Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled outperforms the cheaper MSI Aegis ZS on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing MSI Aegis ZS is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled is 590 days older than the cheaper MSI Aegis ZS.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 12% better in Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than MSI Aegis ZS - 163 vs 145 FPS
Advantages of MSI Aegis ZS Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 49% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $1224.99 vs $2399.95
- Up to 43% better value when playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $8.45 vs $14.72 per FPS
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
163
100%
Value, $/FPS
$14.72/FPS
57.404891304347814%
Price, $
$2399.95
51%
FPS Winner
Buy for $2,399.95 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 74273 minutes ago
Aug 2nd, 2023
FPS
145
88.95705521472392%
Value, $/FPS
$8.45/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1224.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,224.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 74264 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Dec 20th, 2021
Aug 2nd, 2023
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
Aug 2nd, 2023
GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
118.1 GPixel/s
71.92448233861145%
Texel Fillrate
236.2 GTexel/s
50.78477746721135%
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
71.89908899789769%
Multi-Core
9865
66.61939492166397%
Aug 2nd, 2023
Ryzen 7 7700
3.8 GHz | 8-core
Single-Core
2854
100%
Multi-Core
14808
100%
CPU Winner
Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC | vs | MSI Aegis ZS Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20th, 2021 | Release Date | Aug 2nd, 2023 |
| Ryzen 9 5900 | CPU | Ryzen 7 7700 |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB HDD | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
