Question why is my gpu only running ar 1 to 3%

Feb 14, 2019
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i have an

i5 8400
nvidia GTX 1060 6gb
8gb ddr4

yesterday i was playing rainbow six siege and i was halfway trough a game(i was downloading the new driver at this time)and my fps suddenly dropped and now normally sits at around 70 to 110 fps whereas before it would run at 140 to 220. when this problem occurred i checked task manager and
my cpu is running at around 42%
my memory at 48%
my disk at 100%
network at 0%
and gpu at 1 to 3%
my gpu is not rising above 3 percent and it is really affecting my fps somebody pls help me
 

InvalidError

Titan
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Disk being at 100% activity for several seconds at a time for no apparent reason is often a sign of a failing drive. If this is what you are seeing, you may want to run the manufacturer's diagnostic tool to see if that may be the case here and start backing up any important data that may be on it.