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ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II against MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi

ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II 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 Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: 88

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 86

    2 ptsto the left

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: 19.1

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 35.2

    84%to the right

  • Typical price

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: $460

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: $244

    $216to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: 8000 MT/s

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 9200 MT/s

    15%to the right

  • M.2 slots

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: 5

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 4

    25%to the left

  • PCIe generation

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: 5

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 5

    level

The verdict

  • ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II and MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi are level on spec score.
  • The MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi typically costs $216 less.
  • Per dollar, the MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi is the better buy: 35.2 points per $100 against 19.1.

Specifications

SpecASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi IIMSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi
SocketLGA1700LGA1851
ChipsetZ790Z890
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling8000 MT/s9200 MT/s (better)
M.2 slots5 (better)4
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandASUSMSI
Released20232024 (better)
Typical price$460$244 (better)

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

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