30-40% GPU usage on all games, help!

[machint]

I have been getting 37% average GPU usage on all games (it is a new graphics card) any way I can figure out what is causing this? when I ran furmark is was at 99%

 

[Martell1977]

Are you getting stuttering or other graphical issues? If not, there there is no issue. The GPU is used as much as needed, not 100% all the time.

If you are having graphical problems, what are the system specs? GPU? CPU? motherboard? RAM? PSU?
What resolution are you gaming at?

 

[machint]

Are you getting stuttering or other graphical issues? If not, there there is no issue. The GPU is used as much as needed, not 100% all the time.

If you are having graphical problems, what are the system specs? GPU? CPU? motherboard? RAM? PSU?
What resolution are you gaming at?

Yes sorry I forgot to add the fps is running low because of the low GPU usage. My specs are: GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AMD FX(tm)-9590 Eight-Core Processor
16.00 GB RAM
1920 x 1080, 144Hz
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 motherboard
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[Martell1977]

What is your CPU usage during these drops? What games? Also, what are the temps?

Many times when you encounter FPS drops with low GPU usage, it comes down to a CPU bottleneck. Although power hungry, the FX 9590 is basically a overclocked 8350 and if the program is dependent on core IPC, that could be the issue.

However, it could be a overheating issue as well.

 

[machint]

What is your CPU usage during these drops? What games? Also, what are the temps?

Many times when you encounter FPS drops with low GPU usage, it comes down to a CPU bottleneck. Although power hungry, the FX 9590 is basically a overclocked 8350 and if the program is dependent on core IPC, that could be the issue.

However, it could be a overheating issue as well.

The temperatures are good, the GPU rarely goes over 64 degrees and CPU usage varies on the 8 cores. 6 of the cores are consistently at about 50% and two are barely used at all.

 

[invisiblezombie]

Have you updated the drivers? What about CPU and GPU voltages, any custom settings that you have changed or not optimized out of the box ?

Just a hunch : try setting Windows power-saving profile to performance and see if there's any difference.