Motherboard Performance
Testing the MSI MAG B850 GAMING PLUS MAX WiFi was accomplished using the benchmarks below. The following components were used: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, Corsair Vengeance DDR5 32GB at 6000MT/s (CMH32G5M2D6000C36), MSI Spatium M580 Gen5 NVME, and the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 XT White Gaming Edition graphics card. Comparison results are discussed from the recent reviews of the MSI B850 GAMING PLUS WiFi PZ, as that board is equally outfitted. Below you will find a gallery of result screenshots from our testing protocol and a brief discussion of the results compared to the other motherboard with the same or similar components.
The benchmarks above are very closely aligned with the MAG B850 GAMING PLUS PZ WiFi as you might expect. CrystalDisk and AIDA64 are nearly identical. PCMark10 and 3DMark-CPU are likewise close as well. 3DMark graphics results reflect the difference in GPUs used, while Blender, CinebenchR23 and VRay are very similar. Overall, the performance between these two motherboards is even, as you would expect.
VRM Temperature
In this test, we run Cinebench R23 multicore for 20 minutes minimum and then record the temperatures across the heatsinks using HWInfo64. The CPU temperatures reached a maximum of 91C, 100% utilization and 5500MHz. VRM temperatures averaged 47.6C. There was no thermal throttle and no stability issues encountered.