Chris21010
OK, i got a video for you to watch and i think you'll be as perplexed as i currently am about this power issue.
 
https://youtu.be/t8Iyp3BFF30
 
in short, if you want 100% GPU utilization you'll have to open a youtube video, pause it, and leave it there. otherwise it will drop right back down to ~60%.
 
i did this test after doing the clean driver install again when i got home, just to double make sure no issue there, and i also removed my second monitor, just to eliminate another variable.
 
EDIT: i think i'll run a couple units tonight after doing that workaround thing and see if and by how much the PPD may change.

Did you find any other way around for this? My gtx 1070 is hovering around 75-80 % utilization. Youtube trick didn't work.
 
 
 

Try opening the protein viewer, thats what i have been using lately.

Chris21010
Try opening the protein viewer, thats what i have been using lately.

I tried that, too. 
I used Precision X to push the card to max power target, didn't happen. It folded overnight and when I checked in the morning I saw that the power target percentage was up from 75-80% to 95-110%. I have no idea why and how that happened. 
Probably this utilization issues will get solved when NVidia gets some competition and unlocks "true power if pascal" with their future drivers... ;)
 

I have a 1070 in a PCIE 2.0 x 16 slot on my machine I use daily.  The clock typically boosts to around 1962.  However, there are times it drops to 1600.  This has happened with some web pages open (I think when certain content includes video) and sometimes Visual Studio.  If I close the offending applications, the clock goes back up to 1962'ish.  However, the entire the GPU usage stays around 96, but the power % drops proportionally to the clock.  Not sure if this is your issue, but it's what happens to me.

Its basically the same thing i was seeing but in reverse. With nothing running the gpu was not boosting to 1960 but when i start the protein viewer or a youtube video it would then boost. I think its either a windows issue or an issue with gpu boost on the latest series of cards.

Also averaging 80-90% power and 93% usage on my 1070SC, driver 373.06
 
Correct me if I'm wrong but do the different FAHcores attributed to each WU kinda influence different GPU behaviors? I have had only 0x21 WU's for the last 3 days and not seeing quite the full GPU utilization

It does but if you go back and look at the video the power usage and clock speeds would consistently change while doing the same unit.

That was way back in June...surely a driver bug at the time when Pascal was in it's infancy?
 
No trouble with clock frequency boosting. It will sit at 2138mhz all day....species, are aware that the latest drivers are unstable for folding? 373.06 is the last one that works until it gets fixed

EllBrad
That was way back in June...surely a driver bug at the time when Pascal was in it's infancy?
 
No trouble with clock frequency boosting. It will sit at 2138mhz all day....species, are aware that the latest drivers are unstable for folding? 373.06 is the last one that works until it gets fixed

Yes, I am aware, I am using 373.06. 
Which card do you have and how do you OC it to 2138?

species
Yes, I am aware, I am using 373.06. 
Which card do you have and how do you OC it to 2138?

I have the EVGA 1070 SC and use MSI Afterburner to overclock