MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 Motherboard for Intel® 13^th / 12 Gen Socket 1700 Processors

COOLING

Extended Heatsink
Extended Heatsink enlarges the surface of heat dissipation, ensuring even high-end processors to run in full speed.

M.2 Shield Frozr
Keeps M.2 SSDs safe while preventing throttling, making them run faster.

Heavy Plated VRM Heatsink
The VRM heatsink covers the upper MOS and helps dissipate the heat.

7W/mK Thermal Pad & Additional Choke Pad
High quality 7W/mK MOSFET thermal pads and extra choke thermal pads ensure all cores running in high performance.

CONTROL IN ONE CLICK
MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans in BIOS and software with a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.

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

AUTO DETECT YOUR FAN
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.

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.

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

16+1+1 DUET RAIL POWER SYSTEM
Unleash and sustain the maximum performance with a premium VRM design built with a total of 16+1+1 Duet Rail Power System (DRPS). Combining dual power connectors and Power Stage, MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 is ready for the challenge of high-end processors.

DIGITAL POWER DESIGN
A fully digital power design allows for faster and undistorted current delivery to the CPU with pin-point precision.

OPTIMIZED PCB SOLUTION
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
• 2 oz Thickened Copper

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

• 1-SECOND OVERCLOCKING!
  MSI Game Boost enables one-second overclocking, giving you the performance boost you need to get more FPS
• 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

SCREWLESS M.2
The patented design allows you to set your M.2 and Shield Frozr without the annoying screws, provides the easiest way for M.2 installation.

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

DRIVER UTILITY INSTALLER
Once connected to the internet, MSI Driver Utility Installer will detect and present suitable drivers and utilities automatically, you can download and install with just a few clicks.

FLASH BIOS BUTTON
Run into trouble when updating your BIOS or somehow corrupted it? Don’t worry, MSI motherboards offer multiple options to successfully boot your system again.

MORE DIY FRIENDLY FEATURES:

• WINDOWS® 11 CERTIFIED
• PRE-INSTALLED IO Shield
• XL CLIP
• EZ LED CONTROL
• KEEP OUT ZONE

LIGHTNING GEN 5 PCI-E WITH STEEL ARMOR
Secured to the motherboard with extra solder points, STEEL ARMOR supports the weight of heavy graphics cards.

LIGHTNING GEN 5 PCI-E
Doubling over the previous generation, the bandwidth of a x16 interface can reach 128GB/s.

SMT PCIE 5.0 SLOT
The advanced SMT(Surface Mount Technology) PCIE slot diminish interference and electrical noise, fully support the PCI-E 5.0 signal.

MSI STEEL ARMOR: REINFORCED, HEAVY SOLDERED CONNECTIONS
Secure to the motherboard with extra solder points and support the weight of heavy graphics cards.

FAST AND FUTURE-READY STORAGE
MSI MPG series motherboards support all the latest storage standards, which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies.

DOUBLE THE BANDWIDTH WITH LIGHTNING USB 3.2 GEN 2X2 20G Ports
Using USB 3.2 devices has never been faster! MPG Z790 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 Port*
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.
*FRONT USB TYPE-C Header only works on Matching Computer Cases.

DDR4 Memory Slots
MSI OC LAB does not merely work hard on extreme oerclocking. The XMP memory profile has great improvement on performance and efficiency for Z790. Easy to enable XMP profile with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability.

EASY OVERCLOCKING WITH 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.

MSI CENTER
MSI brand new MSI Center unifies a suite of MSI software utilities into a single centralized application. Take control of advanced motherboards features and unleash endless possibilities.

• Mystic Light
• True Colour
• User Scenario
• Hardware Monitoring
• Profile Setting
• Fan Center
• System Diagnosis

CLICK BIOS 5

• INTEL® 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 & FAVORITES: A permanent option in the top right corner moves you through the BIOS menus quickly

EXCLUSIVE UI OF AIDA64 EXTREME
MSI motherboards provide 60 days free trail of AIDA64 Extreme - MSI edition. AIDA64 Extreme is an almighty application for system information, diagnostics and benchmarks. With the application, you can monitor the detailed hardware and software information on PC and save it to file in multiple formats such as CSV and HTML.

Resizable BAR
The 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.

AUDIO BOOST 5

• HIGH PERFORMANCE ALC4080 AUDIO PROCESSOR
• HIGH QUALITY AUDIO CAPACITORS
• HIGH QUALITY AUDIO JACKS WITH S/PDIF
• DEDICATED HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER
• ISOLATED AUDIO SIGNAL
• DE-POP PROTECTION

MYSTIC LIGHT GLOWS UP YOUR PC
Splash on some color and vibrant RGB lighting effects using MSI Mystic Light with 16.8 million colors and fancy LED effects. MSI Mystic Light provides you complete control of RGB lighting of your PC in one software.

