Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled outperforms the more expensive Dell XPS 8960 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled is 155 days newer than the more expensive Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 15% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Dell XPS 8960 - 129 vs 112 FPS
- Up to 2% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 - $2399.99 vs $2449.99
- Up to 15% better value when playing Forza Horizon 5 than Dell XPS 8960 - $18.6 vs $21.87 per FPS
Forza Horizon 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
FPS
129
100%
Value, $/FPS
$18.6/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2399.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $2,399.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73553 minutes ago
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th Variation
FPS
112
86.82170542635659%
Value, $/FPS
$21.87/FPS
85.04801097393691%
Price, $
$2449.99
97%
Buy for $2,449.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73551 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
198 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
554.4 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th Variation
GeForce RTX 4070
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
158.4 GPixel/s
80%
Texel Fillrate
455.4 GTexel/s
82.14285714285714%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th Variation
Core i9-14900K
3.2 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
3101
100%
Multi-Core
21000
100%
CPU Winner
Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
Aug 3rd, 2023 | Release Date | Mar 1st, 2023 |
| Core i9-14900F | CPU | Core i9-14900K |
| GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | GPU | GeForce RTX 4070 |
| 32 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD | Storage | 2 TB SSD |
