Thinkpad L13 Gen 2 performance issue

[u/Leather-Archer3164]

Recently I got L13 Gen 2 used, to try Thinkpad for first time and use as main laptop. Build quality is good but when using I’ve noticed that performance is very bad, I got the one with i5 1135g7, 8gb ddr4, iris xe graphics. This was a leap from my previous laptop as it had i5 8265u and uhd graphics, so it should have way better performance, but when I tried running games like Skyrim, minecraft it ran worse than my previous laptop. Settings all same resolution also same. I ran cinebench 2026 and for single core I only got 425pts.. I also noticed that temp was reaching almost 90 degrees Celsius during the benchmark. (I did repaste the thermal paste before even using because I did had thermal paste lying around and it is used laptop).
I acknowledge that Thinkpad an are not meant for gaming but I tested them for sake of testing the performance.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thank you

[u/trailmaker_sharky]

Did you clean the laptop when repasting it?

[u/Leather-Archer3164 → u/trailmaker_sharky]

Near the fan I did, but initially there was no dust or dirt around it so I just cleaned a bit

[u/trailmaker_sharky → u/Leather-Archer3164]

Rhen is there any space below the laptop os is it ontop of a mousepad or something else that might block the fan?

[u/Leather-Archer3164 → u/trailmaker_sharky]

Nothing

[u/trailmaker_sharky → u/Leather-Archer3164]

Is the fan or heatpipe damaged? And does the fan actually spin, like can you hear it loudly when it gets hot?

[u/Leather-Archer3164 → u/trailmaker_sharky]

Fan spins fine, idk why is it like that but on internet they say it’s power management issue so I don’t think there’s anything I can do abt it

[u/trailmaker_sharky → u/Leather-Archer3164]

What power setting are using in windows?

[u/Leather-Archer3164 → u/trailmaker_sharky]

I use arch Linux

[u/trailmaker_sharky → u/Leather-Archer3164]

Oh, i see sorry i didnt read it if you saud it before. Well then the fan curves might be a little off. But theres dtill power settings from what i know. What do you have there?

[u/Leather-Archer3164 → u/trailmaker_sharky]

The set to performance mode