Origin Genesis Review: Triple Titan Terror
by Ryan Smith on April 23, 2013 9:00 AM ESTApplication and Futuremark Performance
Though our Genesis system is primarily intended for gaming, with gaming being such a resource-intensive hobby it tends to follow that the Genesis is also an incredibly high performer at virtually everything else. The 4.9GHz SNB-E processor is as fast as they come right now, and with the triple Titans and RAID-0 SSDs backing it up, it’s clear there are very few computers that will come anywhere close to the Genesis.
As such our standard application and Futuremark benchmarks are here mostly because they’re obligatory. We simply haven’t reviewed any prior systems, even other SNB-E systems, that are as powerful as the Genesis. It takes the top spot in everything.
The Genesis more than doubles the 3DMark performance of the next-fastest system we’ve reviewed, an overclocked IVB + GTX 680 SLI configuration. Meanwhile the PCMark scores are much closer since most of the PCMark score is determined by CPU and storage performance rather than GPU performance, but thanks to the hefty overclock on its i7-3970X processor, the Genesis is still almost 700 points ahead of the next-closest system.
Diving into our CPU-dependent benchmarks, the story is much the same. Thanks to the CPU overclock, the 4.9GHz SNB-E processor means the Genesis pushes past even other SNB-E systems in both Cinebench and x264 encoding. At this point the Genesis is approaching the limit for what any kind of single-socket consumer system is going to be able to achieve.
Finally, we’re throwing in one of our standard gaming benchmarks before going into tri-SLI Titan’s performance in-depth. Even at 5760x1200 with Ultra settings, Battlefield 3 is hard-pressed to keep 3 Titan cards occupied, with the Genesis delivering 100fps. 3D Surround BF3, anyone?
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sticks435 - Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - link
I agree with some other replies, they should have waited and used the 900D and also used thicker rads. That's the reason the fans have to be turned up so high. Those look like 35mm rads, which probably have a high FPI count (20-30) is my guess. If they had used thick 60mm rads, they could have turned the fans down much lower or only used 1 set and got the same or better temps at lower noise. Dual loops would have also helped, but at that point you might as well do it yourself lol.rohini - Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - link
oh God!What the hell will you do with such a config? You're wasting power nothing else. Even a single Titan is more than sufficient for all the latest games let alone the 3 way SLI.
Silma - Thursday, April 25, 2013 - link
For $9k I'm not expecting a 51dB loud computer but rather about 35dB.I have a loud computer with otherwise perfect specs and boy I am looking forward to the next one which will be silent as a priority.
Also 240GB SSD is absolutely not enough, for the price I'm expecting 480GB at the very least.
Otherwise it looks like a great PC.
ChuckyDB - Thursday, April 25, 2013 - link
Honestly, the cooling is clearly poor for that price.That crazy overclock sure is heating up the water, but not like those power hungry Titans.
I have seen on a forum a dude with 2 Titans on water at around 40C.
This build, with the cards being at 66C, that means the water is quite hot. No wonder the cpu is going over 80. For a build of this magnitude, it is quite sad.
For cooling that CPU, I would have taken 2 radiators because of that overclock, and 2 radiators for each GPU to keep that water temperature down. That's 8 radiators total. 5 isn't enough for a single loop.
Personnaly, I would have either:
1) Made a double loop, that way the gpus could have heated the water all they wanted on their side and the cpu would have had more breathing space.
2) Or, if I'm not mistaken, that looks like some Koolance quick disconnect plugs around the gpus. http://koolance.com/help-quick-disconnect-shutoff-...
That means we could easily add a radbox on the back and get 3 more radiators in that system. http://koolance.com/radiator-mounting-bracket-with...
That would give a much better thermal performance, and mabey give the chance to keep the fans a low speed at all time. Sure it looks ugly, but someone who can do it should in my opinion.
dishayu - Friday, April 26, 2013 - link
This system has more frame buffer than RAM. :|chazh - Friday, April 26, 2013 - link
this is 8K stuff. beastly mainly. it must be targeted the enthusiast gaming user.with those triple titans it seem the motherboard is not quite match.
otherwise, maybe maximus v extreme will be a wise choice.
and without a discrete sound card..well i feel something missing in this rig.
wshawn - Saturday, April 27, 2013 - link
Let me buy a server and a couple of I7-3xxx systems and a decent laptop. I'll probably still have money left over. There isn't $9k worth of anything here."These aren't the droids you're looking for. Move along."
Conficio - Sunday, April 28, 2013 - link
+Ryan are you susing a DSLR type camera? If so you can reduce the glare and reflections on the cases by buying a polarization filter and using it accordingly. Would make great reviews even better!Thanks for your hard work.
fuzz111111 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - link
Are you sure it was the CPU holding some games back? Nvidia cards, without a patch, run at PCIE 2.0 on X79, and this apparently bottlenecks SLI setups:https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/516811/ge...
UltraTech79 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - link
Really? $9000 and they put fucking TITANs in there?Morons.