Okay I only looked at everyone else's benchmarks now in the evening and I must say I disagree with the numbers they have produced.
Or rather I don't doubt their numbers at all, as I can reproduce them but it's most certainly using an older microcode.
My review was delayed and basically I was sleepless because I had to redo all testing (including benchmarks not included here like Spi 32M) with the newest BIOS with the newest microcode that came in Friday evening.
ASRock's BIOS with this same microcode came in literally today as version 1.5 (my board had 1.4 on it)
Either way, the reason the microcode matters is because it alters performance dramatically. Adding anywhere between 2 to 10% in performance and in some instances much more.
on the Hero board, 0610 is the old slow firmware, 0703 is the fast BIOS and I see many of the reviews used with the older BIOS and microcode.
With the results I gathered, the 11th gen really is the fastest gaming CPU on the market. With the older BIOS it was slower even than 10th gen.