EXTEND YOUR RGB EXPERIENCE WITH EASE
Add more color 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.

• A-RAINBOW Ver. 2
• RGB
• AMBIENT LINK

HIGH-BANDWIDTH AND LOW-LATENCY NETWORKING
MSI's premium network solution provides incredible data transfer speed for demanding users.

• 2.5G RJ45 Wired LAN Port
• Wi-Fi 6E TriBand Wireless
• Bluetooth 5.2

Additional Information:

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Rear I/O Ports

Supports 13^th & 12^th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for Socket BGA 1700

• Windows® 11 / 10, 64 bit

Make and Model	MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 Motherboard
Part Number	MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4
Windows® Support	Windows® 11 / 10, 64 bit
CPU Support	13th & 12th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for Socket BGA 1700
Chipset	Intel® Z790 Chipset
CPU Socket	Socket BGA 1700
Memory	4x DDR4 RAM Slots, 128GB Maximum (4x 32GB) of non-ECC Un-buffered Memory Supports Overclocked DDR4 RAM: DDR4-5333 / 5200 / 5066 / 5000 / 4800 / 4600 / 4533 / 4400 / 4266 / 4000 / 3866 / 3733 / 3600 / 3466 and 3333 MHz Supports Stock Clocked DDR4 RAM: DDR4-3200 / 3000 / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 and 2133 MHz Dual Channel Memory Architecture Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile
Onboard Graphics*	1x HDMI v2.1 port (Up to 4K UHD @ 60Hz with HDR) 1x DisplayPort v1.4 port (Up to 8K UHD @ 60Hz) * Available only on processors featuring integrated graphics. Graphics specifications may vary depending on the CPU installed.
Expansion Slots	1x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot (supports Video Cards in x16 mode 1x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode) 1x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot (supports x1 mode)
Storage	4x M.2 NVMe Slots: M.2_1 PCIe 4.0 x4, for a 2260 / 2280 / 22110 M.2 Drive M.2_2 PCIe 4.0 x4, for a 2260 / 2280 M.2 Drive M.2_3 PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA, for a 2242 / 2260 / 2280 M.2 Drive M.2_4 PCIe 4.0 x4, for a 2242 / 2260 / 2280 M.2 Drive Supports RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 10 7x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA_A1 ~ SATA_7) Supports RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 10
USB	Rear USB Ports: 1x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 (20Gbps) Type C port 1x USB 3.2 Gen2 (10Gbps) Type C port 4x USB 3.2 Gen2 (10Gbps) Type A ports 4x USB 3.2 Gen1 (5Gbps) Type A ports Internal USB Ports via USB Headers: 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 header supports: 1x USB 3.2 (10Gbps) Type-C port 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports: 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) Type-A ports 2x USB 2.0 headers support: 4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) Type-A ports
LAN	Intel® LAN Chipset: 1x 2.5GbE RJ45 LAN port
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6E Wireless Chipset: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax TriBand (2.4 / 5 / 6GHz) WiFi, up to 2.4Gbps
Bluetooth	Wi-Fi 6E Wireless Chipset: Bluetooth® v5.2 w/ FIPS, FISMA
Audio	Realtek ALC4080 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio CODEC: Up to 32 bit / 384kHz on Front Panel Header 5x 3.5mm Audio Jacks on Rear I/O 1x S/PDIF Audio port on Rear I/O
Rear I/O Ports	1x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20Gbps) Type-C port 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Type-C port 4x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Type-A ports 4x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) Type-A ports 1x HDMI v2.1 port (4K UHD @ 60Hz) 1x DisplayPort v1.4 port (8K UHD @ 60Hz) 1x 2.5Gb RJ45 Ethernet port 2x WiFi Antenna jacks 5x 3.5mm Audio jacks 1x S/PDIF Audio port 1x BIOS FlashBack™ Button 1x Clear CMOS Button
Internal I/O Connectors	1x Power Connector (ATX_PWR) 2x Power Connector (CPU_PWR) 1x CPU Fan header 1x Pump Fan header 6x System Fan headers 2x Front Panel (JFP) headers 1x Front Audio (JAUD) header 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 header supports: 1x USB 3.2 (10Gbps) Type-C port 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports: 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) Type-A ports 2x USB 2.0 headers support: 4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) Type-A ports 1x TBT connector (JTBT, supports RTD3) 1x Tuning Controller connector(JDASH) 3x Addressable V2 RGB LED connectors (JARGB_V2) 1x RGB LED connector(JRGB) 1x TPM pin header (Supports TPM 2.0) 1x Chassis Intrusion (JCI) header
LED Features	4x EZ Debug LED
Form Factor	ATX Form Factor
Dimensions (LxW)	305 x 244mm
Weight	N/A