MSI MEG Z690 GODLIKE Motherboard Review

Gaming Perfomance

We use a few different Gaming benchmarks to test real-world performance of the components we are testing; We keep all of the hardware the same for each test, only swapping out the component we are testing for a fair test. For motherboard testing, we use the high presets for our games, set to 1080p.

Unigine Superposition

Unigine Superposition has the Godlike at the top of the list, performing better than every other board we tested with a relatively large jump in score over the next best performer.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Experience Lara Croft’s defining moment as she becomes the Tomb Raider. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lara must master a deadly jungle, overcome terrifying tombs, and persevere through her darkest hour. As she races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, Lara will ultimately be forged into the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.

Available now on Steam.

Like in Unigine the Godlike is again at the top of the list but has a smaller gap from the board below it, which was previously in the lower half of the results.

Metro Exodus

Metro Exodus is a first-person shooter video game developed by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver. It is the third instalment in the Metro video game trilogy based on Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novels, following the events of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light. It was released in 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Stadia and in 2020 for Amazon Luna. A Linux and macOS conversion was released in 2021. An enhanced version of the game was released for Microsoft Windows on May 6, 2021, and was later released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on June 18, 2021.

Available now on the Epic Game Store and Steam

The Godlike has fallen from grace in Metro Exodus, it was once at the top and is now at the bottom, after the two previous tests this comes as a surprise to me, I didn’t expect that the Godlike could hold top position through all our gaming tests but such a dramatic drop in performance comes out of nowhere.

World Of Tanks

World of Tanks enCore RT is the demo of the updated Core graphics engine. It will let you know how well your PC will perform in World of Tanks with the updated Core engine.

Available now here.

Without Ray Tracing enabled the Godlike sits in the exact middle of everything we tested but is above the average score, this is because of the lowest scoring board is so low that it offsets the average score by quite a bit; if we ignore the lowest score and use just the other boards then the Godlike falls below average.

The Godlike goes up in the ranks here and sits above the average score, but this time there are two outliers in score on the low end so ignoring them for a more even average isn’t entirely fair, but in case you are wondering, ignoring the two outliers brings the Godlike below average.