Become one with the compute node. There are scientific research projects one can participate. The Einstein@home https://einsteinathome.org/ is super unique as well as Rosetta@home http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ Many of these research projects required a powerful CPU along with a GPU.
Projects
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php
Research Node Software then once installed, you can then participate in any of the projects mentioned from above.
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/