Solved! Why is my laptop running all games 10-15fps?

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I have a lenovo ideapad 320. It has 4gb DDR4, AMD Radeon 530 and intel pentium N4200 1.1 ghz. I tried running a couple of games like Counter-Strike Global Offensive and Dota2. I read online that the 530 could easily run these games but i barely broke 15fps. And i have already checked that the laptop is not using the integrated graphics for gaming and i have also opted in the Amd settings to get the most power out of the GPU instead of saving batterylife. I also have the laptop plugged into the wall and i am not using any battery saving settings in the games. So could anyone tell me what is wrong?
 

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Download prime95 and run blend on default settings for 15-30mins. Look for cpu core temps with hwmonitor.

Download furmark and run stress test and look for gpu downclocking cause if temperature. If it goes reaalu high like 90 then abort it.

Tell us what temperatures you got with these.