Slow system after update

Thanks for the additional replies.

I used the following to perform the balancing operation…

…thanks for this info.

I still found my system wasn’t as snappy after the update as it was prior to it. It was only when I opened up btop that the reason became clear.

Prior to the update my CPU idled at 1400MHz. After the update my CPU is idling at 400MHz, and its maximum speed is 409MHz.

I’m baffled.

System:
  Kernel: 6.0.11-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=e0aa6bf1-e32d-48b2-a659-01e4322f83f8
    rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    resume=UUID=31f5f81c-4fb3-4a39-893a-3e7c25a0feb6 loglevel=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 43.1 tk: GTK v: 3.24.35 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 43.0 Distro: Garuda Linux
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X513UA_M513UA v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X513UA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: X513UA.312 date: 04/26/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.6 Wh (66.5%) condition: 41.5/42.1 Wh (98.6%) volts: 11.8 min: 11.8
    model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: discharging cycles: 55
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3
    level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 0x68 (104) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8608103
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 2x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 406 high: 409 min/max: 400/4056 boost: enabled scaling: driver: amd-pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 409 2: 409 3: 409 4: 409 5: 409 6: 409 7: 400 8: 400 9: 409 10: 400
    11: 409 12: 409 bogomips: 50301
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP protection
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Lucienne vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5.1 code: Vega-2
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2018-21 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164c
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 41.0 C
  Device-2: Quanta USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-3:3
    chip-ID: 0408:30d4 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
    X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: Samsung 0x4161 built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142
    gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
    snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_sof_amd_renoir pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.11-zen1-1-zen running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.61 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: ZTE WCDMA MSM DEMO Mobile Boardband type: USB driver: cdc_ether,usb-storage
    bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 19d2:1405 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp3s0f3u3 state: up speed: 150 Mbps duplex: half mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 8087:0032
    class-ID: e001
  Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 13.45 GiB (2.8%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLQ512HALU-00000 size: 476.94 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: FXV7101Q temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 146.49 GiB size: 146.49 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.75 GiB (7.3%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%) used: 608 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 321.45 GiB size: 321.45 GiB (100.00%) used: 2.7 GiB (0.8%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 146.49 GiB size: 146.49 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.75 GiB (7.3%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 146.49 GiB size: 146.49 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.75 GiB (7.3%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.15 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
    maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 40.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 360 Uptime: 23m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.15 GiB used: 2.91 GiB (40.7%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1198
  libs: 331 tools: pamac,paru Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.16-release inxi: 3.3.23
Garuda (2.6.10-1):
  System install date:     2022-12-05
  Last full system update: 2022-12-06
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Snapshots:               Snapper
  Failed units: