Idle running at 6.7 gb
Idle running at 6.7 gb
I possess a newer Dell Optiplex 790 equipped with 16GB DDR3 memory, an Intel Core i7-2600 processor, and a GTX 1050 Ti graphics card. When all programs are closed (except Task Manager), the system runs at 7GB of RAM. I disabled tips and tricks after seeing similar advice on Reddit to limit memory usage. A scan with Windows Defender found no issues. Could there be another reason for this behavior?
On taskmanager, navigate to the 'Processes' section and arrange the entries by memory consumption to identify which application consumes the most RAM. The 'details' view displays individual processes, whereas 'processes' categorizes them by program. For example, one Chrome instance might use only 200Mb, while the Chrome application itself could run multiple instances. In the screenshot you’re observing a lot of background activity, such as Chrome. If you don’t use Chrome or notifications much, there should be an option to prevent it from running in the background. I don’t have much more to say—I don’t use Chrome myself. The same applies to Adobe. It’s normal to notice higher RAM usage when the total capacity increases. Free RAM is wasted; the more data you load from drives into memory, the better. This is essentially how Windows manages it. I currently have around 8/10 Gb of used RAM out of a total 32Gb. The goal is to keep free RAM available, leaving the rest for actively used memory (dark purple in Task Manager) and standby memory (white with a hint of purple). This is my setup after the PC has been running for about two days: 12Gb used RAM, 17Gb standby RAM, and 3Gb free RAM.