Did you actually read the review????
It clearly shows the 8700k is faster even at 1440P. I cannot wait for the 11 series of GPU's to arrive and put this argument to bed.
This whole 8700k is pointless above 1080P argument needs to stop there are 20fps differences is some titles, that can be a GPU upgrade to some.
Again, nobody is gaming on TR.
I'm not even sure why we are discussing this in here.
Quite, I'm pretty sure you guys have discussed this to death. That shot shows a 4% difference and AMD testing showed average 6%. I'm pretty sure anybody buying one won't be disappointed with gaming performance. At 1440 and 4k threadripper puts in a decent showing.
When gaming comes second to actual productivity threadripper shines. I also think that people won't be looking at either threadripper or 8700k... 2700x vs 8700k yes.. but 2990wx vs 8700k, just no. Anybody buying this cpu doesn't care about dropping 4 to 6% in gaming.