GTX 970 0% GPU Usage/Frame Drops

[Tofite]

Hello all,
I have a Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming. While gaming and in benchmarks the GTX 970, drops down to 0% GPU usage. This causes a short freeze during gameplay or benchmarks. I have been attempting to analyse the problem but have not been able to solve it.

My system specs are as follows:

ASRock H97M-Pro4
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 1600mhz
Intel Core i5 4590
Corsair CX-750M
Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming

Any help would be appreciated,

Tofite.

 

[Jomari Gonzales]

are all 6pin/8pin connected? what are the temps you are getting, also is it installed in the top most pcie slot?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Answered your other post ....the GPU responds to load.

1. Run Furmark as indicated in your other thread

2. Use GPU_z to see of card is throttling (sensors tab)

 

[Tofite]

I've checked the PSU connectors, both are connected, as well, the card is in the top most slot.

 

[Tofite]

Ran Furmark, avg temp was approximately 65-70 degrees Celsius.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

We were interested in seeing if a) it got to 100% and b) if GPuz showed any throttling.

 

[Tofite]

We were interested in seeing if a) it got to 100% and b) if GPuz showed any throttling.

So am I looking for 100% GPU Usage or 100% Power Usage?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Essentially same thing...if it has 0 load / Usage, it draws almost no power... at 100% usage it should draw 100% of TDP. At full Furmark load, you should draw 110-112% overclocked.

Look at blue lettering in upper left hand corner TDP = ?

Now look at GPUz sensors tab when at max load and see if card is throttling.

 

[Tofite]

I cannot see the TDP in GPU-Z; any suggestions on where I might find it?

 

[Tofite]

I did some benchmarks in Unigine Valley, found that the card never reaches 100%, only 98%. As well the card's Power % only ever reaches 61%. Could this have something to do with it?

 

[Tofite]

Also in GPU-Z, while running the PCI-E render test, I checked the Power Consumption graph in the Sensors tab, it states that the card is only using 48-51% TDP.

 

[Tofite]

Also, the display driver crashed while running that same test. It recovered shortly after the crash though.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I cannot see the TDP in GPU-Z; any suggestions on where I might find it?

You looking at sensors tab ? If your goal is to see if your card hits 100%, Furmark and to a lesser extent OCCT are about the only things capable of doing it.

You will see % TDP in two places:

GPU Z - Sensors tab
Furmark - Upper left hand corner

GPU-Z will also tell you if card is throttling .... graph changes color