Why does my laptop struggle to run games?

animesh500

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Aug 28, 2016
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Hi

I've had my laptop for over a year and it struggles to run games a lot but it shouldn't in comparison to the specs

It has:
Intel I7 5500U CPU @2.40GHz
16.0 GB RAM
Windows 10 64-bit
Nvidia GeForce 920M 4.0GB

It struggles to get above 30 FPS on most games even at low settings. I was trying to run Witcher 2 and even on lowest settings I'd get under 20 FPS. Same with Warframe, people with lower end PCs are getting around 60+ FPS and I'm stuck on 30 and I don't understand why. It's the same with CSGO (Which is freezing my laptop outright ever since the latest update for Windows 10).
I've put all of the games to run on Nvidia via the control panel as well.
Any ideas?

Thanks!
 

animesh500

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Aug 28, 2016
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But that shouldn't mean that I am stuck on under 30FPS? It's the 4.0GB version and I've checked what FPS I should be getting for some of my games and it should still be around 50-60, especially for Counter Strike and Witcher 2.
 

animesh500

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Aug 28, 2016
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My laptop's 16:9 so with a 1080p hd screen, I tend to play on 1920 by 1080 or 1270 by 720