Asus Gtx 1080 Strix A8g - High core/memory clock at idle

[Steez709]

Hey, I'll post my build for you guys first.

MB: ASUS Z170-A
CPU: Intel i5-6600k @4.0 Ghz (Minor OC)
GPU: ASUS GTX 1080 Strix A8g
RAM: Vengeance LPX 2x8GB @3000MHz
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
PSU: EVGA 650W G2
Case: Thermaltake Core V71

I had been using my same 1TB HDD from my previous PC up until yesterday(about a month). I now have my OS on a 250GB Samsung Evo 850 SSD (Fresh install of Windows 10 Home) and I cleared out my HDD of everything and will be using it for an interal storage device, so everything is fresh and like new. Since getting most of my games/programs back on my PC, and getting some MOBO/GPU drivers - I've noticed my GPU Clocks, both core and memory, are stuck at 1671 Mhz and 5005 Mhz at idle. I'm using CPUID HWMonitor.

Some troubleshooting I've done is setting my power management in the GeForce Experience to Adapative and restarting my PC, reinstalling my GPU drivers, installing previous GPU driver versions, disabling my startup programs and restarting, and disabling the Shadow Play desktop capture that GeForce experience has.

I've been searching the internet for quite a while now and all of these solutions haven't helped, so I decided to make my own post on here with hopes someone can help me solve this problem. Thanks in advance!

 

[renz496]

instead of using HWmonitor try using GPU-Z. did you have any third party overclocking tool installed?

 

[Steez709]

instead of using HWmonitor try using GPU-Z. did you have any third party overclocking tool installed?

Turns out the issue was HWMonitor, which is strange because I was using it before I reinstalled windows and it read my clock speeds fine. I downloaded MSI Afterburner and got GPU Tweak II back which both gave me the proper idle clock speeds.