PCSpecialist Cobalt Spark R Prebuilt Review (i3 + RX 6600)

Software and Games

To test the PCSpecialist Cobalt Spark R, we used the following software/games:

• 3DMark Time Spy
• AIDA64 Engineer
• Cinebench R23
• CrystalDiskMark
• PCMark 10
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Forza Horizon 5
• Rainbow Six Siege
• Starfield
• Total War: Warhammer III

We used the AMD Adrenalin 24.3.1 driver, which was the latest at the time of testing.

Comparison Systems

Not every system below is compared against the Cobalt Spark R in every benchmark, but where applicable we have used the following systems as a point of reference:

PCSpecialist Topaz Spark

• Case: CORSAIR 3000D AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
• Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 5 7500F Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-5.0GHz/38MB CACHE/AM5)
• Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME B650-PLUS (DDR5, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) – ARGB Ready!
• Memory (RAM): 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
• Graphics Card: 10GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6700 – HDMI, DP – DX® 12
• 1st M.2 SSD Drive: 1TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/s R, 2950MB/s W)
• Power Supply: CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD
• Power Cable: 1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
• Processor Cooling: PCS FrostFlow 100 V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
• WIRELESS INTEL® WI-FI 6E AX210 2,400MBPS/5GHZ, 300MBPS/2.4GHZ PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
• Windows 11 Home 64 Bit – inc. Single Licence [KK3-00027]

PCSpecialist Magnus Spark

• PCS P209 ARGB MID TOWER CASE
• Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-12400F (2.5GHz)
• ASUS® PRIME B660-PLUS D4 (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s)
• 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
• 8GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6600 – HDMI, DP – DX12
• 1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2200 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
• CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD
• PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
• 1x 120mm Black Case Fan
• WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
• Windows 11 Home 64 Bit

We also use some CPU data from Leo's Ryzen 5 5600X3D review, using his test bench setup:

• Processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D, Ryzen 5 5600X
• CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Elite LCD
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master
• Memory: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3600 C16
• Graphics card: Gigabyte RTX 4080 16GB
• Power supply: Seasonic Prime PX-1600 ATX 3.0
• SSD: PNY CS3140 M.2 NVMe
• OS: Windows 11

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
• CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Elite LCD
• Motherboard: Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite
• Memory: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 C30
• Graphics card: Gigabyte RTX 4080 16GB
• Power supply: Seasonic Prime PX-1600 ATX 3.0
• SSD: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 M.2 NVMe
• OS: Windows 11

And some of my own data from our GPU reviews has also been used, with the following hardware configuration:

• CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KS
• Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX
• Memory: 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 6000MHz
• Graphics Card: RX 6600, RX 6600 XT, RX 7600, RTX 3060, RTX 3050, RX 6500 XT
• SSD: 4TB Seagate Firecuda 530 Gen 4 PCIe NVMe
• Chassis: Corsair 5000D Airflow Tempered Glass Gaming Case
• CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i Elite RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
• Power Supply: Corsair 1600W Pro Series Titanium AX1600i Digital Modular PSU
• Operating System: Windows 11 23H2

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