Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R16 outperforms the cheaper MSI Aegis SE (Tower) on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing MSI Aegis SE (Tower) is a better bang for your buck.
Advantages of MSI Aegis SE (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 93% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R16 - $349.0 vs $5099.0
- Up to 66% better value when playing Horizon Zero Dawn than Alienware Aurora R16 - $8.31 vs $24.75 per FPS
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 390% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than MSI Aegis SE (Tower) - 206 vs 42 FPS
Horizon Zero Dawn
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
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FPS
42
20.388349514563107%
Value, $/FPS
$8.31/FPS
100%
Price, $
$349
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $349 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 219 minutes ago
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FPS
206
100%
Value, $/FPS
$24.75/FPS
33.57575757575758%
Price, $
$5099
6%
FPS Winner
Buy for $5,099 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 209 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
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GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
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GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5 | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
19.31905298759865%
Texel Fillrate
157.1 GTexel/s
12.17829457364341%
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GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit
Pixel Fillrate
443.5 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
1290 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
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Core i5-10400F
2.9 GHz | 6-core
Single-Core
1438
54.039834648628336%
Multi-Core
5751
37.16316639741519%
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Core i7-13700F
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2661
100%
Multi-Core
15475
100%
CPU Winner
MSI Aegis SE (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 14th, 2021 | Release Date | Unknown |
| Core i5-10400F | CPU | Core i7-13700F |
| GeForce GTX 1660 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4090 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 64 GB |
| 512 GB SSD | Storage | 4 TB SSD + 20 TB HDD |
