So if Intel is indeed cutting prices does this mean that the Ryzen benchmarks are legit? 

Intel Kaby Lake, Skylake and Haswell Processors Get Massive Price Cuts By Retailers – Team

Blue Beginning To Feel The Imminent Threat of AMD Ryzen Processors

http://wccftech.com/intel-amd-price-war-ryzen-processors/

Intel’s enthusiast, mainstream and budget tier processors have received massive price cuts by a certain list of retailers. The price cuts come just a few days after AMD announced their new Ryzen processors that feature highly competitive pricing and great performance numbers.

Over at Microcenter, we can see a large array of Intel processors that have undergone insane price cuts. We are looking at processors from the Kaby Lake, Skylake and even Haswell generations that are going at discounts of up to $300 US. Following is a list of all the processors that have seen price cuts at the retail site:

• Intel Core i7-6950X ($1599 US) – $300 Price Cut
• Intel Core i7-6900K ($999 US) – $200 Price Cut
• Intel Core i7-6850K ($549 US) – $150 Price Cut
• Intel Core i7-6800K ($359 US) – $140 Price Cut
• Intel Core i7-5820K ($319 US) – $100 Price Cut
• Intel Core i7-7700K ($299 US) – $80 Price Cut
• Intel Core i7-6700K ($259 US) – $140 Price Cut
• Intel Core i7-4790K ($279 US) – $90 Price Cut
• Intel Core i7-7700 ($289 US) – $50 Price Cut
• Intel Core i7-6700 (259 US) – $90 Price Cut
• Intel Core i5-7600K ($199 US) – $70 Price Cut
• Intel Core i5-6600K ($179 US) – $$90 Price Cut
• Intel Core i5-4690K ($189 US) – $70 Price Cut
• Intel Core i5-7500 ($189 US) – $30 Price Cut
• Intel Core i5-6500 ($179 US) – $50 Price Cut
• Intel Core i5-4590 ($159 US) – $60 Price Cut
• Intel Core i3-7350K ($159 US) – $20 Price Cut
• Intel Core i3-7100 ($114 US) – $15 Price Cut
• Intel Core i3-6100 ($109 US) – $20 Price Cut
• Intel G4400 ($49.99 US) – $20 Price Cut
• Intel G3258 ($49.99 US) – $27 Price Cut

Still not significant enough though in the high-end. Although the Price-cuts on the G4400 and G3258 is pretty significant considering their starting price.

Microcenter sells Intel processors at cost or at a loss to get people into their stores. It's where I bought my i5 for $30 off over three years ago. These deals do seem particularly good, even for them, but still it's kind of their motto. Are other outlets seeing similar drops in prices?

Still going for the 1800x personally which is still better bang for your buck. But well curious for the mid to lower end cpus.

It's just one store, so we can't really tell if this is a price cut from Intel or just a store offer.

Only $20 price drops here in Australia in most stores for a 7700k.