Benchmarks: CPU
AMD's aim with Ryzen 2000-series is to lift performance performance through minor IPC gains allied to higher frequencies. Zen+ is still no match for Coffee Lake in the single-threaded PiFast test - we would need a Ryzen 7 operating at 5GHz-plus to beat out the stock Core i7-8700K that boosts up to 4.7GHz.
IPC x single-core frequency will remain Intel's domain for a while. This is why AMD typically offers more cores for the same price, and brute power wins out in well-threaded applications.
Ryzen 7 2700X can be up to 30 per cent faster than the Core i7-8700K. What's somewhat surprising is how well Ryzen 5 2600X does against the Core i7-8700K in Blender, Cinebench and HandBrake. With good cooling the new Precision Boost 2 algorithm keeps the all-core speed at 4.1GHz, What you're seeing is a $229 processor keep up with a rival $349 one.