Games randomly started getting low FPS

[Ghgore]

So earlier today I started up GTA V, and it loaded extremely slowly, it normally takes awhile to load, so I didn't think much of it. When it finally loaded, I was only getting 16FPS despite normally getting 60FPS. Thinking it might be a GTA problem I opened up Unigen Heaven benchmark only to have the same slow loading, and 16FPS. After updating both Windows and my GeForce drivers, I still had the same issue, so I decided to check my GPU usage, and sure enough, it was maxing out at 20% in both Unigen Heaven and GTA V. I have no idea as to how to fix this issue, and I thought you guys might be able to help. 

System info:
CPU- i5-4690k (3.5Ghz)
GPU- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Founder's Edition (Driver: 375.70)
RAM- 8Gb
Storage- I have GTA V installed on my 850 Evo SSD, but I also have two HDDs. 
OS- Windows 10 KB3200970

PSU- Cosair CX600 (600w)

 

Edit: Added that my card is Founder's Edition. 

Edited November 9, 2016 by Ghgore
Added model of graphics card.

[Godpug]

Try clean you pc and update drivers

 

[Ghgore]

1 minute ago, Godpug said:

Try clean you pc and update drivers

 

I've already updated my drivers, and clean installing Windows on my PC is a last resort. 

[kelvinhall05]

2 minutes ago, Ghgore said:

I've already updated my drivers, and clean installing Windows on my PC is a last resort. 

I think he means to literally clean it, like dust it and stuff.

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

seems to be a common complaint with windows 10 atm. hows your temperature and cpu throttling?

[Ghgore]

1 minute ago, SCHISCHKA said:

seems to be a common complaint with windows 10 atm. hows your temperature and cpu throttling?

My CPU is at about 46-50°C and my GPU is at about 52°C. 

[Ghgore]

5 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

I think he means to literally clean it, like dust it and stuff.

I don't see any dust on my CPU or GPU, and I have dust filters on both my intakes. 

[MaxBunny]

10 minutes ago, Ghgore said:

I have no idea as to how to fix this issue, and I thought you guys might be able to help. 

GPU- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Driver: 375.70)

It's not Windows 10 because most people are doing fine on red and green cards. Was this problem happening on previous drivers? I notice everyone posting who has issues with FPS is using an NVIDIA card. Also, what model of card is it? Gotta make sure that your graphics card doesn't need a BIOS update to fix some faulty firmware from the vendor (like EVGA cards did).

[Ghgore]

2 minutes ago, MaxBunny said:

It's not Windows 10 because most people are doing fine on red and green cards. Was this problem happening on previous drivers? I notice everyone posting who has issues with FPS is using an NVIDIA card. Also, what model of card is it? Gotta make sure that your graphics card doesn't need a BIOS update to fix some faulty firmware from the vendor (like EVGA cards did).

I have a Founder's Edition 1070 that I bought from NVIDIA's website. 

[NTDaws]

Just now, Ghgore said:

So earlier today I started up GTA V, and it loaded extremely slowly, it normally takes awhile to load, so I didn't think much of it. When it finally loaded, I was only getting 16FPS despite normally getting 60FPS. Thinking it might be a GTA problem I opened up Unigen Heaven benchmark only to have the same slow loading, and 16FPS. After updating both Windows and my GeForce drivers, I still had the same issue, so I decided to check my GPU usage, and sure enough, it was maxing out at 20% in both Unigen Heaven and GTA V. I have no idea as to how to fix this issue, and I thought you guys might be able to help. 

System info:
CPU- i5-4690k (3.5Ghz)
GPU- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Founder's Edition (Driver: 375.70)
RAM- 8Gb
Storage- I have GTA V installed on my 850 Evo SSD, but I also have two HDDs. 
OS- Windows 10 KB3200970

PSU- Cosair CX600 (600w)

 

Edit: Added that my card is Founder's Edition. 

I think it's a bug in windows, Windows 10 hates custom pcs

[APasz]

Nvidia is having problems at the moment with the last few drivers.

Share seems to cause a few problems atm. Try turning it off.

[Ghgore]

Reverting my drivers seems to have fixed the issue. Thanks to everyone who left suggestions as to how to fix it! 

[lettuce head]

6 hours ago, Ghgore said:

Reverting my drivers seems to have fixed the issue. Thanks to everyone who left suggestions as to how to fix it! 

if this happens again, or something of the like...super low random frame drops and high cpu usage. check your background programs. windows 10 has been notorious for having random programs running with every ounce of priority sucking up your cpu usage to the point of what you described.