MSI Trident 3 vs Dell XPS 8960 Tower for Gaming

MSI Trident 3 Gaming Desktop PC

3rd Variation

Core i9-12900K GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

FPS Winner

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

41st Variation

Core i7-14700K GeForce RTX 3070

The MSI Trident 3 is the comparison's loser – it's a much slower gaming PC Build than the Dell XPS 8960 Tower and it's also a slightly worse value for money, as it's only $910.00 cheaper!

Advantages of the MSI Trident 3 Gaming Desktop PC

Up to 33% cheaper – $1869.00 vs $2779.00

Advantages of the Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

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

MSI Trident 3 Gaming Desktop PC vs Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC for Gaming

The PC's performance in selected game and settings

MSI Trident 3 Gaming Desktop PC

3rd Variation

Average FPS

63%

Min 1% FPS

58%

Price, $

$1869

100%

Value, $/FPS

$23.36/FPS

94%

MSI Trident 3 Gaming Desktop Computer - 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K 16-Core up to 5.20 GHz Processor, 64GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3060 8GB GDDR6 Graphics, Windows 11 Pro

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$1,869.00

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Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

41st Variation

Average FPS

126

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$2779

67%

Value, $/FPS

$22.05/FPS

100%

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop Computer - 14th Gen Intel Core i7-14700K 20-Core up to 5.60 GHz CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Pro

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$2,779.00

In Stock

My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

MSI Trident 3 Gaming Desktop PC

3rd Variation

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

41st Variation

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GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison

MSI Trident 3 Gaming Desktop PC

3rd Variation

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

52%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

63%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

63%

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

41st Variation

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

20.31 TFLOPS

100%

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 6 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison

MSI Trident 3 Gaming Desktop PC

3rd Variation

Core i9-12900K

3.2 GHz | 16-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

2642

90%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

15520

82%

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

41st Variation

Core i7-14700K

3.4 GHz | 20-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

2938

100%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

19014

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

MSI Trident 3 Gaming Desktop PC	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC
General
Unknown	Release Date	Unknown
Core i9-12900K	CPU	Core i7-14700K
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	GPU	GeForce RTX 3070
64 GB	RAM	32 GB
1 TB SSD	Storage	4 TB SSD

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