here.
V-Ray
In this test, we can see that memory clocks and memory bandwidth are essentially meaningless with both DDR4 and DDR5 systems coming in very close to each other. These results are only a few hundred VSamples apart though the GIGABYTE Z690 GAMING X takes the lead here. Again, the difference is virtually minuscule. MSI’s defaults do provide a slight improvement over the Intel settings but again, it’s hardly a significant improvement.
Cinebench R23 – Single Thread
Unsurprisingly, the results are all within 28 points of each other. The older Z790 APEX has the most divergent result with the GIGABYTE and MSI boards being only two points apart.
Cinebench R23 – Multithread
In this test, we see some of the largest differences we’ve encountered across the benchmarks. Interestingly, the MSI Z790-P PRO WiFi does a bit worse here. Of further note is that there is around an 800-point difference between Intel’s and MSI’s CPU power limits. The Z690 boards both do quite a bit better with the DDR4 board achieving the highest result of 28,483.