One thing thats funny about this is that over a decade ago now when I was at uni, just about everyone in music including the lecturers were mad about more cores, and particularly for pro tools. I was pretty much thinking in the back of mind 'none of these nubs have probably even checked their CPU utilization or ran a single PC benchmark on their 2 grand + web browsing machines. And not only for music production, but a lot of other productivity tasks, people would focus on maxing out their cores. I followed a thread online where loads of users were buying dual CPU 8 core workstation macs for over 5 grand, with no idea why they actually needed that many cores other than the 'moar cores' mentality. Even today, very little software makes much use of more than 4 cores, the only reason where something like my current hex core comes into use is multitasking, or for me really only when using real time video game recording software, and then compressing the videos. The thing in my sig literally only exists because Im also a PC enthusiast and I want the best stuff, though Im skipping 1080 Tis and waiting for Volta GPUs later this year or next year.
I also have a minimum spec under £300 secondary back up system for when my main one breaks down using just a dual core pentium. Other than for gaming, it has no issue with simple every day use for the rest of my family, and actually boots up and browses the net faster because theres nothing else running in the background and no apps or anything that it needs to be clogged up with. It even runs my library of simple indie games on steam when something's broken in my main PC. Most people who buy general use home computers and dont even play AAA or demanding video games waste so much money when they buy anything more than an <£50 Intel dual core (also AMD CPUs in the <£100 price range are terribly slow even with 4 cores, and are only worthwhile for the superior integrated graphics if you plan on playing anything more than 2D indie games).