Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Dell XPS 8960 outperforms the more expensive Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Dell XPS 8960 is 676 days newer than the more expensive Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled.
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Performs up to 36% better in Rust than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - 169 vs 124 FPS
- Up to 13% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $2078.04 vs $2399.95
- Up to 36% better value when playing Rust than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $12.3 vs $19.35 per FPS
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
124
73.37278106508876%
Value, $/FPS
$19.35/FPS
63.565891472868216%
Price, $
$2399.95
86%
Buy for $2,399.95 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 74002 minutes ago
Oct 27th, 2023 • 3rd Variation
FPS
169
100%
Value, $/FPS
$12.3/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2078.04
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $2,078.04 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73989 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Dec 20th, 2021
Oct 27th, 2023 • 3rd 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%
Oct 27th, 2023 • 3rd Variation
GeForce RTX 4070
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
158.4 GPixel/s
96.46772228989039%
Texel Fillrate
455.4 GTexel/s
97.91442700494515%
GPU Winner
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
68.99798251513114%
Multi-Core
9865
48.9626761961485%
Oct 27th, 2023 • 3rd Variation
Core i9-13900K
3.0 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
2974
100%
Multi-Core
20148
100%
CPU Winner
Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20th, 2021 | Release Date | Oct 27th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 9 5900 | CPU | Core i9-13900K |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4070 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 2 TB HDD | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
