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 2% better in Starfield than Alienware Aurora R16 - 52 vs 51 FPS
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 60% cheaper than MSI Aegis RS (Tower) - $2189.99 vs $5499.0
- Up to 59% better value when playing Starfield than MSI Aegis RS (Tower) - $42.94 vs $105.75 per FPS
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Mar 21st, 2022 • 7th Variation
FPS
52
100%
Value, $/FPS
$105.75/FPS
40.60520094562647%
Price, $
$5499
39%
FPS Winner
Buy for $5,499 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 434112 minutes ago
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st Variation
FPS
51
98.07692307692307%
Value, $/FPS
$42.94/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2189.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $2,189.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 434104 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Mar 21st, 2022 • 7th Variation
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st 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 • 1st Variation
GeForce RTX 4070
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
158.4 GPixel/s
83.45626975763962%
Texel Fillrate
455.4 GTexel/s
81.90647482014388%
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
93.66249078850404%
Multi-Core
14881
90.59417995860221%
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st Variation
Core i9-13900
2.0 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
2714
100%
Multi-Core
16426
100%
CPU Winner
MSI Aegis RS (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 21st, 2022 | Release Date | Aug 3rd, 2023 |
| Core i9-12900KF | CPU | Core i9-13900 |
| GeForce RTX 3090 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4070 |
| 32 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD | Storage | 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD |
