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ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero against ASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi

ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero: 98

    ASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi: 92

    6 ptsto the left

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero: 17.4

    ASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi: 31.7

    82%to the right

  • Typical price

    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero: $563

    ASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi: $290

    $273to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero: 8800 MT/s

    ASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi: 9200 MT/s

    5%to the right

  • M.2 slots

    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero: 5

    ASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi: 5

    level

  • PCIe generation

    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero: 5

    ASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi: 5

    level

The verdict

  • The ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero scores 7% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The ASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi typically costs $273 less.
  • Per dollar, the ASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi is the better buy: 31.7 points per $100 against 17.4.

Specifications

SpecASUS ROG Crosshair X870E HeroASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi
SocketAM5LGA1851
ChipsetX870EZ890
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling8800 MT/s9200 MT/s (better)
M.2 slots55
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandASUSASUS
Released20242024
Typical price$563$290 (better)

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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