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

Here, we take a further look at the impact of our overclock, looking at the increased temperatures, acoustics, power draw, and lastly, the effect had on the average clock speed.

Temperatures

Acoustics

Power consumption

Average clock speed under load

Overview

Looking at the thermals, it is impressive to see the Gaming Z only ran 1C hotter when overclocked – its noise levels barely rose as well, meaning there's very little reason not to run the overclock. Power consumption rose about 10W, which is again going to make very little difference in the real world.

In terms of the clock speed, we saw the Gaming Z run at 1995MHz when overclocked, so a total of 64MHz faster than its stock frequency. As we mentioned, it is not a huge leap as overclocking headroom is limited, but almost 2GHz on the core is impressive nonetheless. It will be interesting to see how other RTX 2070 solutions compare in the coming weeks and months.

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