High RAM usage in Windows 10 - Task Manager Values don't add up

[SmelliotButton]

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to get some opinions and maybe some advise regarding my Windows 10 RAM usage. For me, it seems really high for what it should be.
I have 16GB of RAM and I am currently using 25% (4.1/15.9GB) just idling.

Here is a link to a screenshot of my Task Manager: http://puu.sh/np0b5/3b4a618b3c.png
I have roughly added up the memory usage of all the processes in the screenshot and it comes to about 1.3GB, so where is the other 3.7GB?

What I also find strange is that the processes no where near add up to the 4gigs which is somehow being used. I know that the actual processes for the Win10 stuff isn't actually in Task Manager, but surely it's not using over 3GB?

If anyone could offer any tips or solutions for this, that would be great.

Thanks in advance for your help,

SmelliotButton

 

[nitrium]

Looks about right to me. I think a lot is used by Windows to cache certain features etc. Here is a link that explains it:
http://lifehacker.com/why-is-windows-10s-system-process-using-so-much-ram-1725076206

 

[Chugalug_]

Agreed, pretty normal useage, I wouldn't be worried.

 

[DSzymborski]

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to get some opinions and maybe some advise regarding my Windows 10 RAM usage. For me, it seems really high for what it should be.
I have 16GB of RAM and I am currently using 25% (4.1/15.9GB) just idling.

Here is a link to a screenshot of my Task Manager: http://puu.sh/np0b5/3b4a618b3c.png
I have roughly added up the memory usage of all the processes in the screenshot and it comes to about 1.3GB, so where is the other 3.7GB?

What I also find strange is that the processes no where near add up to the 4gigs which is somehow being used. I know that the actual processes for the Win10 stuff isn't actually in Task Manager, but surely it's not using over 3GB?

If anyone could offer any tips or solutions for this, that would be great.

Thanks in advance for your help,

SmelliotButton

Adding up the processes is a poor way to look at RAM usage. You'll get a better idea about what's using what in the Performance tab and in the Resource Monitor.

 

[TJ Hooker]

If I recall correctly, Windows will automatically load certain things into memory to improve speed (pre-fetch/super-fetch) if you have available RAM. So to some extent, the more RAM you have, the more Windows will use. But Windows should give it back in the case that you actually start running low on memory.

 

[mrdthree]

Agreed, pretty normal useage, I wouldn't be worried.

I should know what processes are running on my computer.
I too have a 2 GB black hole that windows 10 controls.
Task Manager no longer serves that function.
Task Manager says I have 3 GB of memory in use but the programs reported on task manager only add to around 1-1.3GB and my browser is half of that (firefox 600MB + !)