The BIOS:
As we said, NZXT has been associated with ASRock since its Z490 model. The brand has a pretty good reputation for its motherboards, which is a great thing for NZXT and we are happy to see this partnership continue over time.
The BIOS will be modeled after the ASRock models and should provide everything needed to get the most out of your processor and memory kit. Personally, I’ve become quite a fan of their BIOS as we’ve been working with NZXT cards for a while now.
First step: flash the BIOS
But first of all, and this is the reflex that you must also have, we flashed the BIOS with the latest version received from NZXT and which is the 2.06. To do this, go to the BIOS by pressing the F6 key to go to the advanced mode which offers access to all the parameters. Then, go to the “Tool” tab and choose “Instant Flash”.
It’s quite well done since you don’t even need to specify where the BIOS is located on your USB key, the BIOS scans the key to find it. It is very efficient since in less than 3 seconds, the BIOS is identified on our USB key. The BIOS informs you that the card will reboot before starting the BIOS flash.
Now that we have the latest version of the BIOS, let’s see what it offers us. Good point for this N7 Z790 which has no problem to work with our DDR5 Teamgroup kit at 7200 MT/s.
A very well organized BIOS!
The BIOS of our NZXT N7 Z790 is sober but very efficient in terms of organization. The different sections are perfectly and easily identifiable.
The ” overclocking ” section that interests us the most is subdivided into several parts, three of which are of particular interest to us: CPU, memory and voltage.
Just below are the different profiles that you can save and load according to your needs. The CPU section will allow you to modify the value of the P-Core and E-Core multiplier.
The section about memory will be very useful when we overclock our memory kit and manually choose timings and subtimings. Finally, the third important part concerns the voltages which will also be adapted according to our overclocking.
The XMP profile of your memory kit :
We can’t say it enough, but the parameters of your memory kit are not set automatically after installing it. If it is the case for your processor, it is not the case for your memory kit and a passage by the BIOS will be compulsory! In the section ” overclocking – DRAM Configuration “, choose ” Load XMP Profile ” and activate profile 1.
Once selected, you will need to save the changes and reboot your motherboard so that the profile is loaded. A return in this section allows us to see that it is well activated.
Without activating the profile, your performance will be impacted in all areas and you will end up with a kit that does not exceed the frequency of 4800 MHz in CL40. It would be a real shame to restrict performance by forgetting to activate the XMP profile. It is in this section that we will come back later in order to overclock our processor and our memory kit.
Ultra complete BIOS for this N7 Z790:
The other tabs of the BIOS will allow you to have access to the management parameters of the processors, the chipset, your SSD and the next one will be at your disposal to flash your BIOS as we have just realized it above. You will also have access to the monitoring part as well as the setting of the different fans connected to your motherboard.
Finally, the last options will be used to define your boot sequence and to save and reboot your motherboard.
Now that we have done a very quick tour of the different sections of the BIOS of this NZXT N7 Z790, it is time to detail our configuration which will serve as a basis for this test.
