Help with Proper Thermal Set-up for Lenovo Legion Y740

Hello everyone, I need your help with something. I’m running a Lenovo Legion Y740-15ICHg (81HE) – inxi below – and it’s running hot. Doing office work, browsing the internet or just going through files in my system, my sensors report a temperature of anywhere from 55 to 62 °C. All that’s running at this point is Steam and Firefox, as far as foreground applications go.

Now, that’s not distressingly hot, but it is rather warm, considering nothing is really going on. I’ve tried several things to get the fan speeds under control, but everything seems to fail at some point:

  • sensors does find a fan now, but I think I just tricked it into finding something, because it claims that it is a Thinkpad-related thing rather than a general Lenovo or Legion device, and there should be 2 fans rather than one, although it might be the case that they can’t be seperately controlled, so it can only find one controller:
thinkpad-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
fan1:         257 RPM

There has to be some sort thermal fan control going on, as my fans do start up, once I start an intensive game or something like that, but I still have the feeling that they don’t go full-throttle and my laptop’s warmer than it should be. I haven’t yet found a way to change how this fan control works and I’d be really grateful for some advice here, especially as this seems to be an issue very much related to my device rather than the OS or some piece of software.

Edit: Further testing revealed that the RPM output for fan1 by sensors cannot be correct or at the very least it isn’t being updated. I started up a game and I could hear the fans speeding up and doing work, however, sensors still reported them at 257 RPM, which just couldn’t be.

Something’s weird here.

Some outputs for your consideration:

$ sudo sensors-detect 
# sensors-detect version 3.6.0+git
# System: LENOVO 81HE [Lenovo Legion Y740-15ICHg] (laptop)
# Board: LENOVO LNVNB161216
# Kernel: 5.10.105-1-MANJARO x86_64
# Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz (6/158/10)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): yes
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595...                       No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors...                          No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors...                            No
AMD K8 thermal sensors...                                   No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors...                           No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors...                           No
AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors...                   No
AMD Family 15h thermal sensors...                           No
AMD Family 16h thermal sensors...                           No
AMD Family 17h thermal sensors...                           No
AMD Family 15h power sensors...                             No
AMD Family 16h power sensors...                             No
Hygon Family 18h thermal sensors...                         No
AMD Family 19h thermal sensors...                           No
Intel digital thermal sensor...                             Success!
    (driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor...                         No
Intel 5500/5520/X58 thermal sensor...                       No
VIA C7 thermal sensor...                                    No
VIA Nano thermal sensor...                                  No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): 
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'...               No
Trying family `SMSC'...                                     No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'...               No
Trying family `ITE'...                                      No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'...               No
Trying family `SMSC'...                                     No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'...               No
Trying family `ITE'...                                      No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): 
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290...       No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290...       No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290...                   No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290...                   No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): 
Using driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.4: Cannon Lake-H (PCH)

Next adapter: NVIDIA GPU I2C adapter (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): 

Next adapter: Synopsys DesignWare I2C adapter (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): 
Adapter doesn't support all probing functions.
Some addresses won't be probed.
Client found at address 0x5c
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7462'...                     No
Probing for `SMSC EMC1072'...                               No
Probing for `SMSC EMC1073'...                               No
Probing for `SMSC EMC1074'...                               No

Next adapter: Synopsys DesignWare I2C adapter (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): 
Adapter doesn't support all probing functions.
Some addresses won't be probed.

