Incredibly High RAM Usage

[CamGaming]

I have noticed that my computer is using an extremely high amount of RAM. I have 16 GB of DDR3 memory. When I go into task manager, it always says I'm using 93% of my RAM, even when idle. But, all the programs that are using memory when added up don't even equal 1 GB. I have considered that it may be a memory leak in Windows 10, but I would like to find out if there is any alternative before I have to reinstall.

 

[aquielisunari]

I have noticed that my computer is using an extremely high amount of RAM. I have 16 GB of DDR3 memory. When I go into task manager, it always says I'm using 93% of my RAM, even when idle. But, all the programs that are using memory when added up don't even equal 1 GB. I have considered that it may be a memory leak in Windows 10, but I would like to find out if there is any alternative before I have to reinstall.

What does your Memory tab in your resource monitor say?

You can see the list of processes and the panes of that window can be resized(which I did to hide my processes).

 

[The Paladin]

your using 1.8GB out of 8GB with 6.1GB available I don't se the issue here...

 

[aquielisunari]

your using 1.8GB out of 8GB with 6.1GB available I don't se the issue here...

That's my usage, not the OP's

 

[CamGaming]

I have noticed that my computer is using an extremely high amount of RAM. I have 16 GB of DDR3 memory. When I go into task manager, it always says I'm using 93% of my RAM, even when idle. But, all the programs that are using memory when added up don't even equal 1 GB. I have considered that it may be a memory leak in Windows 10, but I would like to find out if there is any alternative before I have to reinstall.

What does your Memory tab in your resource monitor say?

You can see the list of processes and the panes of that window can be resized(which I did to hide my processes).

 

[The Paladin]

if the physical usage of memory is 1.8GB leaving 6.1 GB available how is the OP reporting 93% usage is your question then ?
because if I was to trust either of those I would true physical.

but look at this article and see if it helps you find your memory hog
http://www.howtogeek.com/169823/beginner-geek-what-every-windows-user-needs-to-know-about-using-the-windows-task-manager/

 

[aquielisunari]

I have noticed that my computer is using an extremely high amount of RAM. I have 16 GB of DDR3 memory. When I go into task manager, it always says I'm using 93% of my RAM, even when idle. But, all the programs that are using memory when added up don't even equal 1 GB. I have considered that it may be a memory leak in Windows 10, but I would like to find out if there is any alternative before I have to reinstall.

What does your Memory tab in your resource monitor say?

You can see the list of processes and the panes of that window can be resized(which I did to hide my processes).

That is an insane usage but for some that is normal. Only you can know if that's normal with the list of processes within the Resource Monitor.

 

[CamGaming]

I have noticed that my computer is using an extremely high amount of RAM. I have 16 GB of DDR3 memory. When I go into task manager, it always says I'm using 93% of my RAM, even when idle. But, all the programs that are using memory when added up don't even equal 1 GB. I have considered that it may be a memory leak in Windows 10, but I would like to find out if there is any alternative before I have to reinstall.

What does your Memory tab in your resource monitor say?

You can see the list of processes and the panes of that window can be resized(which I did to hide my processes).

That is an insane usage but for some that is normal. Only you can know if that's normal with the list of processes within the Resource Monitor.

All of my programs added up do not equal nearly 16 GB usage.

 

[The Paladin]

but look at this article and see if it helps you find your memory hog
http://www.howtogeek.com/169823/beginner-geek-what-ever...

 

[CamGaming]

but look at this article and see if it helps you find your memory hog
http://www.howtogeek.com/169823/beginner-geek-what-ever...

I checked out the article. Nothing is hogging my memory at all. As I said earlier, the amount of memory the processes shown are using does not equal anywhere near 16 GB.

 

[little_me]

A random note on this since for me, the situation is pretty similar. Resource monitor/task manager list used RAM for processes totalling to about 3 to 4GB out of 16GB, yet lists 80 to 93% in use.

Reason, I have diskeeper which uses free ram as cache to make reads/writes faster. This is NOT listed as a ram used by it though and can be disabled in it's settings under "intellimemory caching"

Just pointing out that if you have diskeeper, it's on by default.

 

[aquielisunari]

but look at this article and see if it helps you find your memory hog
http://www.howtogeek.com/169823/beginner-geek-what-ever...

I checked out the article. Nothing is hogging my memory at all. As I said earlier, the amount of memory the processes shown are using does not equal anywhere near 16 GB.

Download https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/windows-driver-kit

Read more about how to use poolmon.exe so you can see where your supposed leak is.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff560135(v=vs.85).aspx

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/177415/how-to-use-memory-pool-monitor-poolmon.exe-to-troubleshoot-kernel-mode-memory-leaks

 

[CamGaming]

So I just decided to reset Windows. The memory leak is fixed.