Question / Help Low FPS when rendering video

[Elmacanite]

Okay so I'm VERY new to this whole thing so I may just be doing something obviously wrong.
My issue is that when I have my game displayed in OBS, whether it's set up as a Game Capture or a Display Capture, the FPS hovers anywhere from 7 to 14 when the game is actively being rendered, but the CPU utilization is below 30% (according to the data displayed in OBS).
I have tried downscaling the output to 1280x720, I tried changing the base canvas to 720 as well, I shuffled through a few different codecs and still no change.

Computer Specs as follows:

Processor: Intel Core i7-6500 @2.50 GHZ 2.59GHz
RAM: 12GB
GPU: NVIDIA GEForce 940MX 2GB

I don't really know anything more in depth about the specs but I'm sure I could locate the info if it's needed.
I do not currently have a log to upload but I'll generate one as soon as I can get the time to run a good test.

The issue only occurs on the OBS display, and the main screen with the game on it still runs flawlessly at the full 60 frames. Also, if I pause the game the FPS jumps right back up to 60 in OBS.

 

[Elmacanite]

Multiple Logs from a few different tests. Some using different OBS settings, some using different game settings. All logs generated (I believe) with Skyrim.

 

[Elmacanite]

UPDATE: NVIDIA driver somehow crashed itself out of existence...wouldn't bring up the NVIDIA control panel or even register that the 940MX was there other than to show it in the device manager. Had to go to the website and do a full reinstall of the newest driver and now everything is back to normal, but I'm still getting choppy frames in OBS, but only in OBS. CPU usage is stayed below 15% but I'm getting 10 frames on average.