Random spikes in GPU usage

[LordPandamonium]

Hey, when I logged in this morning, I notice one of my fans ramping up. It turns out to be my 7970 (Windforce OC) at a constant 50%. I went into afterburner, manually dropped it back down and reapplied my curves. Anywho, I also noticed that the gpu usage would randomly spike from 0 to 92%. It has calmed a bit from this picture, but there were still a few spikes after this, even during idle. Do you think it has anything to do with my overclock? It recently started doing this, I'm not sure if playing dolphin emu all last night had anything to do with it either (I do actually play things like farcry and battlefield so don't give me flack for wasting on an emu).

 

System Specs:

i5 3570K

Windforce 7970 OC

Asus P8-Z77 

Seasonic PSU (I highly doubt this is related but I see people posting all the specs).

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your help in advanced.

[Morpheus]

go back to default clocks and check if it stops

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Definitely drop the clock and see if it fixes it.

[LordPandamonium]

Alright, I test out the lower clocks.