You could mine Verus ($VRSC) with the 8700K. CPU-friendly mining and the rewards are supposed to go up due to increased usage after the full-fledged mainnet upgrade comes out in the not so distant future.

Here you can find an overview of Verus hash rates for specific CPUs:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RrSYJDV0Mjj3X-myMC3aQDGkcipivxHsD7ZxJ3r5f_A/edit#gid=10943314

The 11800h is not mentioned though. You would have to try if it does any good.