MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk Wi-Fi DDR4 Motherboard

The MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk Wi-Fi DDR4 Motherboard supports 12th/13th Gen Intel Core processors, Pentium Gold and Celeron processors and LGA 1700 sockets, features up to 4 x DDR4 memory slots, PCI-E 5.0, 4.0 and 3.0 compatible expansion slots, 4 x M.2 slots, 7 x SATA ports (6Gb/s), 10 x rear USB ports, 7 x front panel USB header ports, Intel 2.5Gbps LAN, 8-channel 7.1 HD audio with Audio Boost 5 and an ATX motherboard form factor.

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Features

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Exclusive Feature

Core Boost Technology

With premium layout design, that is ready for unleashing the maximum performance.

6 Layer PCB with 2oz Thickened Copper

6 layer PCB with 2oz thickened copper provides higher performance and long-lasting system stability without any compromise

16+1+1 Duet Rail Power System

An aggressive digital VRM power design with digital PWM IC and 16 Duet Rail Power System with 70A Smart Power Stage, make sure your system runs smoothly under the most extreme conditions.

PCle Steel Armour

Protecting VGA cards against bending and EMI for better performance, stability and strength.

Premium Thermal Solution

Extended Heatsink

MSI extended heatsink and enhanced circuit design ensures even high-end processors to run in full speed.

M.2 Shield Frozr

Strengthened built-in M.2 thermal solution. Keeps M.2 SSDs safe while preventing throttling, making them run faster.

Pump Fan Support

Control watercooling pump speeds for best flow and noise control.

Heatsinks with 7W/mK Thermal Pad

7W/mK thermal pad provides better heat transfer to the heatsink.

High-Speed Transmission

2.5G Network Solution

Featuring premium 2.5G LAN with LAN manager delivers better network experience.

Wi-Fi 6E

The latest wireless solution supports MU-MIMO and BSS colour technology, delivering speeds up to 2400Mbps.

Audio Boost 5

ALC4080 Codec with top quality caps for the most immersive gaming experience.

Memory Boost

The fully isolated DDR circuit to deliver pure data signals for the best gaming and overclocking performance.

Lightning Gen 5 Solution

The latest Gen 5 PCI-E slots with up to 128GB/s bandwidth for maximum transfer speed.

Premium Hardware Design

With years of experience, MSI is no stranger to building high-performance motherboards. Our R&D and engineering teams have reviewed countless designs, evaluated a wide selection of high quality components, and developed products for reliability even under extreme conditions.

Cooling

Extended Heatsink Design

Thermal Solution for More Cores and Higher Performance

With more cores’ processors, thermal and power design is more important to make sure the temperature keeps lower. MSI extended PWM heatsink and enhanced circuit design ensures even high-end Intel CPU to run in full speed with MSI motherboards.

Fully Fan Control

Fully Controllable in BIOS and Software

MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans. Total Fan Control allows you check your primary system characteristics in a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.

Autodetect DC or PWM Mode with Hysteresis

MSI fan headers automatically detect fans running in DC or PWM mode for optimal tuning of fan speeds and silence. Hysteresis also makes your fans spin up fluently to make sure your system stays silent, no matter what.

MSI:

• Smooth fan speeds
• Smooth sound levels

Others:

• Spiking fan speeds
• Annoying sound levels

M.2 Shield FROZR

World’s fastest SSDs can start to lower performance when getting hot. Part of the motherboards heatsink design, M.2 SHIELD FROZR is the next generation M.2 thermal solution to avoid this by offering the best thermal protection to make sure that SSD maintains maximum performance.

With MSI M.2 Shield FROZR

• Prevents throttling
• Maximizes drive performance
• Higher maximum SSD speeds

Normal M.2 SSD

*performance vary by model configuration

FROZR AI Cooling

Detecting CPU & GPU temperatures and automatically adjusting fan duty of system fans to a proper value by adopting MSI AI ENGINE.

• Performance mode
• Silent mode
• Manual mode

System Cooling

DIY 2.0 – Integrating with the System Environment

Connect and synchronize with MSI coolers and cases with strategically positioned pin-header locations including a dedicated pump-fan header.

• For CPU Cooler
• For Waterblock Cooler
• For Top System Fan
• For Front System Fan
• For Rear System Fan

Optimized for Water Cooling

Designed to support the most popular All-In-One & customized water cooling solutions on the market. A dedicated water pump PIN header supports up to 3 amp, giving you full control of the water pump speed. A clearly marked ‘keep-out-zone’ allows for easy and safe installation and a perfect fit.

Power Solution

Structure

16 + 1 +1 Duet Rail Power System

Unleash and sustain maximum performance with an aggressive VRM design built with digital CPU power system. Combining 8 + 8-pin power connectors and exclusive Core Boost technology, MAG series motherboard is ready to sustain heavy gaming loadings.

