Pros
- Stellar price-to-performance ratio
Cons
- Lacks a Blu-ray player
At A Glance
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 type | Intel Core i7 |
| Processor speed | 4.7 MHz |
| Cache size | 8.192 KB |
| Processor count | 1 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 4096.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory speed | 1333.0 MHz |
| Graphics | |
| Graphics Type | Discrete |
| Secondary Graphics Chipset | Nvidia GeForce |
| Number of Graphic Cards included | 1 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 1280.0 GB |
| Hard Drive Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Other storage |
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| Drive type | Hard Disk Drive |
| Ports and Connections | |
| SD/MMC Card | 1 |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) | Yes |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| Smart media | Yes |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 186 |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 115 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 304 seconds (lower is better) |
| File Compression | 119 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | 140 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 241 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 258 seconds (lower is better) |
| CPU Graphics Rendering | 141 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 140 seconds (lower is better) |
| DVD Burning | 230 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 Medium 1680x1050 | 307.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 | 276.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 | 179.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 | 200.4 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) |
