This issue seems, or will be, a different level of concern to different people. If benchmarks are the sole measurement of computer satisfaction, to include a few percent difference, then yes, these fixes are, or will be, a disappointment. Business, that relies on storage performance, appears to be the real group affected. Personally, my desktop build is overkill for what I use it for, but I built it to be flexible (some minor gaming but mostly productivity), somewhat futureproof, and because a powerful machine makes even simple tasks faster and more responsive. I've installed both the Windows update and yesterday's ASUS BIOS update (for i7-7700k w/ PRIME Z270-A) and, without running any benchmarks, I don't notice a single difference in performance except for a few minutes for the system to stabilize after update installation (especially for the Windows update). The same is true for my Dell XPS 13 that has received both BIOS and Windows updates. Some groups are rightfully concerned but your general home user probably shouldn't be. The media circus surrounding this bug will generate a lot of frivolous legal activity (and precedent that every computer vulnerability, regardless of when known, should result in class action lawsuit) that only makes lawyers rich...and eventually passed to consumers in terms of prices. I've experienced more noticeable impacts and inconveniences in the past from non-media interest Windows, driver, or BIOS updates.