Windows is laggy after crossing 11GB

[radoslaw.brus]

Hi,

I had pagefile set to 1GB on my Windows 10 Pro. When system was reaching 11GB of RAM usage the application which reached this level was crashing with 'reference memory could not be read' error. Then, I have changed pagefile size to 'system decides ~ 16GB'. Now, when any application is reaching 11GB it is not crashing anymore however is slowing down the whole system / PC. Everything starts to slow down, chrome, notepad, anything. Also, as long as I will not close some apps and release some memory it will stay laggy. The real performance comes back below 10GB.

My setup:
i7-8700K | Rog Strix Z370-F Gaming | Corsair Vengeance LPX (2 x 8GB, DDR4-3000, CL15) | GTX 950 -> GTX 1080 / RTX 2080 Ti | Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, M.2 2280 | Samsung 840 EVO 250GB | 1T WD Blue | Samsung 4T Ext | Corsair HX1200 (1200W) | Phanteks Eclipse P400S Tempered Glass | Be quiet! Dark Rock 4 | Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut

Does anyone have an idea what can be wrong?

Hardware looks good, I have swapped RAM memories to the other slots. Didn't helped.

 

[COLGeek]

How full are your storage devices? Did you also let Windows decide what storage device(s) to use for your pagefile (virtual memory)?

 

[radoslaw.brus]

Yes, as always C drive with still over 24GB free...

 

[COLGeek]

Yes, as always C drive with still over 24GB free...

Which storage device is your "C" drive, of those you listed?

 

[radoslaw.brus]

Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, M.2 2280. The other are for either games (SSD) and storage (HDD)

 

[COLGeek]

Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, M.2 2280. The other are for either games (SSD) and storage (HDD)

Does this mean you have all 3 installed (from above)? Or, just one of them?

GTX 950 -> GTX 1080 / RTX 2080 Ti

Your "C" drive is rather full and can contribute to similar slowdowns. In this case, it should not been that noticeable though.

Do you have the latest motherboard chipset drivers installed? Also, can you free up some space on the C drive and see if that helps?

 

[radoslaw.brus]

I have freed some space almost 27GB free and btw. I have used Samsung tool to add this 'safe for ssd' space. So really I have probably 60GB free.
All three are installed however main partition and boot partion etc. are on the main 970 EVO.

 

[COLGeek]

How about the drivers update question? Also, is Windows fully updated?

 

[radoslaw.brus]

Sure in mid december, hope they are good, inc. bios update...

 

[COLGeek]

Go here and run the tool for any available Intel driver updates:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/intel-driver-support-assistant.html