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My CPU temperatures are high

Erexo

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While playing Rainbow Six: Siege on my Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 laptop, my processor temperature generally fluctuates between 80-87 degrees and occasionally goes up to 93-95 degrees. I recently changed the thermal paste. After changing the thermal paste, there was a 6-7 degree change in the graphics card temperature, but the processor temperature is still the same. Do these processor temperatures cause any harm, what is the reason for this, and is there a way to fix it?
CPU: Intel Core i7 11370H
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti
 
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System Name myPC
Processor i5-11600k @ stock
Motherboard Asus TUF Z590 Gaming Plus
Cooling Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4 3200
Video Card(s) Asus Dual RTX 3060 ti
Storage Boot: WD Black SN770 1TB - Game Storage: WD Black SN770 2TB - Other Storage: 4TB
Display(s) Samsung Odyssey G5 curved 27" 1440p 144hz
Case Thermaltake v100 perforated
Audio Device(s) Some headphones and some speakers
Power Supply Gigabyte UD750GM
Mouse Logitech G203
Keyboard Redragon K509
Software W11 Pro
It will shut down or throttle before doing harm to the CPU. 80-87 sounds pretty normal for a gaming laptop, 95 is pretty darn hot but not unheard of or exceeding the max, so I wouldn't be too worried if it reaches that on occasion under heavy loads.
 
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