MSI MEG Z690 GODLIKE Motherboard Review

CPU Performance

To test the CPU performance in our motherboard reviews, we use a variety of software that can test both single-core and multi-core performance in different ways. While these tests are aimed at the processor more than the motherboard, it does give us a chance to analyse the power delivery that’s being fed directly to the socket and the components that are needed on the motherboard for the CPU to perform at the highest level possible.

Tests that are run include CPU specific tests, along with render based benchmarks and calculation tests that give us the very best idea of how a specific board compares with the competition when using the same hardware

Cinebench R23

Cinebench R23 has consistent results, the Godlike remains in the fourth last place going from the single-threaded test to the multi-threaded test, and while consistency can be good, it’s less good when the constant is below average.

The Godlike fared better in the single test than in the multi-test; losing two places, including to MSIs own MPG Gaming Carbon WIFI and only managing to beat the boards that use DDR4 memory instead of DDR5.

Compression & Decompression

Results in 7-Zip aren’t the best, with compression being slightly better than decompression, and only managing to beat 1 board in both tests, the board it beats also happens to be one of the two DDR4 boards we tested. This is actually a negative for the board’s results as most users will be doing decompression much more than they will be doing compression.

Rendering

In Blender the results are tied with three other boards, including one of our DDR4 boards, for second-worst, losing by 0.03 seconds to the two boards taking the top position.

Corona has the Godlike tied with the ROG Maximus Extreme for the worst result. The good news for the Godlike here though is that the results are so close that in practice you would never actually notice these differences, so the slower render times aren’t going to be a large concern for these boards as they are all within 0.05 seconds of each other in the test.

Calculation Performance

In WPrime the Godlike is in third place with a huge margin between it and the ROG Maximus Extreme in fourth place. MSI’s own MPG Gaming Carbon WIFI is on top, however, making it look like MSI are shaming themselves.

The Carbon WIFI is still on top in this test, but the Godlike has fallen some places here while Gigabyte gains a sizable lead over the Godlike and even the MSI MAG Tomahawk which was previously second place.