Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Dell XPS 8960 outperforms the cheaper 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 436 days newer than the cheaper Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled.
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Performs up to 11% better in ARK: Survival Evolved than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - 111 vs 100 FPS
- Up to 8% better value when playing ARK: Survival Evolved than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $22.07 vs $24.0 per FPS
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 2% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 - $2399.95 vs $2449.99
ARK: Survival Evolved
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th Variation
FPS
111
100%
Value, $/FPS
$22.07/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2449.99
97%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $2,449.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 77356 minutes ago
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
100
90.09009009009009%
Value, $/FPS
$24/FPS
91.95833333333333%
Price, $
$2399.95
100%
Buy for $2,399.95 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 77376 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th Variation
Dec 20th, 2021
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th 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
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%
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
Dec 20th, 2021
Ryzen 9 5900
3.0 GHz | 12-core
Single-Core
2052
66.17220251531764%
Multi-Core
9865
46.976190476190474%
Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
Mar 1st, 2023 | Release Date | Dec 20th, 2021 |
| Core i9-14900K | CPU | Ryzen 9 5900 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 | GPU | GeForce RTX 3080 |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB SSD | Storage | 2 TB HDD |
