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Key Differences

In short — MSI Aegis RS (Tower) outperforms the cheaper Dell XPS 8960 Tower on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Dell XPS 8960 Tower is a better bang for your buck.

Advantages of MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC

  • Performs up to 12% better in Battlefield IV than Dell XPS 8960 Tower - 240 vs 215 FPS

Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

  • Up to 17% cheaper than MSI Aegis RS (Tower) - $1662.0 vs $1999.99
  • Up to 8% better value when playing Battlefield IV than MSI Aegis RS (Tower) - $7.67 vs $8.33 per FPS
This is a free version of Battlefield IV.
Battlefield IV

Battlefield IV

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC Image
MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC

Apr 1st, 2021 • 8th Variation


FPS

240

100%

Value, $/FPS

$8.33/FPS

92%

Price, $

$1999.99

83%

FPS Winner

MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop, Intel Core i7-11700K, GeForce RTX 3070, 16GB Memory, 1TB SSD, WiFi 6, Liquid Cooling, USB Type-C, VR-Ready, Windows 10 Home Adv. (11TD-096US)

Buy for $1,999.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 25 minutes ago


FPS

215

90%

Value, $/FPS

$7.67/FPS

100%

Price, $

$1662

100%

Value Winner

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop Computer - 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900K 24-Core up to 6.00 GHz CPU, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Home

Buy for $1,662 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 11 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison
MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC Image
MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC

Apr 1st, 2021 • 8th Variation


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB | System-Shared

Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

100%

GPU Winner


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Logo
GeForce RTX 3050

8 GB | System-Shared

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

34%

Texel Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

45%

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison
MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC Image
MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC

Apr 1st, 2021 • 8th Variation


Intel Core i7-11700K Logo
Core i7-11700K

null-core

Single-Core

2219

72%

Multi-Core

9806

47%


Intel Core i9-14900K Logo
Core i9-14900K

null-core

Single-Core

3101

100%

Multi-Core

21000

100%

CPU Winner

MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC Image

MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC Image

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

Apr 1st, 2021Release DateUnknown
Core i7-11700KCPUCore i9-14900K
GeForce RTX 3070GPUGeForce RTX 3050
16 GBRAM
64 GB
1 TB SSDStorage2 TB SSD

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