Key Differences
In short — MSI Aegis RS (Tower) outperforms the cheaper Alienware Aurora R16 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Alienware Aurora R16 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing MSI Aegis RS (Tower) is 500 days older than the cheaper Alienware Aurora R16.
Advantages of MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 16% better in Valorant than Alienware Aurora R16 - 800 vs 689 FPS
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 74% cheaper than MSI Aegis RS (Tower) - $1449.99 vs $5499.0
- Up to 69% better value when playing Valorant than MSI Aegis RS (Tower) - $2.1 vs $6.87 per FPS
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Mar 21st, 2022 • 7th Variation
FPS
800
100%
Value, $/FPS
$6.87/FPS
30%
Price, $
$5499
26%
FPS Winner
Buy for $5,499 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 167 minutes ago
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 12th Variation
FPS
689
86%
Value, $/FPS
$2.1/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1449.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,449.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 154 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Mar 21st, 2022 • 7th Variation
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 12th Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Mar 21st, 2022 • 7th Variation
GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit
Pixel Fillrate
189.8 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
556 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 12th Variation
GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
118.1 GPixel/s
62%
Texel Fillrate
236.2 GTexel/s
42%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Mar 21st, 2022 • 7th Variation
Core i9-12900KF
3.2 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2542
91%
Multi-Core
14881
85%
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 12th Variation
Core i7-14700F
2.1 GHz | 20-core
Single-Core
2775
100%
Multi-Core
17332
100%
CPU Winner
MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC |
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Mar 21st, 2022 | Release Date | Aug 3rd, 2023 |
Core i9-12900KF | CPU | Core i7-14700F |
GeForce RTX 3090 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD |