MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8GB Review: 210MHz faster than reference!

1. Introduction2. MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark (1080p, 1440p, 4K)5. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1080p, 1440p, 4K)6. Far Cry 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)7. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Ray Tracing Tested11. DLSS Tested12. Clock Speed13. Temperatures14. Acoustics15. Power Consumption16. Overclocking: 3DMark and Games17. Overclocking: Thermals, Acoustics, Power18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

To overclock the Gaming Z, we used MSI Afterburner. We maximised the power limit and temperature target sliders, before adding +40MHz to the core and +700MHz to the memory. This isn't a whole lot of extra clock speed – but we do have to remember the Gaming Z ships with a fairly aggressive factory overclock in the first place, so manual overclocking headroom is limited.

3DMark and Games Testing

This overclock – even if not hugely significant – still brought some decent gains. We saw our frame rate jump up by about 4FPS when gaming at 1440p, while our Fire Strike score also rose over 1200 points – a 5.4% increase.

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