Some doubts about power % on a gtx 970 G1 Gaming soc

[GarouD]

Well I'm still learning about overclocking and I'm reading a lot about it before trying anything, I downloaded the MSI afterburner to see some statistics and see temperatures, etc. then noticed that my Power % was maximum at 60% while gaming, and the GPU temp was only at 51ºc. I tried to search some info in the web and I didn't found anything useful, maybe I just don't know what to search for.
My question is, this power % is normal? I'm getting 60 fps in gtaV at 1080p with the NVIDIA GeForce experience "optimal settings", so it doesn't worried me that much, I'm just curious.

Here is my rig:
Core i5 4690k stock
GTX 970 G1 Gaming soc stock
16gb Kingston Savage
Asus Z97 Deluxe
EVGA 750 G2 Supernova

Thank you in advance and sorry for my "Spanish" :'D

 

[Gingerbread]

If you have vertical sync for example, it iwll limit your FPS to your monitor refresh rate which i guess is 60hz, so your GPU supplies the max framerates - 60 at only 60% load, why would it reach 100% load and generate more heat for something that it's capable of doing at only 60% load? Try removing vertical sync going ultra graphics (which I think you already have) or higher resolution and you will see your GPU reaching higher usage.

 

[GarouD]

If you have vertical sync for exa...

I just tried this and I don't know if is the case, I had Vsync enabled and yeah, my monitor has 60hz (Smart tv) I tried to kill the GPU opening Project Cars downsampling 3840x2160 v-sync off and everything on ultra and I get like 4fps, the gpu load was at 100% but the power % was still in 66-68%, went to 78% with gtav vsync off ultra and the gpu load was at 98%, any ideas?

 

[Gingerbread]

Yeah, that's the way your GPU normally operates. The gpu load and power % are not linear (they don't go hand in hand all the time). Your GPU is running fine.

 

[GarouD]

Yeah, that's the way your GPU normally operates. The gpu load and power % are not linear (they don't go hand in hand all the time). Your GPU is running fine.

Thank you very much 😀

 

[Gingerbread]

No problems.