Yep, should be soon, it's already going into 7.5.1 test builds https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11062#issuecomment-27658... Instructions are there on how to install the test build it with nvm, so you can start using it already :)

Can't wait... need me some async await without babel.

In 7.2.x, you could do async await with just a --harmony flag.

I might be mistaken but I believe there were some major performance issues with the older async/await implementation.

Indeed, a memory leak: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/9339 / https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=5582

Yes, on the other hand, if you are like me and use them for one-off scripts, they are great.