Is ram usage at 54 or 55 % worrisome?

[friendlyone20]

I'm usually just watching anime on Firefox but my computer's memory usage usually fluctuates between 54 and 55 percent, it never goes up past 60 or 70 percent however. Is this worrisome?
At idle it's 46 percent. I don't game on this computer.

I just updated my computer to the Windows 10 anniversary edition.

 

[Dunlop0078]

How much memory do you have? If you have 4gb that's perfectly normal. If you have 8gb or more that's high for idle. Probably too many programs launching on startup.

 

[KittyFish62]

Yes, that's an awful lot for just watching anime. It should only be 20 or 30 precent when either doing those things. How much RAM do you have? Is it ddr1, 2, 3 or 4?

A bit off topic, but what anime do you watch? I usually just watch Naruto Shippuden and Fairy Tail. I finished 362 ep of Naruto in a little more than a month lol.

 

[Colif]

How recently did you update as it might be running background updates for windows or apps

You can go into task manager/performance tab and down bottom click "Open Performance monitor"
open the memory tab (this isn't just ram, its also page file) and sort by commit, see what services are using most private bytes or working set

Private bytes = actual ram usage
Working set = Ram + page file usage

if it doesn't show enough detail...
Download Process explorer and run it as admin (it comes from Microsoft so its safe)

the default view is tree structure meaning like your task manager screen, it will show what processes are under local host, but unlike the other one, it shows the ram usage of each part so you can see what is eating your ram

This page shows what all the colours and headings mean, link at bottom of it shows how to use it to find problems. You can right click headers and run an av scan from within the program.

 

[friendlyone20]

I have 4GB ram.



OT: I watch all types of anime. Naruto Shippuuden is on hold because it's too many fillers. I love Fairy Tail. In fact it's my 3rd favorite anime of all time.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... it is there to use... and your fine for now... depending on your MB/system, you could add 4Gb more?

There is always OS settings to increase your HD/SDD (slower) OS temporary/virtual storage for use too.

Control panel-system-advanced system settings-performance settings-advanced-virtual memory change

 

[Dunlop0078]

I have 4GB ram.



OT: I watch all types of anime. Naruto Shippuuden is on hold because it's too many fillers. I love Fairy Tail. In fact it's my 3rd favorite anime of all time.

Around 40% memory usage at idle is what I would expect with 4gb of ram.

 

[friendlyone20]

My antivirus is talking up too much ram

 

[Dunlop0078]

My antivirus is talking up too much ram

How much? Cant be that much, you only have 4gb of ram the OS and others apps using a little over or a little under 2gb is to be expected.

 

[Colif]

unless you only have 32bit windows or can't add more ram, I would get more ram as its easiest fix.

 

[Dunlop0078]

unless you only have 32bit windows or can't add more ram, I would get more ram as its easiest fix.

A fix for what? They are not using all of their ram.

 

[KittyFish62]

That's probably the problem. When I had 4gb it was never in the 50s when it was idle or when I was browsing the web. It was always in the 30s or 40s. You probably just have slow RAM.

 

[friendlyone20]

So I shouldn't buy more RAM?

My Antivirus 111,712KB (commited) according to the Resource montior, and am I just being paranoid and worried over nothing and I need to just use my computer like a normal person? I just don't want this computer to blue screen on me.

 

[Dunlop0078]

So I shouldn't buy more RAM?

My Antivirus 111,712KB (commited) according to the Resource montior, and am I just being paranoid and worried over nothing and I need to just use my computer like a normal person? I just don't want this computer to blue screen on me.

No not in my opinion. Adding more ram wont help anything unless you are using all the ram you have. 4gb of ram is plenty for browsing the web and watching anime, as you can attest if you have never seen it above 70% usage. Even if you did use all of the ram it shouldn't blue screen, you still have virtual memory like ironsounds was talking about.

 

[Colif]

unless you only have 32bit windows or can't add more ram, I would get more ram as its easiest fix.

A fix for what? They are not using all of their ram.

You right, i just like having empty ram, but win 10 isn't complaining about low memory so its not a problem really,

 

[KittyFish62]

That's kinda a lot, my antivirus only uses 5mb. Okay I take that back it uses 255mb lmao XD. If you really don't use your computer for anything else than watching anime XD, you should be fine. 8gb of ram is more of a luxury for that purpose.

 

[friendlyone20]

What's virtual memory? Sorry, I probably sound really dumb right now. -_-

 

[Dunlop0078]

What's virtual memory? Sorry, I probably sound really dumb right now. -_-

Others can probably explain it better than me. Essentially windows will use your hard drive as ram if you run out of your 4gb, this is obviously much slower than actual ram but it should keep your system functioning, you shouldn't crash or blue screen.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... your OS has a way to use your HD or SSD for Temporary/slower memory too... too prevent running out of it.

Control panel-system-advanced system settings-performance settings-advanced-virtual memory change (increase?) you will need to re-start the OS for the new changes to take affect.

 

[friendlyone20]

Oh! Wow, I didn't know that computers came with that! Well, I feel like a big silly for worrying about memory usage lol

Thank you guys so much for your answers and patience. I don't know who to chose for the solution since you guys all answered my questions. Again thank you.