16 core CPU need to give at least 38-40.000.
Without that that's not good CPU from my perspective.
16 cores Hey... Intel 10 cores 1000$ results are arround 35.000.
How 16 cores give same score as overclocked i7-5930K, that's big question.
AMD have 16 cores and Intel 6 core.
AMD plan to charge him 850$, why someone to pay so much for 26.000 score if Intel could reach 35.000 for 1000$. Intel i9 with 16 cores will reach over 40.000.
X299 is than not so bad option, when price of i9 line start to go down in next years people will have opportunity to buy them later. If they performance are far better than i9-7900X they will work as Xeons capable to OC. And you know how long Xeons serve customers, that's not platform for change on 10 months as mainstream just because new chipset arrive or new socket.