For your screen the GPU needs max 2% so the rest is for other things and if you are rendering in Vegas it depends on version, build and template how much that GPU can be used for decoding and encoding your files.
Nothing wrong sofar for VP16, maybe it will go a little faster to render to another HDD than your HDD with programs and other stuff, because writing only gets faster than reading and writing from/to the same disc as also your program. For me (not AMD believer) VPro 17 goes faster for decoding and encoding with Nvidia than VP16, maybe an AMD adept can help you further for this.
You can't expect it to be at 100% at all moments in time, there may be instances it has to wait on something else, and what you're asking it to do might not be maxing it out. How fast is it without GPU acceleration?
I'm aware of that, but during rendering, if the GPU is used to accelerate an effect on the timeline, it is also used to accelerate that same effect before the frame is drawn and sent to the NVENC chip to be encoded.
Definitely the culprit. Neat Video takes a long time to do its thing even on the best hardware. Make sure NV is set to use your optimal performance setting, run its benchmark test to find out which setting to use.
I added results for my Radeon 7 to the database. 37.3fps
Yes. If you are using Neat Video, be sure to go into its settings and select the optimal settings it recommends as well. In GPU RAM usage, make sure Neat Video is not using all of your available GPU memory, or it will cause problems with the Vegas encode because it does not leave any behind for Vegas to use. Try a 50/50 split.
You have to do it yourself. In Neat Video's settings, there is a place where you can specify how much VRAM it uses. Give it half of your total, so if you have a 8GB GPU, give it 4GB of your VRAM to use, leaving 4 for Vegas to do its thing. If you notice any rendering issues in Vegas, then give Neat Video even less.
It may turn out that you do not need to give it half, maybe 75% can be given while Vegas still has enough left over to do its thing, so don't be afraid to experiment to fine tune your performance as good as it possibly can be.
This is a measurement for a Radeon RX480 while rendering to the 1) Sony AVC Blu-ray template (which doesn't use the GPU for encoding) and 2) Magix AVC (AMD VCE) Internet template at the same time.
This is a measurement of a machine that is buried with four AMD VCE renders running simultaneously.
I've never seen anything near 100% GPU, but I can render XAVC UHD with levels and some color adjustments to FHD in around real time.