There are server workloads like maybe high concurrency web apps that might benefit. Back in the days of single core CPUs HT made desktops feel a lot better not

There are server workloads like maybe high concurrency web apps that might benefit. Back in the days of single core CPUs HT made desktops feel a lot better not just because of throughput but (my speculation) because it reduced typical scheduling latency. Antivirus or whatever else was happening in the background was less likely to cause UI jank.