Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled outperforms the cheaper 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 cheaper Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 29% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled - £1499.0 vs £2109.0
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 51% better in Watch Dogs: Legion than Dell XPS 8960 - 116 vs 77 FPS
- Up to 7% better value when playing Watch Dogs: Legion than Dell XPS 8960 - £18.18 vs £19.47 per FPS
Watch Dogs: Legion
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Mar 1st, 2023
FPS
77
66.37931034482759%
Value, £/FPS
£19.47/FPS
93.37442218798151%
Price, £
£1499
100%
Buy for £1,499 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 92291 minutes ago
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st Variation
FPS
116
100%
Value, £/FPS
£18.18/FPS
100%
Price, £
£2109
71%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for £2,109 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 92291 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Mar 1st, 2023
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Mar 1st, 2023
GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
118.1 GPixel/s
74.5580808080808%
Texel Fillrate
236.2 GTexel/s
51.86649099692578%
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st Variation
GeForce RTX 4070
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
158.4 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
455.4 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Mar 1st, 2023
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
88.47058823529412%
Multi-Core
14759
76.73390870333783%
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st Variation
Core i7-14700KF
3.4 GHz | 20-core
Single-Core
2975
100%
Multi-Core
19234
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 i7-13700 | CPU | Core i7-14700KF |
| GeForce RTX 4060 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4070 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| N/A Storage | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
