EVGA Z790 Dark K|ngp|n

Description

The EVGA Z790 DARK K|NGP|N rises once again. This world record-setting motherboard is built on a 14-layer low-loss PCB with a 21-phase VRM – capable of squeezing every last bit of performance out of the most extreme 13th Gen Intel® Core™ processors. This board supports current and future standards with up to 64GB DDR5 and up to 7000MHz+(OC)*, PCIe Gen5, and PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVMe support. The Z790 DARK K|NGP|N auto-switches the x16 PCIe Gen 5 CPU lanes between slots 1 and 2 to give your PCIe device maximum bandwidth no matter where it’s installed**. Beyond excessive overclocking support, the board also includes multiple USB options, 8x SATA 6Gb/s ports, 10Gbps and 2.5Gbps NICs + Wi-Fi 6E / BT 5.2, 7.1 HD audio, 3x M.2 Key-M slots, and 2x pump headers exclusively built for CPU AIO. The Z790 DARK K|NGP|N remains the choice of those that want a board capable of unbelievable performance.

Motherboard Benchmarks

Benchmark	Hardware Record
Reference Frequency	157.52 MHz purity174 6.0 HWP

Processor Benchmarks

Benchmark	Hardware Record
3DMark - Time Spy Extreme (CPU)	15647 marks luakri 0.0 HWP
3DMark CPU PROFILE 1 THREAD	1330 marks CrKos 0.0 HWP
3DMark CPU PROFILE MAX	19122 marks CrKos 0.0 HWP
3DMark11 Physics	43150 Points Gawl86 15.0 HWP
7-Zip	256265 MIPS luakri 14.6 HWP
CPU Frequency	8039.04 MHz TheBloodSlug 15.0 HWP
Cinebench - 2003	14037 cb luakri 4.8 HWP
Cinebench - 2024	2718 cb luakri 18.0 HWP
Cinebench - R11.5	95.74 cb TheBloodSlug 34.0 HWP
Cinebench - R15	8502 cb Luumi 41.0 HWP
Cinebench - R20	20944 cb Luumi 0.0 HWP
Cinebench - R23 Multi Core with BenchMate	54887 cb GregorysBrain 40.0 HWP
Cinebench - R23 Single Core with BenchMate	3064 cb TheBloodSlug 35.0 HWP
GPUPI for CPU - 100M	1 sec 774 ms luakri 4.8 HWP
GPUPI for CPU - 1B	28 sec 353 ms luakri 14.6 HWP
GPUPI v3.3 for CPU - 100M	1 sec 789 ms purity174 7.0 HWP
GPUPI v3.3 for CPU - 1B	28 sec 510 ms luakri 4.8 HWP
Geekbench - AI	9075 points luakri 6.0 HWP
Geekbench3 - Multi Core	154872 points Luumi 29.0 HWP
Geekbench3 - Single Core	11695 points zippytek 0.0 HWP
Geekbench4 - Multi Core	127275 points Luumi 28.0 HWP
Geekbench4 - Single Core	12875 points zippytek 0.0 HWP
Geekbench5 - Multi Core	31811 points luakri 6.0 HWP
Geekbench5 - Single Core	2950 points zippytek 0.0 HWP
Geekbench6 - Multi Core	27295 points zbv 15.0 HWP
Geekbench6 - Single Core	3545 points luakri 2.6 HWP
HWBOT x265 Benchmark - 1080p	213.731 fps purity174 6.0 HWP
HWBOT x265 Benchmark - 4k	51.31 fps purity174 4.4 HWP
PCMark10	12057 marks purity174 4.0 HWP
PCMark10 Express	8580 marks purity174 6.0 HWP
PCMark10 Extended	16513 marks purity174 4.0 HWP
PiFast	8 sec 830 ms zbv 24.6 HWP
SuperPi - 1M	4 sec 630 ms zippytek 5.0 HWP
SuperPi - 32M	3 min 7 sec 429 ms Luumi 35.0 HWP
XTU 2.0	15291 marks luakri 35.6 HWP
wPrime - 1024m	25 sec 159 ms purity174 18.0 HWP
wPrime - 32m	1 sec 324 ms luakri 28.0 HWP
y-cruncher - Pi-1b	13 sec 879 ms luakri 18.0 HWP
y-cruncher - Pi-2.5b	39 sec 644 ms luakri 6.0 HWP
y-cruncher - Pi-25m	0 sec 218 ms luakri 0.0 HWP
y-cruncher - Pi-5b	1 min 39 sec 5 ms purity174 4.0 HWP
y-cruncher - Pi-BBP-100b	1 min 49 sec 316 ms luakri 6.0 HWP
y-cruncher - Pi-BBP-10b	9 sec 927 ms luakri 5.0 HWP
y-cruncher - Pi-BBP-1b	0 sec 894 ms luakri 15.0 HWP

Videocard Benchmarks

Benchmark	Hardware Record
3DMark - Cloud Gate	107776 marks CrKos 13.0 HWP
3DMark - Cloud Gate (GPU)	170460 marks Mr_Boh 5.0 HWP
3DMark - Fire Strike	71947 marks CrKos 27.4 HWP
3DMark - Fire Strike (GPU)	100123 marks CrKos 23.0 HWP
3DMark - Fire Strike Extreme	55809 marks CENS 52.0 HWP
3DMark - Fire Strike Ultra	28085 marks CrKos 26.6 HWP
3DMark - Ice Storm	462417 marks CrKos 0.0 HWP
3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme	451090 marks CrKos 0.0 HWP
3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited	414035 marks purity174 0.0 HWP
3DMark - Night Raid	118208 marks purity174 4.8 HWP
3DMark - Port Royal	32055 marks CENS 0.0 HWP
3DMark - Sky Diver	166960 marks CrKos 13.2 HWP
3DMark - Solar Bay	224720 marks CrKos 15.0 HWP
3DMark - Speed Way	11187 marks Gawl86 35.0 HWP
3DMark - Steel Nomad DX12	10513 marks Gawl86 0.0 HWP
3DMark - Steel Nomad VULKAN	12012 marks Gawl86 0.0 HWP
3DMark - Time Spy	39697 marks CrKos 37.0 HWP
3DMark - Time Spy (GPU)	42098 marks CrKos 19.0 HWP
3DMark - Time Spy Extreme	20256 marks CrKos 32.8 HWP
3DMark - Wild Life	264469 marks CrKos 0.0 HWP
3DMark - Wild Life Extreme	101245 marks Gawl86 35.0 HWP
3DMark Vantage - Extreme	183072 marks CENS 35.0 HWP
3DMark Vantage - Performance	181576 marks Gawl86 27.8 HWP
3DMark Vantage - Performance (GPU)	193244 marks Gawl86 18.0 HWP
3DMark03	374452 marks CrKos 25.6 HWP
3DMark05	76654 marks Mr_Boh 4.8 HWP
3DMark11 - Entry	84893 marks Gawl86 14.8 HWP
3DMark11 - Extreme	51018 marks CrKos 26.4 HWP
3DMark11 - Performance	94302 marks CENS 32.0 HWP
3DMark2001 SE	216757 marks spit051261 0.0 HWP
Aquamark	614685 marks spit051261 0.0 HWP
Catzilla - 1080p	35024 marks Mr_Boh 0.0 HWP
Catzilla - 1440p	17453 marks Mr_Boh 0.0 HWP
Catzilla - 4K	8459 marks Mr_Boh 0.0 HWP
Catzilla - 576p	179214 marks CrKos 0.0 HWP
Catzilla - 720p	65039 marks Mr_Boh 0.0 HWP
Cinebench - 2024 GPU	40799 cb CrKos 32.0 HWP
GPU SCORE - BREAKING LIMIT	3403 marks purity174 0.0 HWP
GPUPI - 1B	1 sec 230 ms CrKos 32.0 HWP
GPUPI - 32B	1 min 28 sec 882 ms Mr_Boh 18.2 HWP
GPUPI v3.3 - 1B	0 sec 998 ms CrKos 38.0 HWP
GPUPI v3.3 - 32B	45 sec 708 ms CENS 52.0 HWP
Geekbench4 - Compute	1845319 points CrKos 0.0 HWP
Geekbench5 - Compute	504006 points CrKos 0.0 HWP
Geekbench6 - Compute	393427 points CrKos 0.0 HWP
Unigine Heaven - Basic	12976.17 DX9 Marks purity174 5.0 HWP
Unigine Heaven - Xtreme	12058.21 DX11 Marks purity174 5.0 HWP
Unigine Superposition - 1080P Xtreme	27766 points CENS 0.0 HWP
Unigine Superposition - 8K Optimized	17613 points CENS 40.0 HWP
VRMark - Blue Room	10346 marks purity174 5.0 HWP
VRMark - Cyan Room	29044 marks purity174 7.0 HWP
VRMark - Orange Room	21304 marks purity174 4.8 HWP

Memory Benchmarks

Benchmark	Hardware Record
AIDA64 - Memory Read	150860 points Luumi 0.0 HWP
Geekbench3 - Memory Multi Core Score	15881 points purity174 4.8 HWP
Memory Frequency	5351.5 MHz biso biso 0.0 HWP
PYPrime - 2b with BenchMate	6 sec 48 ms zbv 0.0 HWP
PYPrime - 32b with BenchMate	1 min 50 sec 515 ms zbv 0.0 HWP

Disk Benchmarks

Benchmark	Hardware Record
3DMark - Storage Benchmark	3531 points purity174 0.0 HWP