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ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero against MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk 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

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 86

    12 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

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 35.2

    102%to the right

  • Typical price

    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero: $563

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: $244

    $319to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero: 8800 MT/s

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 9200 MT/s

    5%to the right

  • M.2 slots

    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero: 5

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 4

    25%to the left

  • PCIe generation

    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero: 5

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 5

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The verdict

  • The ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero scores 14% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi typically costs $319 less.
  • Per dollar, the MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi is the better buy: 35.2 points per $100 against 17.4.

Specifications

SpecASUS ROG Crosshair X870E HeroMSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi
SocketAM5LGA1851
ChipsetX870EZ890
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling8800 MT/s9200 MT/s (better)
M.2 slots5 (better)4
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandASUSMSI
Released20242024
Typical price$563$244 (better)

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

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