Minecraft unplayable - not using 100% GPU

I have a serious issue with Minecraft, it's unplayable.

My PC specs:

Storage/Drive - SAMSUNG SSD 980 NVMe M.2 1TB MainBoard - Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero Gaming 1151 ATX Z390 Power Supply - BeQuiet Dark Power Pro 11 850 Watt ATX Platinum OS - Windows 10 Pro 64Bit 21H1 CPU - INTEL Core i7 8700k GPU - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti OC 11GB Ram/Memory - 2x16GB DDR4 3200MHz Display/Monitor - 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync

Minecraft graphic settings are all on max. I have optifine installed for minecraft 1.16.5. I'm using a shaderpack called SEUS renewed 2020. In the minecraft launcher I choose to use javaw.exe instead of the pre-installed Java. In the Nvidia control panel all graphic settings are on max.

I played Minecraft on windows 1909 with those exact settings written above, I always had 70 up to 140 fps with optifine and with the seus shader. Now I clean installed windows 21H1, again I am using the exact same settings as written above but Minecraft performance is horrible. I have 30 up to 70 fps.

I have tried reinstalling Minecraft and Java and my GPU driver many times also with different versions, The result is the same: Minecraft performance is unplayable.

Normally when playing Minecraft my GPU was always running at its temp limit 84 C. Now its chilling at 50 C up to 70 C, the GPU load is ONLY going from 40% up to 70%. So basically Minecraft does not correctly use my GPU, it's not using its full potential. I play various different games, Minecraft is the only game where my GPU is not being used correctly.

After many many hours trying to fix this by myself, I now have no clue what to do anymore.

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