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(sorry in advance for the off-topic rant...) :)
Synthetic benchmarks (i.e., 25,000 points more in 'x') mean little if there are not measurable increases in performance in real world applications....
X79 (and now X99) chipset-based motherboards have a few advantages in a few small memory bandwidth-limited applications, but, their expense seems rarely justified.
As for this claim..."The CPU Queen score on a 2500k in turbo boost at 3.7Ghz is 31,950 points. My old i7 930 scored just over 50,000 points. "
Was your 930 OC'd? Because if not, most know an i7/930 at it's stock 3.06 GHz, hyperthreaded or not, will not defeat an i5/2500K at ...well, anything (real applications) in the 'real world' , short of a few useless synthetic benchmarks that are designed to make 'hyperthreading' seem like a cpus performance should be elevated, as though they actually have 8 cores instead of the true 3.06Ghz quad core that they do have....