GPU is preforming only half its potential

HiTmAn7i

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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
 
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maxalge

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are you monitoring cpu temps?
 

HiTmAn7i

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actually no but cpu usage is at less than 25%

 

maxalge

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that makes sense if it was overheating and throttling down to prevent thermal death

 
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