Either Mint or Ubuntu. Both are gui and user friendly compared to Arch or Fedora imo

I’m willing to bet playing any wind instrument would have the same effect.

Just a heads up, you might want to use Steams .deb file instead of snap

Not to sound like a smartass, but did you check BIOS to make sure it’s everything is running properly?

4070 Mint Mate 22.1 here and have had no issues with that or my 1050ti cards. Nvidia has had strides in linux compatibility the past 10 years or so.