High RAM usage without known reason

[Savin97]

About two weeks ago I noticed that when I turn my computer my ram usage was at 18% out 8 GB when idling which is perfectly normal, but then and this is abnormal, after about 45 seconds after boot the usage jumps to about 29% and is using 3GB when idling! This is not normal and I don't know what's causing it. Ive tried turning off all the startup items and services and even then it does this. I've tried looking through the task manager and still nothing. One thing that has fixed this is Windows repair but I had to restore to a previous backup because Repair made all of the games on my PC run very very slowly. Please help.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Desktop capture just after cold boot:
(Make sure you watch just this in 1080p so you can see the text clearer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBedT_FoLQQ

My instructor said to do the same thing you did in this video but sort by cpu instead of memory, so you can see what program starts to use the cpu when the spike happens. It might just flash real quick so look closely.

He also said a lot of people have been having various types of memory issues with windows 10 so this issue might just fix itself after a microsoft patch.

Damn, tried it buy no dice. I've even recorded it and played it and 1/3 speed and nothing, no new CPU usage OR RAM usage. It looks like it's not a program but something else which makes no sense to me.

Oh sorry yah i saw the black taskbar at the bottom and immediately thought windows 10. Well man I have no idea I dont think this is normal I have never seen any of my computers just start using more memory and have it not show up in processes. Have you run any virus scans?

 

[Savin97]

Desktop capture just after cold boot:
(Make sure you watch just this in 1080p so you can see the text clearer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBedT_FoLQQ

My instructor said to do the same thing you did in this video but sort by cpu instead of memory, so you can see what program starts to use the cpu when the spike happens. It might just flash real quick so look closely.

He also said a lot of people have been having various types of memory issues with windows 10 so this issue might just fix itself after a microsoft patch.

Damn, tried it buy no dice. I've even recorded it and played it and 1/3 speed and nothing, no new CPU usage OR RAM usage. It looks like it's not a program but something else which makes no sense to me.

Oh sorry yah i saw the black taskbar at the bottom and immediately thought windows 10. Well man I have no idea I dont think this is normal I have never seen any of my computers just start using more memory and have it not show up in processes. Have you run any virus scans?

Yes, I ran scans with Microsoft security essentials, Bitdefender Security plus and Malwarebytes pro. Still nothing. Looks like there's no hope 🙁

 

[Savin97]

Finally after a month I figured it out! It was Intel RAPID that was increasing the RAM usage. If I turn it off then it goes back to normal.