[SOLVED] Unusual very high memory usage ?

[LenzHiflch]

For some reason lately, my memory on my pc has been nearly maxing out, with it hitting numbers up to 93% in Task Manager, is there a fix to this? I asked one of my friends who has worked with computers before and they also said that it's not normal. I've ran Windows Defender to see if any malware was eating it up but nothing. I also tried shutting down and turning it back on to see if that fixes it with no luck. I did run Mem Reduct to see if it'd help, but that only reduced the percentage by 2-3% (With my browser running). Does anyone have any recommendations to fix this problem? I've seen the term "Unused memory is wasted memory" but I think this is rather an extreme example of that.

 

[LenzHiflch]

I would also send a image, but the forums won't accept the gyazo urls

 

[CountMike]

I would also send a image, but the forums won't accept the gyazo urls

How much physical RAM ? Resource monitor in Task Manager should show what is using most RAM. Boot windows in Safe Mode and check memory usage details.Some of main cause are "memory leak" from a driver or a program/application and malware that can be hidden from normal view and Defender. You could run Eset Online scanner too.

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[LenzHiflch]

How much physical RAM ? Resource monitor in Task Manager should show what is using most RAM.

I got 2x16GB G.Skill Flare X5 (Specifically, 2 1x16) from a Microcenter AMD bundle.
As well as here is the image from Task Manager.

 

[stuff and nonesense]

In task manager, performance, memory.. what do the numbers at the bottom of the window show? Screen shot please.

Have you changed anything since you saw the memory use increase? E.g. installed any new programs. If so maybe uninstall the new and see if that makes any difference, then reinstall.

In task manager switch off any unnecessary programs in the startup tab.

Currently enabled I have ..
sound card driver app
Antivirus
Keyboard driver app
Amd noise suppression
Samsung rapid app

Everything else is disabled. Services are a different matter. I don’t go poking there.

 

[LenzHiflch]

In task manager, performance, memory.. what do the numbers at the bottom of the window show? Screen shot please.

-Can you clarify what you mean by this? Do you mean this? (Image)
-Regarding the memory usage increase, the only thing I've really downloaded was a game off of Steam. Looking back on it, the overall memory utilization has been slowly rising until now when I realized that even restarted isn't fixing it.

 

[stuff and nonesense]

Open task manager
Click performance
Click memory
Underneath the graphs there are a few numbers..

 

[LenzHiflch]

Open task manager
Click performance
Click memory
Underneath the graphs there are a few numbers..

This would be what you wanted, yes?

 

[stuff and nonesense]

This would be what you wanted, yes?

That would be it, yes..

 

[LenzHiflch]

That would be it, yes..

Why would you need it? Is there something specific you can derive from it, not sure if the issue could be identified from just here alone...

 

[stuff and nonesense]

It is all information. Putting your first posted picture and your memory usage from task manager.. the following seems to fit

"Why is my “Committed” memory so much higher than my actual RAM space?" Because "committed" is mostly process-private virtual address space, and some of this can be in RAM and some in the pagefile.

And some might not occupy any storage at all! That's if it's been allocated but never accessed, hence not "faulted in", yet. But it still counts against the "commit limit" because if it's it accessed in the future, it will occupy storage then. And that's too late for the system to say "sorry, we're all out of room."

The whole point of virtual memory is that it can be much larger than physical (RAM).

With both of those parts in mind open resource monitor, as suggested by @CountMike earlier in the thread. Is there something that stands out?

 

[LenzHiflch]

With both of those parts in mind open resource monitor, as suggested by @CountMike earlier in the thread. Is there something that stands out?

I was about to answer this. But then my tab froze as well as Resource Monitor, but for some reason it allowed me to still close them, so I did and went ahead and shut down, wait a few, then turned it back on. Now the problem is apparently fixed now??? Like I mentioned before I did both restarting, and shutting down and that did not fix the problem. I'm pretty confused but at least the problem is gone...

 

[stuff and nonesense]

By stands out,
recently added programs that show an increasing memory usage but don’t release the memory when closed?

Driver programs that show an increasing memory usage but don’t release memory, not necessarily the user interface bit the actual drivers.

In windows 11, with task manager open

Click performance
On the upper right of the window there are 3 dots. Click them
Click performance monitor

 

[LenzHiflch]

Building off of that, I still have the screenshots that I took before it had frozen on me and can still submit that here.

 

[stuff and nonesense]

I was about to answer this. But then my tab froze as well as Resource Monitor, but for some reason it allowed me to still close them, so I did and went ahead and shut down, wait a few, then turned it back on. Now the problem is apparently fixed now??? Like I mentioned before I did both restarting, and shutting down and that did not fix the problem. I'm pretty confused but at least the problem is gone...

Keep an eye on performance monitor, look for increasing memory use against a service, driver or program.

It may give an indication of a bad program. Google “memory leak”

 

[stuff and nonesense]

Building off of that, I still have the screenshots that I took before it had frozen on me and can still submit that here.

All info is good

 

[LenzHiflch]

All info is good

 

[stuff and nonesense]

What does performance monitor look like now all is good? @LenzHiflch

 

[LenzHiflch]

What does performance monitor look like now all is good? @LenzHiflch

Yep, it's all good, only 36%

 

[LenzHiflch]

Well. I may as well mark this as "solved" despite not knowing what the cause was-

 

[stuff and nonesense]

Yep, it's all good, only 36%

Can you post the performance monitor pictures, I would like to see the difference.

 

[LenzHiflch]

Can you post the performance monitor pictures, I would like to see the difference.

 

[LenzHiflch]

Quite a difference if you ask me-

 

[stuff and nonesense]

Brave and Asus framework are quite hungry! @LenzHiflch