Dell XPS 8960 Tower vs MSI Trident X (SFF) for Gaming

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

16th Variation

Core i9-13900K GeForce RTX 3050

FPS Winner

MSI Trident X (SFF) Gaming Desktop PC

Jun 1st, 2021 - 3rd Variation

Core i9-11900K GeForce RTX 3080

The Dell XPS 8960 Tower is the comparison's loser – it's a much slower gaming PC Build than the MSI Trident X (SFF) and it's also a worse value for money, as it's only $1350.00 cheaper!

Advantages of the Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

Up to 30% cheaper – $3149.00 vs $4499.00

Advantages of the MSI Trident X (SFF) Gaming Desktop PC

At least 2x faster PC Build for gaming
A slightly better value for money for gaming

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC vs MSI Trident X (SFF) Gaming Desktop PC for Gaming

The PC's performance in selected game and settings

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

16th Variation

Average FPS

60%

Min 1% FPS

53%

Price, $

$3149

100%

Value, $/FPS

$38.87/FPS

86%

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop Computer - 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K 24-Core up to 5.80 GHz CPU, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 8TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Pro

Buy on Amazon

$3,149.00

In Stock

MSI Trident X (SFF) Gaming Desktop PC

Jun 1st, 2021, 3rd Variation

Average FPS

135

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$4499

69%

Value, $/FPS

$33.32/FPS

100%

MSI Trident X (SFF) Gaming Desktop, Intel Core i9-11900K, GeForce RTX 3080, 32GB Memory, 2TB SSD, WiFi 6E, USB Type-C, Thunderbolt 4, VR-Ready, Windows 10 Home Adv. (11TE-1870US)

Buy on Amazon

$4,499.00

In Stock

My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

16th Variation

MSI Trident X (SFF) Gaming Desktop PC

Jun 1st, 2021, 3rd Variation

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GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

16th Variation

GeForce RTX 3050

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

35%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

31%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

31%

MSI Trident X (SFF) Gaming Desktop PC

Jun 1st, 2021, 3rd Variation

GeForce RTX 3080

10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit

Pixel Fillrate

164.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

465.1 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

29.77 TFLOPS

100%

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 6 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

16th Variation

Core i9-13900K

3.0 GHz | 24-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

2991

100%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

20110

100%

MSI Trident X (SFF) Gaming Desktop PC

Jun 1st, 2021, 3rd Variation

Core i9-11900K

3.5 GHz | 8-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

2388

80%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

10919

54%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	MSI Trident X (SFF) Gaming Desktop PC
General
Unknown	Release Date	Jun 1st, 2021
Core i9-13900K	CPU	Core i9-11900K
GeForce RTX 3050	GPU	GeForce RTX 3080
64 GB	RAM	32 GB
8 TB SSD	Storage	2 TB SSD

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