Pros

  • Category-leading general performance

Cons

  • Elaborate liquid-cooling limits internal access

Bottom Line

Origin’s Genesis is back, armed with an impressive 5GHz overclock on its Intel Sandy Bridge CPU. It powers its way to the top of our charts, delivering the fastest results we’ve ever seen, at a price that’s actually a bit lower than its predecessor.

The Specs

Processor
Processor count 1
Processor speed 5120.0 MHz
Processor type Intel Core i7
Cache size 8.192 KB
Memory
Memory size 16384.0 MB
Memory type DDR3
Storage
Other storage
  • CompactFlash
  • Memory Stick
  • SD/MMC Card
  • SmartMedia
Raid type RAID 0
Drive size 2256.0 GB
Drive type
  • Hard Disk Drive
  • Solid-State Drive
Storage Media
Compact flash 1
Memory stick 1
Smart media 1
Ports and Connections
SD/MMC Card 1
Available Interfaces
  • Bluetooth
  • HDMI
  • Video - 24 pin DVI-D
  • eSATA
MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) 1
Included Software
Operating system Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Performance

Overall Rating
WorldBench 6 Score 223
Office Productivity
Web Browsing 111  seconds (lower is better)
Office Suite Use 297  seconds (lower is better)
Multitasking 127
File Compression 110  seconds (lower is better)
Content Creation
CPU Graphics Rendering 133  seconds (lower is better)
DVD Burning 91  seconds (lower is better)
Image Editing 186  seconds (lower is better)
GPU Graphics Rendering 252  seconds (lower is better)
Video Encoding 109  seconds (lower is better)
Video Editing 131  seconds (lower is better)
Gaming
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 358.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 225.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 352.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 222.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 220.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 212.9  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 359.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 349.5  Frames per second (higher is better)

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