Today we can finally witness the fully unleashed power of the new unlocked Intel 8th generation Core processors, the Core i7 8700K, the Core i5 8600K and the Core i3 8350K. The Core i7 8700K processor was used for a total of 2 World Records and 9 Global First Places in the 6xCPU category.

An overview below:

Intel Core i7-8700K Launch 2 World Records, 9 Global First Places
	Benchmark		Score	Overclocker		Motherboard	VS i7-7700K	Memory
WR	3DMark06		73519		Rsannino	ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex	+2.11%	G.SKILL TridentZ
WR	Memory Frequency		2764.6 MHz		Hocayu	ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex	+1.01%	G.SKILL TridentZ
GFP	Cinebench R11.5	6xCPU	25.14		Alex@ro	ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex	+48.76%	G.SKILL TridentZ
GFP	Cinebench R15	6xCPU	2306		Alex@ro	ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex	+48.39%	G.SKILL TridentZ
GFP	Geekbench3 Multi Core	6xCPU	42704		Alex@ro	ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex	+43.44%	G.SKILL TridentZ
GFP	GPUPI for CPU 1B	6xCPU	2min 29.053sec		Rsannino	ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex	+50.43%	G.SKILL TridentZ
GFP	HWBOT X265 1080P	6xCPU	82.8 FPS		Alex@ro	ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex	+45.67%	G.SKILL TridentZ
GFP	HWBOT X265 4K	6xCPU	18.48 FPS		Alex@ro	ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex	+38.95%	G.SKILL TridentZ
GFP	wPrime 32M	6xCPU	1.984sec		Hicookie	GIGABYTE Z370 SOC Force LN2	+43.99%	G.SKILL TridentZ
GFP	wPrime 1024M	6xCPU	1min 1.218sec		Hicookie	GIGABYTE Z370 SOC Force LN2	+47.81%	G.SKILL TridentZ
GFP	XTU	6xCPU	3532		Alex@ro	ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex	+51.69%	G.SKILL TridentZ
HFP	CPU Frequency		7405 MHz		Kovan Yang		+1.00%
(Table as of October 7, 2017. Source: hwbot.org database)