This story was updated on May 24, 2018 because a new eight-core, 16-thread Intel CPU entry has appeared on the SiSoft database.
Earlier this week two likely Intel eight-core CPU candidates appeared on the SiSoft Sandra database, running at 2.6Ghz and 1.7GHz, however, the latest entry shows an eight-core CPU, combined with what is likely a Z370 motherboard, operating at 3.1GHz.
That’s still a considerable clockspeed drop from the current eight-core Skylake-X i7 7820X, which runs at a base clockspeed of 3.6Ghz and can boost up to 4.5GHz, but does indicate this potential Coffee Lake eight-core is being put through its paces at higher frequencies.
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SiSoft entries also don’t always play nice with early engineering samples, and these early benchmarks are likely using engineering samples for testing performance across the 22nm (Kaby Lake PCH-equipped) Z370 and 14nm Z390 chipsets.
Despite that Kaby Lake reference, there’s pretty much zero chance that the eight-core chip will be backwards compatible with the Z270 platform - seriously, don’t get your hopes up.

With Intel’s track record this move would nullify the reasoning Intel gave for the lack of compatibility between Coffee Lake and Kaby Lake chips when they first launched in October last year. So, even if this were possible (which modders seem to have proven somewhat), it seems incredibly unlikely to stick around for the finished product.
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