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 5000 (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): 
Client found at address 0x18
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021'...                     No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021A/ADM1023'...            No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617A'...                             No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1668'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1805'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1989'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6655/MAX6656'...                      No
Probing for `TI THMC10'...                                  No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM84'...                No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL523SM'...                      No
Probing for `Onsemi MC1066'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1618'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1619'...                              No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM82/LM83'...           No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6654'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6690'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6680/MAX6681'...                      No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6695/MAX6696'...                      No
Probing for `Texas Instruments TMP400'...                   No
Probing for `Texas Instruments AMC6821'...                  No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM95233'...             No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM95234'...             No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM95235'...             No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM95245'...             No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM64'...                No
Probing for `SMSC EMC1047'...                               No
Probing for `SMSC EMC1402'...                               No
Probing for `SMSC EMC1403'...                               No
Probing for `SMSC EMC1404'...                               No
Probing for `ST STTS424'...                                 No
Probing for `ST STTS424E'...                                No
Probing for `ST STTS2002'...                                No
Probing for `ST STTS3000'...                                No
Probing for `NXP SE97/SE97B'...                             No
Probing for `NXP SE98'...                                   No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7408'...                     No
Probing for `IDT TS3000/TSE2002'...                         No
Probing for `IDT TSE2004'...                                No
Probing for `IDT TS3001'...                                 No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6604'...                              No
Probing for `Microchip MCP9804'...                          No
Probing for `Microchip MCP9808'...                          No
Probing for `Microchip MCP98242'...                         No
Probing for `Microchip MCP98243'...                         No
Probing for `Microchip MCP98244'...                         No
Probing for `Microchip MCP9843'...                          No
Probing for `ON CAT6095/CAT34TS02'...                       No
Probing for `ON CAT34TS02C'...                              No
Probing for `ON CAT34TS04'...                               No
Probing for `Atmel AT30TS00'...                             No
Probing for `Giantec GT30TS00'...                           No
Client found at address 0x1a
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021'...                     No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021A/ADM1023'...            No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617A'...                             No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1668'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1805'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1989'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6655/MAX6656'...                      No
Probing for `TI THMC10'...                                  No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM84'...                No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL523SM'...                      No
Probing for `Onsemi MC1066'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1618'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1619'...                              No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM82/LM83'...           No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6654'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6690'...                              No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6680/MAX6681'...                      No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6695/MAX6696'...                      No
Probing for `Texas Instruments TMP400'...                   No
Probing for `Texas Instruments AMC6821'...                  No
Probing for `ST STTS424'...                                 No
Probing for `ST STTS424E'...                                No
Probing for `ST STTS2002'...                                No
Probing for `ST STTS3000'...                                No
Probing for `NXP SE97/SE97B'...                             No
Probing for `NXP SE98'...                                   No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7408'...                     No
Probing for `IDT TS3000/TSE2002'...                         No
Probing for `IDT TSE2004'...                                No
Probing for `IDT TS3001'...                                 No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6604'...                              No
Probing for `Microchip MCP9804'...                          No
Probing for `Microchip MCP9808'...                          No
Probing for `Microchip MCP98242'...                         No
Probing for `Microchip MCP98243'...                         No
Probing for `Microchip MCP98244'...                         No
Probing for `Microchip MCP9843'...                          No
Probing for `ON CAT6095/CAT34TS02'...                       No
Probing for `ON CAT34TS02C'...                              No
Probing for `ON CAT34TS04'...                               No
Probing for `Atmel AT30TS00'...                             No
Probing for `Giantec GT30TS00'...                           No
Client found at address 0x50
Handled by driver `ee1004' (already loaded), chip type `ee1004'
    (note: this is probably NOT a sensor chip!)
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'...                     No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'...                     No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'...                                 Yes
    (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter 1 at 1:00.0 (i2c-4)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): 

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter 2 at 1:00.0 (i2c-5)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): 

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter 3 at 1:00.0 (i2c-6)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): 

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter 4 at 1:00.0 (i2c-7)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): 

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter 5 at 1:00.0 (i2c-8)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): 

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter 6 at 1:00.0 (i2c-9)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): 

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter 7 at 1:00.0 (i2c-10)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): 


Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue: 

Driver `coretemp':
  * Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to overwrite /etc/conf.d/lm_sensors? (YES/no):
$ sensors
hidpp_battery_1-hid-3-12
Adapter: HID adapter
in0:           3.96 V  

iwlwifi_1-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +46.0°C  

BAT1-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
in0:          12.90 V  

thinkpad-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
fan1:         257 RPM

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0:  +54.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0:        +54.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1:        +52.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2:        +53.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3:        +53.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 4:        +53.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 5:        +53.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

pch_cannonlake-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +59.0°C  

nvme-pci-3e00
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite:    +44.9°C  (low  =  -5.2°C, high = +79.8°C)
                       (crit = +84.8°C)
$ full-system-info 
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.105-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
    root=UUID=628f24a1-5443-4159-99a5-4a1e4dfaa518 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.3 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81HE v: Lenovo Legion Y740-15ICHg
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo Legion Y740-15ICHg
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0R32862 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: AVCN22WW(V1.12)
    date: 07/20/2020
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 53.6 Wh (99.6%) condition: 53.8/57.0 Wh (94.3%)
    volts: 12.9 min: 11.5 model: SMP L17M3PG2 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: N/A cycles: 28
  ID-2: hidpp_battery_1 charge: N/A condition: N/A volts: 4.0 min: N/A
    model: Logitech G903 Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A serial: <filter>
    status: discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.27 GiB used: 6.82 GiB (21.8%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-8750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xEC
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
    L3: 9 MiB desc: 1x9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4100 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
    8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 52815
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt
    cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts
    epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr
    ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid
    invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr
    nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln
    pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap
    smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow
    tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave
    xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf
    mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU106BM [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] vendor: Lenovo
    driver: nvidia v: 510.54 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f51 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Razer USA Kiyo Pro type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 6-1.1:3 chip-ID: 1532:0e05 class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.65x15.00")
    s-diag: 777mm (30.58")
  Monitor-1: DP-4 size-res: N/A modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: primary res: 2560x1440 hz: 144 dpi: 93
    size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.48") modes: N/A
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 510.54
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media Q9-1 type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    bus-ID: 1-5.4:11 chip-ID: 0d8c:0135 class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: Razer USA Kiyo Pro type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 6-1.1:3 chip-ID: 1532:0e05 class-ID: 0102
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.105-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi
    vendor: Rivet Networks Killer Wireless-AC 1550i Wireless driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: 3000 bus-ID: 3f:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp63s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-3: ASIX AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet type: USB driver: ax88179_178a
    bus-ID: 6-1.3:4 chip-ID: 0b95:1790 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp61s0u1u3 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wg-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> scope: global
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB
    driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:9 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 1.02 TiB (73.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 10130001 temp: 44.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 033 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 204.8 GiB size: 200.59 GiB (97.94%)
    used: 160.63 GiB (80.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
    uuid: 628f24a1-5443-4159-99a5-4a1e4dfaa518
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
    used: 29 MiB (11.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    label: SYSTEM_DRV uuid: D48E-60B3
  ID-3: /mnt/8EC28FE8C28FD2BF raw-size: 475.69 GiB
    size: 475.69 GiB (100.00%) used: 428.13 GiB (90.0%) fs: ntfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: Windows-SSD
    uuid: 8EC28FE8C28FD2BF
  ID-4: /mnt/Data raw-size: 726.7 GiB size: 714.29 GiB (98.29%)
    used: 452.07 GiB (63.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: Data
    uuid: 39551567-427b-4331-a647-794215db1966
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 15.5 MiB (0.2%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 1000 MiB fs: ntfs
    label: WINRE_DRV uuid: D28E90838E9061B1
  ID-3: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1:13 info: Logitech USB Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c539 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-3:3 info: Cherry GmbH Keyboard type: Keyboard,Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 046a:00dd class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: 1-4:4 info: Integrated Express ITE Device(8910) type: Keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:c936 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-2: 1-5:5 info: VIA Labs USB2.0 Hub ports: 5 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 2109:2817 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5.2:8 info: Razer USA Goliathus Extended type: Mouse,Keyboard
    driver: razeraccessory,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:0c02 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-3: 1-5.3:10 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5.4:11 info: C-Media Q9-1 type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0135 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-5.5:12 info: VIA Labs USB Billboard Device type: Billboard
    driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 2109:8888 class-ID: 1100 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-6:6
    info: Integrated Express Corsair Gaming K95 RGB PLATINUM Keyboard
    type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:c935 class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: 1-14:9 info: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP)
    type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 5-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 6-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 6-1:2 info: VIA Labs USB3.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 2109:0817 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 6-1.1:3 info: Razer USA Kiyo Pro type: Video,Audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s
    power: 896mA chip-ID: 1532:0e05 class-ID: 0102
  Device-2: 6-1.3:4 info: ASIX AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet type: Network
    driver: ax88179_178a interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s power: 184mA
    chip-ID: 0b95:1790 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C pch: 60.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
    temp: 53 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 257
Info:
  Processes: 339 Uptime: 2h 9m wakeups: 8 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: 1698 pacman: 1694 lib: 462
  flatpak: 0 snap: 4 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.15

Just stepping back a bit…I see you are using 6GB or RAM. You must have a lot of processes loaded to use that much RAM. Have you tried just watching “top” while your system is at idle? By idle I mean not playing any games or running videos in the background in the browser…

I suspect you might have some sort of processes consuming CPU that should not be. Also, when was the last time you rebooted your system?

Thank you for your reply, but I think you are very much missing the point. I’m not concerned about my RAM usage, Firefox and Steam together with Plasma will do that to my memory. I consider this normal.

To answer your question regardless, though. Those values were from an idle moment. There was no video playing, no game running, nothing of the sort. Firefox was open (the tab I was using at the moment was this forum, but there are a bunch of other tabs open at the same time) and Steam was running in the background, doing nothing but being there.
My system was restarted just before I posted this thread. I shut it down every night when I go to bed and boot it back up when I get back here.

My issue is not my RAM or CPU utilisation, it’s the fact that my fans don’t seem to care about temperatures beneath 70 °C, before they start speeding up.