Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled outperforms the more expensive Dell XPS 8960 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled is 155 days newer than the more expensive Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 7% better in Elden Ring than Dell XPS 8960 - 120 vs 112 FPS
- Up to 6% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 - CA$3099.99 vs CA$3299.99
- Up to 12% better value when playing Elden Ring than Dell XPS 8960 - CA$25.83 vs CA$29.46 per FPS
Elden Ring
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Mar 1st, 2023 • 1st Variation
FPS
112
93.33333333333333%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$29.46/FPS
87.67820773930752%
Price, CA$
CA$3299.99
93%
Buy for CA$3,299.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73804 minutes ago
FPS
120
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$25.83/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$3099.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for CA$3,099.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73805 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Mar 1st, 2023 • 1st Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Mar 1st, 2023 • 1st Variation
GeForce RTX 4070
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
158.4 GPixel/s
80%
Texel Fillrate
455.4 GTexel/s
82.14285714285714%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
198 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
554.4 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Mar 1st, 2023 • 1st Variation
Core i9-14900K
3.2 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
3101
100%
Multi-Core
21000
100%
CPU Winner
Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 1st, 2023 | Release Date | Aug 3rd, 2023 |
| Core i9-14900K | CPU | Core i9-14900F |
| GeForce RTX 4070 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER |
| 32 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 2 TB SSD | Storage | 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD |
