With updated windows binaries i7 4770K (7 threads) boosted from 8 to 10 only. Is it normal?
P.S. Seems AMD rules

Yeah I got only minor gains on Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge cpus in windows. Seems the upgrade most benefits AMD unfortunately

It's all over the place. Some results from the #monero channel:
G620 processors - no increase
G3220 processors - 15%
Phenom X4 - 100%
i7-4820K - 53%
1st gen i3 - 61%
2nd gen i3 - 62%
i7-2600K - 56%
Noodle only started optimization today so there may be gains for your CPU in the future.
There's no QT style wallet for Monero though, am I right?
Not yet, someone is still working on the GUI wallet.