Check the current RAM consumption to see if it aligns with typical usage for your system.
Check the current RAM consumption to see if it aligns with typical usage for your system.
I have 32GB of RAM, currently using 18%, so I turned off all startup programs in Task Manager. After rebooting, everything appeared normal—it was running on about 13% of RAM. Within roughly 30 seconds it jumped to around 17% and stayed there. No applications were launching; only the RAM usage increased without any specific program showing up.
Check the hidden tasks by opening Task Manager, then Resource Monitor, and select Memory to see which processes consume the most RAM.
I see mainly information about OS-related topics, focusing mostly on Bitdefender. There are also mentions of NVIDIA containers running at around 80MB. It seems there are a couple of different components being discussed.
Windows prefers storing often used programs in memory, which is typical. The higher your RAM capacity, the less active your system will be while idle. Windows will release memory when needed by an app.
That clarifies a lot since I was curious about what the 2-3GB cache was doing.