Memory usage increasing daily

[Squiffyk7]

Hi, this is an odd problem that's been bugging me for a while now, and as I can't find a solution already on the web, I thought I'd post it here. The problem is this: I turn on my computer, and the memory usage is around 18%. The next day, I turn it on and the memory usage is around 35%. Next day, 50%, and goes up by about 15-25% each day until 97-98, where the computer will stay at. The current solution to this is to hold the off switch down on my PC, forcing the computer to shut down. I then start the computer again and the ram is back to 18%, but then starts to increases up to 100% again... Each time I hold the off switch, I fear I'm doing something horrible to my pc. I run a decent specc gaming pc, with 8GB RAM, Windows 8.1, a 1TB HDD and 120GB SSD. Therefore startup is quick, and my RAM within the first 5 minutes of my pc being up and running is how it is until I switch off my PC.

Another unusual thing is that although sometimes my RAM can be around 80%, games usually run fine as the PC seems to condense the tasks its running, making plenty of room in the RAM to run the game and taking up a total of just over 80%.

I Have already ran a memtest86+, done a virus scan and used malwarebytes.

This is how my task manager looks on a bad day:



And on a good day (Just did a restart via holding the off switch):



Thanks in advance

 

[NBSN]

Do disk cleanup and disk defragment. Update anti virus and anti malware and run them. Still having issue?

 

[dandn0ten]

use this method to fix your issue
To Fix Memory Leaks on Non-Paged-Pool:
Changed the registry value instead of using Autoruns:
window + R then type regedit from that look for this
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Ndu
Change the Start value to 4 (for disable).

 

[noidea_77]

Managing and using the available ram is one of the major tasks of an operating system! Microsoft invested a lot of time and money to get exactly what you see: use the ram and free it for ram intensive tasks, if needed. What is you problem though?

 

[Squiffyk7]

Do disk cleanup and disk defragment. Update anti virus and anti malware and run them. Still having issue?

Have kept anti virus and anti malware up to date throughout, I've just tried disk cleanup and dis defragment, but no improvement there.

Managing and using the available ram is one of the major tasks of an operating system! Microsoft invested a lot of time and money to get exactly what you see: use the ram and free it for ram intensive tasks, if needed. What is you problem though?

My problem is that my computer gets progressively slower over time until I have to force the off switch to have a fast pc again, which I don't like doing. Its also an indication that something is wrong with my pc.

use this method to fix your issue
To Fix Memory Leaks on Non-Paged-Pool:
Changed the registry value instead of using Autoruns:
window + R then type regedit from that look for this
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Ndu
Change the Start value to 4 (for disable).

Will try this now.

Thanks all for offering solutions

 

[Squiffyk7]

use this method to fix your issue
To Fix Memory Leaks on Non-Paged-Pool:
Changed the registry value instead of using Autoruns:
window + R then type regedit from that look for this
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Ndu
Change the Start value to 4 (for disable).

Just so I can be sure here: I change value data from 2 to 4 (in hexadecimal)?

 

[noidea_77]

You didn't say anything about the PC getting slow and even if it does, it has nothing to do with the memory. Monitor the CPU usage instead, when it seem to be slow.

 

[Squiffyk7]

You didn't say anything about the PC getting slow and even if it does, it has nothing to do with the memory. Monitor the CPU usage instead, when it seem to be slow.

Ahhh that's embarrassing! didn't mean to make that the solution - can I undo this?

My pc is greatly affected when the memory is at 95+%. Audio stutters, fps on games gets low and even browsing is slower. I posted this because I didn't like seeing my memory going up daily because I know that's not a normal thing that PCs do, so something must be wrong.

 

[noidea_77]

You didn't say anything about the PC getting slow and even if it does, it has nothing to do with the memory. Monitor the CPU usage instead, when it seem to be slow.

Ahhh that's embarrassing! didn't mean to make that the solution - can I undo this?

My pc is greatly affected when the memory is at 95+%. Audio stutters, fps on games gets low and even browsing is slower. I posted this because I didn't like seeing my memory going up daily because I know that's not a normal thing that PCs do, so something must be wrong.

I unselected my post as the solution, but again: the inceasing memory usage si not your problem! Please review the errors and warnings in the event viewer. Maybe there is a hint to the real cause. Audio stuttering could be cause by sata i/o-errors, overheating of cpu or gpu and some other reasons.

 

[Squiffyk7]

You didn't say anything about the PC getting slow and even if it does, it has nothing to do with the memory. Monitor the CPU usage instead, when it seem to be slow.

Ahhh that's embarrassing! didn't mean to make that the solution - can I undo this?

My pc is greatly affected when the memory is at 95+%. Audio stutters, fps on games gets low and even browsing is slower. I posted this because I didn't like seeing my memory going up daily because I know that's not a normal thing that PCs do, so something must be wrong.

I unselected my post as the solution, but again: the inceasing memory usage si not your problem! Please review the errors and warnings in the event viewer. Maybe there is a hint to the real cause. Audio stuttering could be cause by sata i/o-errors, overheating of cpu or gpu and some other reasons.

So my memory filling up isn't an issue? Surely if theres 8GB, 16GB and 32GB RAM cards available then memory matters. If my memory is at 97% surely that's slowing down the applications as there is not much room to store what's going on with.

 

[noidea_77]

You didn't say anything about the PC getting slow and even if it does, it has nothing to do with the memory. Monitor the CPU usage instead, when it seem to be slow.

Ahhh that's embarrassing! didn't mean to make that the solution - can I undo this?

My pc is greatly affected when the memory is at 95+%. Audio stutters, fps on games gets low and even browsing is slower. I posted this because I didn't like seeing my memory going up daily because I know that's not a normal thing that PCs do, so something must be wrong.

I unselected my post as the solution, but again: the inceasing memory usage si not your problem! Please review the errors and warnings in the event viewer. Maybe there is a hint to the real cause. Audio stuttering could be cause by sata i/o-errors, overheating of cpu or gpu and some other reasons.

So my memory filling up isn't an issue? Surely if theres 8GB, 16GB and 32GB RAM cards available then memory matters. If my memory is at 97% surely that's slowing down the applications as there is not much room to store what's going on with.

You may want to read this to better understand your computer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_management