Pros
- Stellar price-to-performance ratio
Cons
- Lacks a Blu-ray player
Bottom Line
Origin has updated the Genesis Midtower desktop for 2011 with Intel’s Sandy Bridge CPUs. While far less imposing than its larger sibling, this machine represents one of the best price-to-performance ratios on our charts, with few sacrifices.
The Specs
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Processor count | 1 |
| Processor speed | 4812.8 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Cache size | 8.192 KB |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 4096.0 MB |
| Memory speed | 1333.0 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Other storage |
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| Drive size | 1280.0 GB |
| Drive type | Hard Disk Drive |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | 1 |
| Memory stick | 1 |
| Smart media | 1 |
| Ports and Connections | |
| SD/MMC Card | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
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| MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 186 |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 115 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 304 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | 140 |
| File Compression | 119 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| CPU Graphics Rendering | 141 seconds (lower is better) |
| DVD Burning | 230 seconds (lower is better) |
| Image Editing | 241 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 258 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 140 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Editing | 141 seconds (lower is better) |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 | 337 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 | 200.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 | 276.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 | 207.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 | 196.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 | 141 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 | 307.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 | 179.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
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