Pros
- Strong graphics for gaming (but loud!)
- Excellent Price-to-performance ratio
Cons
- Lacks eSATA
- No room for expansion cards
At A Glance
Origin's Genesis X79 is a beautiful, boutique system to fit your every gaming need.
Manufacturer’s Description
Every gamer knows customization is king. Start by selecting any of our industry leading cases, mix in the best in airbrushing artistry paint job, add in ORIGIN's elite liquid cooling and you have the best custom gaming PC in the business. ORIGIN is owned and operated by gamers and enthusiasts who understand you want the best for your system. When you customize your ORIGIN GENESIS using our cases, or by choosing one of your own, you can be sure we will stand behind the masterpiece you create. With ORIGIN's overclocking guarantee you'll have the power and performance that top gamers crave.
The Specs
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Cache size | 12.288 KB |
| Processor speed | 4.916 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Memory | |
| Memory speed | 1600.0 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory size | 16384.0 MB |
| Memory max | 65536.0 GB |
| Graphics | |
| Number of Graphic Cards included | 3 |
| Video Bus | PCI Express Triple-SLI |
| Secondary Graphics Chipset | Nvidia GeForce |
| Graphics Type | Discrete |
| Storage | |
| Hard Drive Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Drive type |
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| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 2528.0 GB |
| Expansion slots | |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 5.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 1.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express x1 slots | 2.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots | 3.0 |
| Power | |
| Power Supply Wattage | 1050 watts |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Other Features | |
| Devices | All-In-One Flash Memory Card Reader |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type |
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| Available Interfaces |
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| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| Worldbench Score | 196 |
| Worldbench Version | 7 |
| Start Up | |
|---|---|
| Start Up | 53.2 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Productivity Suite | 6281 score (higher is better) |
| Web Performance | |
|---|---|
| Web Performance | 24.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Storage Performance | |
|---|---|
| File Compression | 305.9 seconds (lower is better) |
| Hard Drive File Operations | 57.6 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 124 seconds (lower is better) |
| Encoding Audio | 84.4 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 97 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| Working power usage | 23.9 Watt hours |
| WorldBench Green Score | 65 |
| Idle power usage | 161.8 Watts |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 97.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 97.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 97.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 253 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 97.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1024x768 | 251.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 248 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 240.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 92.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 154.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 96.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 312.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 311 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 308.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 317.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 96.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 95.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 96.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Gaming Score | 93 |
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