16GB of ram but drops a substantial amount

Gimcheng

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So when I have multiple processes open such as:
1) Google Chrome 8 tabs (none have a video)
2) Bluestacks
3) Discord
4)Battle.net Client
5)Steam
6)Spotify
all running at the same time it seems my ram just drops its amount available. I have 16GB of DDR4 G.Skill Trident Z 3200 MHz dual-channel ram (8x2) and it shows all 16GB until a while of usage then the amount I have available drops dramatically but still shows I have 16GB but only around <2GB available. I open task manager to end all processes that use a good amount with no success of it freeing up. Only when I restart my computer does it function properly. I ran MEMtest for a good 4 hours while i was away and there were no errors. It really bothers me and I want to fix this.

PC Specs:
Windows 10 Pro
Gigabyte G1 Gaming 7 z170 MOBO
EVGA GTX 960 FTW 4GB
Intel i5 6500 3.20~3.60 GHz
G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 16GB (8x2)
 
Solution
That looks like you have a memory leak. The only reason I say that is nothing in that list justifies your memory usage.
I would suggest disabling all non Microsoft services and see if that issue replicates.
In search bar type:
msconfig
Click services tab
Check off box that states "Hide All Microsoft services"
Note: That displays all non Microsoft services.
Uncheck all boxes listed after this, click apply and reboot your machine.
It's a specific application/service causing this problem. If the memory leak stops after this, enable them one at a time until the leak replicates to narrow down the cause.
Hello... That's what your RAM is for... fast access and Temporary holding area for APPs running or minimized. You may be a "Power user" and need the next RAM upgrade to 24 or 32 B /

The APPS are going to use what ever they are programmed to do... No fix except "don't run them" or "Buy more ram". Just closing a APP will not automatically release it back to the system and a Re-start will do this fastest.
 

Gimcheng

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http://imgur.com/PMRBOTd
 
That looks like you have a memory leak. The only reason I say that is nothing in that list justifies your memory usage.
I would suggest disabling all non Microsoft services and see if that issue replicates.
In search bar type:
msconfig
Click services tab
Check off box that states "Hide All Microsoft services"
Note: That displays all non Microsoft services.
Uncheck all boxes listed after this, click apply and reboot your machine.
It's a specific application/service causing this problem. If the memory leak stops after this, enable them one at a time until the leak replicates to narrow down the cause.
 
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