NZXT N7 Z690 Motherboard Review

Brandon Dodman / 2 years ago

Gaming Performance

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

All of our boards got a clear pass in this test, but when we look more closely we see that the N7 had performance at the higher end of the spectrum.

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.

DDR4 was once again a deciding factor here but it didn’t end up affecting the scores that much. The N7 wasn’t at the top of the DDR4 boards but was only a single frame per second slower.

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 FPS in Metro is still in the place we would expect it to be, but the N7 did end up on the lower end of the scores once again.

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.

World of tanks is another title that sees very small improvements from a change of motherboard. The scores are all very similar but the N7 does end up low down in the chart.