The MSI MEG X570 Godlike Motherboard Review: Thor's Flagship
by Gavin Bonshor on August 28, 2019 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- AMD
- MSI
- 10G Ethernet
- Ryzen
- PCIe 4.0
- Ryzen 3000
- X570
- X570 Godlike
- MEG
Gaming Performance
For X570 we are running using Windows 10 64-bit with the 1903 update as per our Ryzen 3000 CPU review.
World of Tanks enCore
Albeit different to most of the other commonly played MMO or massively multiplayer online games, World of Tanks is set in the mid-20th century and allows players to take control of a range of military based armored vehicles. World of Tanks (WoT) is developed and published by Wargaming who are based in Belarus, with the game’s soundtrack being primarily composed by Belarusian composer Sergey Khmelevsky. The game offers multiple entry points including a free-to-play element as well as allowing players to pay a fee to open up more features. One of the most interesting things about this tank based MMO is that it achieved eSports status when it debuted at the World Cyber Games back in 2012.
World of Tanks enCore is a demo application for a new and unreleased graphics engine penned by the Wargaming development team. Over time the new core engine will implemented into the full game upgrading the games visuals with key elements such as improved water, flora, shadows, lighting as well as other objects such as buildings. The World of Tanks enCore demo app not only offers up insight into the impending game engine changes, but allows users to check system performance to see if the new engine run optimally on their system.
Grand Theft Auto V
The highly anticipated iteration of the Grand Theft Auto franchise hit the shelves on April 14th 2015, with both AMD and NVIDIA in tow to help optimize the title. GTA doesn’t provide graphical presets, but opens up the options to users and extends the boundaries by pushing even the hardest systems to the limit using Rockstar’s Advanced Game Engine under DirectX 11. Whether the user is flying high in the mountains with long draw distances or dealing with assorted trash in the city, when cranked up to maximum it creates stunning visuals but hard work for both the CPU and the GPU.
For our test we have scripted a version of the in-game benchmark. The in-game benchmark consists of five scenarios: four short panning shots with varying lighting and weather effects, and a fifth action sequence that lasts around 90 seconds. We use only the final part of the benchmark, which combines a flight scene in a jet followed by an inner city drive-by through several intersections followed by ramming a tanker that explodes, causing other cars to explode as well. This is a mix of distance rendering followed by a detailed near-rendering action sequence, and the title thankfully spits out frame time data.
F1 2018
Aside from keeping up-to-date on the Formula One world, F1 2017 added HDR support, which F1 2018 has maintained; otherwise, we should see any newer versions of Codemasters' EGO engine find its way into F1. Graphically demanding in its own right, F1 2018 keeps a useful racing-type graphics workload in our benchmarks.
Aside from keeping up-to-date on the Formula One world, F1 2017 added HDR support, which F1 2018 has maintained. We use the in-game benchmark, set to run on the Montreal track in the wet, driving as Lewis Hamilton from last place on the grid. Data is taken over a one-lap race.
116 Comments
View All Comments
web2dot0 - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
At this price. Get an Epyc 7302P and an MB that goes with it. 128Lanes of PCIE4.0.DigitalFreak - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
But then you are missing out on the wonderful RGBeees!Kevin G - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
The Ryzen parts should run at higher clocks than the low core count Epyc chips so there is a bit of a performance trade off. If that is acceptable and/or you need lots of fast IO, a low core count Epyc system would indeed be the better choice in this price range. The big catch is that Epyc server boards don't have things like on board audio which is pretty much expected for consumer parts.The real varible will be where the next Thread Ripper parts land in cores, clocks and dollars.
austinsguitar - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
that rear io is NOT ACCEPTABLE!Orange_Swan - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
yeah, that's what i was thinkingAndy Chow - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
Finally a x570 board that does not have HDMI/DP ports which are completely ridiculous for 80%+ of people buying rizen CPUs. However, they replace that by nothing. Dual Realtek ALC1220 HD? No one will use that. And five (5!!!!) usb ports? How much is that board again?Tunnah - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
lol holy crap, check the difference between game boost 2 and 11. Povray 4613, 172w. For an extra 5% performance you need 36c, 0.25v, and 100w, or about 60% more, power!They really did squeeze all they could out of this. I wish people would get past the clock speeds, or voltages, or power usage, etc. differences and just focus on the performance PER clock PER watt. This is just an exciting time for CPUs, and doubly exciting as a consumer!
hansmuff - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
If I'm gonna spend that amount, I want to fan-free Gigabyte board.yetanotherhuman - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Right?Qasar - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
have you even heard the fan on the board ?? unless you have.. complaining about the fan, is moot, as the noise it makes, may be drowned out, buy the other fans in your system.