What’s the Point? MSI B860 Tomahawk vs Z890

As prices continue to surge, we welcome the arrival of budget components such as the MSI MAG B860 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard which supports Intel Core Ultra 200S processors. Or rather we welcome them in theory, but the practice looks somewhat more messy. This B860 Tomahawk has cut a bunch of features from the Z890 yet the price has barely changed, and that seems utterly bizarre.

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00:00 Start
01:07 B860 & Z890
06:23 Pricing
07:12 B860 Features
09:31 Test System / BIOS
11:56 Cinebench 2024 Multicore
12:16 Geekbench 6 Multicore
12:35 CPU Power Consumption
13:00 Far Cry 6 1080p
13:14 Far Cry 6 1440p
13:29 Assassins Creed Mirage 1080p
13:39 Assasins Creed Mirage 1440p
13:46 Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
13:53 Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
14:03 Total War Pharaoh 1080p
14:13 Total War Pharaoh 1440p
14:24 Closing Thoughts

Test system
Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
Motherboard: MSI MAG B860 Tomahawk
Memory: 48GB G.Skill Trident Z5 CK CUDIMM DDR5-8200
CPU Cooler: MSI MAG CoreLiquid i360
Graphics card: MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X 24GB
Power supply: Seasonic Focus ATX3.1 GX-1000 Gold
SSD: 1TB Crucial T700 M.2 NVMe
OS: Windows 11 24H2

Pros:
EZ DIY features make the build process easy.
Excellent cooling on VRMs and M.2 SSDs.
Smart styling and neat design

Cons:
The tiny price difference between B860 and Z890 Tomahawks make no sense.
Rear I/O panel has four USB 2.0 ports instead of USB 3 and a single Thunderbolt 4
The idea of a budget motherboard is to save money but MSI has crammed in too many features!

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