Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R14 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 R14 Liquid Cooled is 435 days older than the cheaper Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 60% better in Dead Space than Dell XPS 8960 - 93 vs 58 FPS
- Up to 26% better value when playing Dead Space than Dell XPS 8960 - $15.04 vs $20.21 per FPS
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 16% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $1172.0 vs $1399.0
Dead Space
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
93
100%
Value, $/FPS
$15.04/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1399
83%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $1,399 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 85 minutes ago
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
FPS
58
62%
Value, $/FPS
$20.21/FPS
74%
Price, $
$1172
100%
Buy for $1,172 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 82 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Dec 20th, 2021
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Dec 20th, 2021
GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit
Pixel Fillrate
164.2 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
465.1 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
34%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
30%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Dec 20th, 2021
Ryzen 9 5900
3.0 GHz | 12-core
Single-Core
2052
77%
Multi-Core
9865
66%
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
100%
Multi-Core
14759
100%
CPU Winner
Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20th, 2021 | Release Date | Feb 28th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 9 5900 | CPU | Core i7-13700 |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 3050 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB HDD | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD |
