Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Dell XPS 8960 Tower outperforms the more expensive Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck!
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC
- Performs up to 18% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - 392 vs 332 FPS
- Up to 6% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $2249.99 vs $2399.95
- Up to 21% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $5.74 vs $7.23 per FPS
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
332
84.6938775510204%
Value, $/FPS
$7.23/FPS
79.39142461964039%
Price, $
$2399.95
93%
Buy for $2,399.95 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 58055 minutes ago
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FPS
392
100%
Value, $/FPS
$5.74/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2249.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $2,249.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 58037 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Dec 20th, 2021
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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
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GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
34.628501827040196%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
30.574070092453233%
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
66.17220251531764%
Multi-Core
9865
46.976190476190474%
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Core i9-14900K
3.2 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
3101
100%
Multi-Core
21000
100%
CPU Winner
Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20th, 2021 | Release Date | Unknown |
| Ryzen 9 5900 | CPU | Core i9-14900K |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 3050 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 64 GB |
| 2 TB HDD | Storage | 4 TB SSD + 20 TB HDD |