• 8+8 Pin CPU Power connectors
• 16 Duet Rail CPU Power System SPS 70A
• 1 phase GT Power
• 1 phase AUX Power
• Digital PWM IC

Core Boost

Core Boost technology combines MSI’s premium layout and digital power design which allows for faster and undistorted current delivery to the CPU at pin-point precision. Not only supporting multi-core CPU, also creating the perfect conditions for your CPU overclocking.

Game Boost

1-Second Overclocking!

MSI Game Boost enables one-second overclocking, giving you the performance boost you need to get more FPS.

More for Performance

Load-Line Calibration

What you set, is what you get. LLC makes sure your CPU voltage remains 100% stable under any load. This greatly improves stability when demanding more CPU performance.

Overvoltage Protection

Prevents potential short-circuit damage to the CPU and other critical components.

Digital Power Design

A fully digital power design allows for faster and undistorted current delivery to the CPU at pin-point precision. Creating the perfect conditions for CPU overclocking.

Double Power Connectors

Two 8-pin connectors deliver adequate power even for an overclocked multi-core CPU.

DIY Friendly

Pre-Installed IO Shield

Featuring the pre-installed IO shield, makes your installation process easier and safer. The patent-pending design protect your IO ports and also prevent electrostatic discharge damage, makes your motherboard a strong gaming foundation.

Keep Out Zone

MSI motherboards circuitry ensure the case standoff keep out zones are pure and clean, preventing any component contact or damage to the motherboard.

*Please ensure to remove the unnecessary mounting stand- off when installing the motherboard into the case.

Avoid Collision Notification

Protective paint is printed around each screw hole to prevent parts from being scratched.

More User Friendly Enhancements

XL Clip

The enlarged PCI-E clip helps you swap or remove your devices easier. Keep the PCI-E slot stronger and safer.

EZ Debug LED

Run into trouble? Onboard LEDs for key components will indicate the source of the problem so you know exactly where to look to get up and running again.

EZ LED Control

A built-in LED button on the motherboard to control your light effect. Turn on/off your light in a second!

EZ M.2 Clip

Have trouble turning screws? MSI innovative EZ M.2 clip assist you install an M.2 SSD quickly and effortlessly.

Customization Stickers

DIY Gadgets

With these useful accessories, you will build up your system more easily.

• Heatsink Deco Stickers
• Battery Stickers
• Design Your Own Pattern

Protection

PCB Design

The PCB design has been optimized for higher bandwidth and faster transfer speeds, which is also beneficial for reliable circuit transmission.

• 6 PCB layers
• IT-170 Server-grade PCB material
• 2oz Thickened Copper

Steel Armour

Fortify Your System With PCI-E Steel Armour

MSI PCI Express Steel Armour slots are secured to the motherboard with extra solder points and support the weight of heavy graphics cards. When every advantage in games counts, Steel Armour shields the point of contact from electromagnetic interference.

• Reinforced, Heavy Soldered Connections

Double ESD Protection

Ultimate Motherboard Protection

Double ESD protection doubles up the grounding layer around the mounting holes, preventing static discharge surges from damaging the motherboard.

• msi - Double ESD Protection - Best
• Brand A - Single ESD Protection - Average
• Brand G - Semi ESD Protection - Poor

Certification

Windows 11 Certified

• With MSI you benefit from great compatibility and a worry-free user experience when using Microsoft Windows 11
• With a true dedication to performance, our R&D team has made sure everything works as intended when using the latest version of Microsoft Windows on any MSI product.
• Windows 11 Compatible
• TPM 2.0

Certified for Gaming

MSI motherboards has been built and tweaked for hardcore gaming. Feedback from the world’s best esports players and rigorous testing sessions with demanding PC games has resulted in a motherboard that’s both powerful and reliable.

Enhanced Performance

High performance MSI motherboards are loaded with advanced features and the latest technology to overwhelm any challenge at hand no matter whether you’re a gamer, prosumer, or PC enthusiast.

Lightning Gen 5 PCI-E

MSI Lightning Gen 5 PCI-E represents the bandwidth of a x16 interface to 128GB/s, which is double of the speed of the previous generation.

SMT PCIE 5.0 Slot

MSI motherboards adopted the advanced SMT(Surface Mount Technology) PCI-E slot to diminish interference and electrical noise, fully supporting higher bandwidth and faster transfer speeds of PCI-E 5.0 signal.

Storage Overview

Fast and Future-Ready Storage

MSI Z690 motherboards support all the latest storage standards, which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Higher efficiency makes your work easier.

• 3x Lightning Gen 4 M.2 64 Gbps
• 1x M.2 32 Gbps
• 6x 6 Gbps

Optane

Optane: Boost Your HDD to Perform Like an SSD

PC Enthusiasts can now enjoy the performance of an SSD on their HDD by coupling it with the new Intel® Optane™ Memory device. Intel® Optane™ technology provides an unparalleled combination of high throughput, low latency, high quality of service, and high endurance.

Memory

Memory Boost

Extreme Stability & Compatibility Testing

MSI conducts thorough memory testing with the most popular memory brands under extreme conditions to ensure your system runs stable no matter what. Our memory partners include brands like Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, G.Skill and many more to optimize memory modules, configurations and even improve overclocking.

Enhancement

A Huge Step of DDR Performance

MSI OC LAB does not merely work hard on extreme overclocking. The XMP memory profile has great improvement on performance and efficiency for Z690. Easy to enable XMP profile with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability.

XMP

Easy Overclocking with A-XMP Profile

The XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles) in MSI BIOS are tested and certified by MSI OC LAB. It is easy to enable with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability.

BIOS & Software

Click BIOS 5

Get more from a loaded BIOS designed for ease of use. Fine-tune the motherboard for gaming performance, efficiency, or overclocking world records!

• EZ-Mode
• Advanced Mode

XMP

Choose from a preset XMP profile and automatically overclock compatible DDR memory.

VMD (Volume Management Device)

Enable direct control and management of NVMe SSDs from the PCIe bus without additional hardware adaptors.

M-Flash

Conveniently flash or upgrade the BIOS in a few minutes from the CMOS Setup Utility.

Hardware Monitor

Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time including temperature, memory capacity, clock speed, and voltage.

Memory Try It

Get extreme speed out of your system memory and get more performance.

Search & Favourites

A permanent search & favourite option in the top right corner moves you through the BIOS menus quickly.

System Safety

All MSI PRO series motherboards have SECURITY function in BIOS to protect every private files for no matter business or daily use.

Secure Boot

Secure boot is a security standard to make sure that a device boots using only software that is trusted. When the PC starts, the firmware checks the signature of each piece of boot software, including UEFI firmware drivers, EFI applications, and the operating system. The PC boots while the signatures are valid.

Resizable Bar

Resizable BAR (Re-Size BAR) is an advanced PCI Express feature that enables the CPU to access the entire GPU frame buffer at once and improve performance.

*Function may differ due to version change. Please update the latest VBIOS/BIOS/Driver through MSI official website or consult service centre.

Find with Tile

Find Your PC Device with Tile™

Intel's Wi-Fi solution integrated with Tile's tracking technology will help you locate your PC device in no time.

Connectivity

MSI motherboards are built with a variety of connectors to satisfy gamers. Enhanced audio, advanced LAN networking capabilities, USB and Mystic Light turn any gaming experience into an immerse one.

Networking

2.5G LAN

High-Bandwidth and Low-Latency Network

2.5Gbps LAN provides incredible data transfer speed faster than general Gigabit LAN. This is a premium solution for demanding users.

Wi-Fi 6E

Surfacing with the Real MU-MIMO Technology

The WIFI 6 adopts the latest OFDMA and two-way MU-MIMO technologies and could provide up to 4X network capacity and efficiency in the high signal density environment. Comparing to the WIFI 5, which can only send the data packet to one device at a time on each channel, the WIFI 6 could combine the packet, separate to several devices and allow signals from the different devices bundled together. This new technology provides all the devices in the same network environment with same and harmonious traffic bandwidth in an efficient way.

LAN Manager

Optimize Online Gaming Traffic for Lower Latency!

MSI LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive applications for online games, giving you the best online gaming experience with low latency.

MSI LAN Manager

• Automatically prioritizes games above other applications
• Allows you to change applications' traffic priority
• Allows you to customize bandwidth for each application

Audio

Audio Boost 5

High Definition ALC4080 Audio Processor

From HD-A to USB Interface, twice the DAC format from 32-bit/192kHz to 32-bit/384kHz, deliver the highest sound quality.

High Quality Audio Capacitors

A high fidelity sound experience with exceptional acoustics and realism for studio level headphones is ensured.

High Quality Audio Jacks With S/PDIF

Keep your sound perfect by transmit your audio with pure digital signal.

Isolated Audio Signal

Isolated Audio Design

Like a dedicated sound card, audio components and circuits have been laid on a reserved motherboard section and electrically isolated.

Separated Audio Layers for Clean Left & Right Channels

Using separated layers in the PCB ensures equally pristine sound quality for both left and right audio channels.

De-Pop Protection

Audio Boost protects your ears by eliminating those annoying loud popping sounds when you plug/unplug devices or turn your PC on/off.

USB

Lightning USB 20G

Double Bandwidth with Lightning USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20G

Using USB 3.2 devices has never been faster! MAG Z690 series motherboards offer a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB devices, offering never before seen USB speeds up to 20Gb/s when connecting the Rear USB Type-C.

Front USB Type-C

USB Front Type-C

MSI gaming motherboards support USB Front Type-C that allows gamers to connect with the latest USB devices. Built up a system with MSI PC case to have the most convenient experience.

Mystic Light

Synchronize with Ease

Extend Your RGB Experience with Ease

Add more colour if you want! Mystic Light Extension pin header provides an intuitive way to control additional RGB strips and other RGB peripherals added to a system, without needing a separate RGB controller.

• Mystic Light Extension - JRGB, JRAINBOW
• Ambient Devices Support