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ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi against MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5

MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5 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 TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: 72

    MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: 80

    8 ptsto the right

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: 32.7

    MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: 32.9

    1%to the right

  • Typical price

    ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: $220

    MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: $243

    $23to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: 8600 MT/s

    MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: 7800 MT/s

    10%to the left

  • M.2 slots

    ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: 3

    MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: 4

    33%to the right

  • PCIe generation

    ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: 5

    MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: 5

    level

The verdict

  • The MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5 scores 11% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi typically costs $23 less.

Specifications

SpecASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFiMSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5
SocketLGA1851LGA1700
ChipsetB860Z790
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling8600 MT/s (better)7800 MT/s
M.2 slots34 (better)
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandASUSMSI
Released2025 (better)2022
Typical price$220 (better)$243

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

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