Apologies if this has been posted before but I have done a bit of research on various sites and forums and was wondering if any XPS owners have some tips/insights on how to optimize your system for higher FPS and gaming performance. 

I have i5-11400 - 3060ti - 16gb RAM

I am fully aware of the CPU cooler issues, I am semi-aware of Dell BIOS limiting your ability to overclock. Is there anything else holding this system back from a performance perspective?

I find depending on the game, that my system struggles to obtain higher frames. I know that games are optimized differently, but for example, I can get about 50-60fps on Halo Infinite, 70fps on PubG, 90fps on Valorant. On paper this seems reasonable, but this is also with settings on Low or near the bottom for all games. The XPS seems to underperform relative to other systems with the same hardware. My CPU also seems to throttle to 100% usage at times.

My questions are mainly:

- What can I do from a software/setting perspective to maximize performance? (XTU? Throttlestop? MSI afterburner?)

- Everything I have read says upgrading the CPU cooler is worth it, but in terms of performance improvements what can I generally expect? (is this what's mainly holding back my pc?)

- Anything else that's recommended? (adding another 16gb of RAM?)

Any insights are appreciated. This is also my first experience with a mid-tier PC, so while I have some basic knowledge with computers and how they operate, I am by no means an expert.