A motherboard can be likened to what is essentially the nervous system of a computer. It allows for connectivity between components and a variety of input and output devices, while allowing the sum of all parts to behave as what we now call the modern personal computer, or PC. Unlike previous times, when it was a more primitive interface between the sum of the parts it connected, modern motherboards pack features that can be leveraged to offer significant performance upgrades to enable better user experiences, offering future-proofing down the road as modern CPU sockets continue to mature.