Question 17%ram on idle

[MetlinDesign]

was wondering if its normal to be getting 17% ram usage on idle with 16gb of ddr4 3200mhz ram

 

[jeremyj_83]

was wondering if its normal to be getting 17% ram usage on idle with 16gb of ddr4 3200mhz ram

That isn't uncommon. The more RAM you have the more processes will be held in RAM. I have 32GB RAM in my desktop and I boot using 4GB. Also Windows 10 tends to use more RAM after each feature update.

 

[MetlinDesign]

Okay i thought that was the case but wanted to make sure, thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

Also, just because you're not using the system doesn't mean the OS and other things are also completely idle.

Windows, AV...may be doing some processes in the background.

 

[jeremyj_83]

Okay i thought that was the case but wanted to make sure, thanks!

You're welcome.