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 | |
|---|---|
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Processor speed | 4.916 MHz |
| Cache size | 12.288 KB |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 16384.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory speed | 1600.0 MHz |
| Memory max | 65536.0 GB |
| Graphics | |
| Graphics Type | Discrete |
| Secondary Graphics Chipset | Nvidia GeForce |
| Number of Graphic Cards included | 3.0 |
| Video Bus | PCI Express Triple-SLI |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 2528.0 GB |
| Hard Drive Speed | 7200.0 RPM |
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| Expansion slots | |
| Number of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots | 3.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express x1 slots | 2.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 1.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 5.0 |
| Ports and Connections | |
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| Power | |
| Power Supply Wattage | 1050.0 watts |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Other Features | |
| Devices | All-In-One Flash Memory Card Reader |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| Worldbench Score | 196.0 |
| Worldbench Version | 7 |
| Start Up | |
|---|---|
| Start Up | 53.2 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Productivity Suite | 6281.0 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 | 124.0 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 97.0 seconds (lower is better) |
| Encoding Audio | 84.4 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench Green Score | 65.0 |
| Working power usage | 23.9 Watt hours |
| Idle power usage | 161.8 Watts |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Gaming Score | 93.0 |
| Crysis 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 92.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 96.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 96.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 95.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 96.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 97.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 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, 1024x768 | 97.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 154.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 240.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 248.0 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 253.0 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1024x768 | 251.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 317.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 308.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 311.0 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 312.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
