Question Incorrect RAM Memory Usage on Windows 11 PC

[iamtowbee]

Hi. I'ev been noticing my RAM usage reaching ~90% over the past few weeks. After waiting for the issue to resolve itself and all to no avail, this is a cry for help. The only app I have open is Chrome. I've attached the task manager values. Would appreciate it if anyone could help identify the problem. Thanks!

https://imgur.com/a/gVjH4sD

https://imgur.com/a/qrf0kDT

 

[USAFRet]

I don't see a "problem" there.

Chrome, with 25 tabs open.
And a lot of other things open, both for you, and the system.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Hi. I'ev been noticing my RAM usage reaching ~90% over the past few weeks. After waiting for the issue to resolve itself and all to no avail, this is a cry for help. The only app I have open is Chrome.

"Only" chrome running?
Chrome is a known memory hog.
You also have edge (another memory hog) and visual studio running.

Your current workload requires 13.6GB of physical ram.
Upgrade to more ram - 16GB minimum, 32GB recommended.

 

[iamtowbee]

It might seem like running apps are the culprit but I've just started my PC. And right off the bat, I got around 60% usage. Surely this isn't normal?

https://imgur.com/a/MVqXyvH

 

[iamtowbee]

"Only" chrome running?
Chrome is a known memory hog.
You also have edge (another memory hog) and visual studio running.

Your current workload requires 13.6GB of physical ram.
Upgrade to more ram - 16GB minimum, 32GB recommended.

I see. What's the base RAM usage of a normal Windows 11 OS installation
?

 

[SkyNetRising]

I see. What's the base RAM usage of a normal Windows 11 OS installation?

Depends on hardware and installed/launched software.
I don't nee anything abnormal in your screenshots.

TLDR. Upgrade your ram.

 

[USAFRet]

I see. What's the base RAM usage of a normal Windows 11 OS installation
?

There is no "base".

Windows is pretty good at allocating RAM as needed.

When you start up something new, it will deprioritize something else.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Also don't look at the Processes tab when trying to figure out memory usage. It only reports a subset of memory used by applications for some dumb reason.

Go to the "Details" tab, right click on the columns, click on "Select Columns", and tick "Working Set". That is the value that's used when adding RAM usage.

 

[iamtowbee]

Depends on hardware and installed/launched software.
I don't nee anything abnormal in your screenshots.

TLDR. Upgrade your ram.

Okay. Guess I Will be doing that when I get paid.

 

[iamtowbee]

There is no "base".

Windows is pretty good at allocating RAM as needed.

When you start up something new, it will deprioritize something else.

Okay. Also just curious, is there anything related to iaStor.sys because poolmon reports high memory usage in the page pool from the driver.

 

[USAFRet]

Okay. Also just curious, is there anything related to iaStor.sys because poolmon reports high memory usage in the page pool from the driver.

Again, I see nothing wrong there.

Your 'problem' is.....only 8GB RAM.