Intel Z790 Motherboard MEGA Review Ft. MSI MEG ACE, ASRock Taichi Carrara, ASRock Steel Legend & Gigabyte AERO G

3DMark Time Spy CPU Performance

3DMark Time Spy is a widely popular video card benchmark test for Windows that is designed to measure your PC’s gaming performance. While the overall benchmark is great, the utility also provides a good indication of the CPU performance.

3DMark TimeSpy CPU (Higher is Better)
CPU Score
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MSI MEG Z790 ACE

22.7k
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

22.6k
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

22.7k
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

22.6k
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

22.6k

Blender

Blender is a free and open-source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, and even video editing and game creation.

Blender 2.8 (Lower is Better)
Render Time
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MSI MEG Z790 ACE

64.6
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

64.6
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

64.7
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

64.6
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

64.9

Cinebench R20

Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s hardware capabilities. Improvements to Cinebench Release 20 reflect the overall advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years, providing a more accurate measurement of Cinema 4D’s ability to take advantage of multiple CPU cores and modern processor features available to the average user.

Cinebench R20 (Higher is Better)
Single-Thread
Multi-Thread
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MSI MEG Z790 ACE

878
14.6k
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

878
14.6k
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

878
14.6k
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

878
14.6k
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

878
14.6k

Cinebench R23

Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s hardware capabilities. Improvements to Cinebench Release 20 reflect the overall advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years, providing a more accurate measurement of Cinema 4D’s ability to take advantage of multiple CPU cores and modern processor features available to the average user.

Cinebench R23 (Higher is Better)
Single-Thread
Multi-Thread
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42000
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7000
14000
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42000
MSI MEG Z790 ACE

2.3k
39.1k
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

2.3k
39.1k
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

2.3k
39.1k
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

2.3k
39k
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

2.3k
39k

CPU-Z

CPUz is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system such as the Processor name and number, codename, process, package, cache levels, Mainboard, and chipset, Memory type, size, timings, and module specifications (SPD), and Real-time measurement of each core’s internal frequency, memory frequency.

CPU-z (Higher is Better)
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MSI MEG Z790 ACE

899
17k
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

899
17k
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

897
16.9k
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

898
17k
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

897
17k

Geekbench 5

Geekbench 5, the latest major upgrade to Primate Labs’ easy-to-use cross-platform benchmark, is now available for download. Geekbench 5 allows you to measure your system’s power more accurately than ever before.

Geekbench 5 (Higher is Better)
Single-Thread
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MSI MEG Z790 ACE

2.4k
23.9k
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

2.4k
23.9k
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

2.4k
23.9k
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

2.4k
23.3k
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

2.4k
23.9k

HandBrake

HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.

Handbrake (Higher is Better)
4K H264 (Higher is Better)
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24
MSI MEG Z790 ACE

21.5
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

21.2
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

21.4
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

21.3
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

21.2

PCMark 10

PCMark 10 is a complete PC benchmarking solution for Windows 10. It includes several tests that combine individual workloads covering storage, computation, image and video manipulation, web browsing, and gaming. Specifically designed for the full range of PC hardware from netbooks and tablets to notebooks and desktops, PCMark 10 offers complete Windows PC performance testing for home and business use.

PCMark 10 (Higher is Better)
Overall CPU Score (Higher is Better)
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MSI MEG Z790 ACE

13.9k
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

13.9k
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

13.9k
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

13.9k
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

13.9k

POV-Ray

The POV-Ray package includes detailed instructions on using the ray-tracer and creating scenes. Many stunning scenes are included with POV-Ray so you can start creating images immediately when you get the package.

POV-Ray 3.7 (Higher is Better)
Multi-Thread Score
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MSI MEG Z790 ACE

97
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

97
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

97
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

98
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

97

SuperPI

Super PI is used by many overclockers to test the performance and stability of their computers. In the overclocking community, the standard program provides a benchmark for enthusiasts to compare “world record” pi calculation times and demonstrate their overclocking abilities. The program can also be used to test the stability of a certain overclock speed.

SuperPi 32M (Lower is Better)
Time in Seconds (Lower is Better)
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1
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6
MSI MEG Z790 ACE

4.7
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

4.7
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

4.7
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

4.7
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

4.7

WinRAR

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP, and other files downloaded from the Internet, and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.

Winrar  (Lower is Better)
File Compression (Time)
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3
6
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18
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18
MSI MEG Z790 ACE

14.3
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

14.3
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

14.3
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

14.2
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

14.2

V-Ray Render Benchmark

V-Ray  Benchmark is a free standalone application to test how fast your system renders. Three custom-built test scenes are also included to put each V-Ray 5 render engine through its paces.

V-Ray (Higher is Better)
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MSI MEG Z790 ACE

27.3k
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara

27.3k
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO

27.3k
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi

27.3k
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G

27.3k