Windows 10: Odd surges in GPU/Power usage when using machine for work. Causes stuttering.

This problem has been happening for some time now, but I've finally had enough.

I could go the "easy" option of a reformat, but I am going to try and ask if there is another way.

I really notice this problem whilst I have Spotify playing. Songs stutter.

This usually happens when:

I'm scrolling in large Word documents or spreadsheets. Browsing a SharePoint site I use for work, flicking between tabs etc.

As you can see, scrolling in Word causes this to happen. Maybe this is normal, but there is occasional stuttering of music and even the Word app itself will stutter, if that's the right word. Lag perhaps.

I can play the latest games no issue what so ever. Although the machine now takes noticeably longer to boot than it did when I first installed Windows 10, but to be fair, that was way back in August 2020.

Perhaps a reformat is due, but I was just wondering if there something I've missed.

All drivers up to date, BIOS etc.

Specs: Summary Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64-bit **CPU** Intel Core i9 9900KF @ 3.60GHz35 °C Coffee Lake 14nm Technology RAM 32.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1800MHz (18-19-19-39) Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z390 AORUS MASTER-CF (U3E1)33 °C Graphics Dell AW3418DW¥ (3440x1440@120Hz) 2270W (1920x1080@60Hz) 3071MB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Gigabyte)33 °C Storage 953GB Sabrent (Unknown (SSD)) 1907GB Sabrent (Unknown (SSD)) 5589GB Seagate ST6000DM003-2CY186 (SATA )34 °C 1397GB SAMSUNG HD154UI (SATA )25 °C Optical Drives No optical disk drives detected Audio EVGA NU Audio Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Installation Date: 17/08/2020 18:57:53
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