Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled outperforms the cheaper Skytech Shadow on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Skytech Shadow is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled is 855 days older than the cheaper Skytech Shadow.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 14% better in Hogwarts Legacy than Skytech Shadow - 75 vs 66 FPS
Advantages of Skytech Shadow Gaming PC
- Up to 46% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $1299.99 vs $2399.95
- Up to 38% better value when playing Hogwarts Legacy than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $19.7 vs $32.0 per FPS
Hogwarts Legacy
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
75
100%
Value, $/FPS
$32/FPS
61.5625%
Price, $
$2399.95
54%
FPS Winner
Buy for $2,399.95 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 74277 minutes ago
Apr 23rd, 2024 • 6th Variation
FPS
66
88%
Value, $/FPS
$19.7/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1299.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,299.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 74257 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Dec 20th, 2021
Apr 23rd, 2024 • 6th 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
Apr 23rd, 2024 • 6th Variation
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
121.7 GPixel/s
74.11693057247261%
Texel Fillrate
344.8 GTexel/s
74.13459471081488%
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
87.31914893617021%
Multi-Core
9865
86.84743375297121%
Apr 23rd, 2024 • 6th Variation
Core i5-14400F
2.5 GHz | 10-core
Single-Core
2350
100%
Multi-Core
11359
100%
CPU Winner
Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Skytech Shadow Gaming PC |
---|---|---|
Dec 20th, 2021 | Release Date | Apr 23rd, 2024 |
Ryzen 9 5900 | CPU | Core i5-14400F |
GeForce RTX 3080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB |
16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
2 TB HDD | Storage | 2 TB SSD |