gpu not preforming at its full potential

[Jose b]

Ok so i have a msi gtx 970 and i have never had any problems until now i was playing ark then my frames started to drop constantly and now i cant even run ark on medium (recommended for gtx 770)

 

And i usually used to run it on high with absolutley no problem (high:recommended for gtx 970) and for some odd reason i started to drop fps dramatically like low 20's so i decided to oc my gpu i ran the unigine haven bench mark

and i was doing and out standing job i ran the first bench at 80+fps im pretty sure but then i saw my frames just automatically drop down to 20-30 very odd so i look over msi afterburner and i saw that the power percentage whitch was the only thing that i saw change it went from 100% power to 50% power (not usage or temp) and i started to mess with the power limit and core clock and memory clock. so i kept it going up slowly and kept running the bench mark and no rise in temp nor rise in power usage its still stuck at 50% power useage and also my temp randomly droped to 50 and wont pass 53 degrees celcius no matter how much i clock up things they wont go up.i also ran fire strike and then my score was 5000  thats less than half my original score im very upset that my gpu is not preforming good at all i dont know what to do . im very worried and i just want to go back to playing video games. plz help i dont know whats wrong all my drivers are up to date (well im pretty sure there up to date) and i would really appreciate the help thanks!

 

system specs:

i5-4690k

gtx 970

8gb ram

 

 

[Skiiwee29]

Try ensuring your power option is set to prefer maximum.

 

[Jose b]

still nope

 

[Jose b]

its weird power% is at 53% and wont go higher

also gpu temp wont pass 53 degrees celcius

but gpu usage is 100%

[Skiiwee29]

5 minutes ago, Jose b said:

its weird power% is at 53% and wont go higher

also gpu temp wont pass 53 degrees celcius

but gpu usage is 100%

Well if your at 100% usage and your core clocks are ramping up to where they should be, then it seems that maybe a different component might be the cause. How is your CPU usage?

[Jose b]

has not passed 25%

[Jose b]

1 minute ago, legacy99 said:

Well if your at 100% usage and your core clocks are ramping up to where they should be, then it seems that maybe a different component might be the cause. How is your CPU usage?

has not passed 25% and im running bench right now

 

[Gullerback]

have you rebooted since all these problems?

[Jose b]

Just now, Gullerback said:

have you rebooted since all these problems?

yes multiple times

[Gullerback]

Which do you have priority set to for Temp target / power Target (power limit )

[Jose b]

Just now, Gullerback said:

Which do you have priority set to for Temp target / power Target (power limit )

 

[Gullerback]

4 minutes ago, Jose b said:

that doesn't help me, Click the arrow next to power limit to show the Temp target