Use system monitoring tools or command-line utilities to track RAM consumption in real time.
Use system monitoring tools or command-line utilities to track RAM consumption in real time.
I'm focusing on real-time performance rather than available storage space. I need to understand how much RAM is currently being utilized. For example, with 6GB used out of 16GB, I want to know if my system is limited by RAM speed. Upgrading to dual-channel improved frame rates from around 30 to 50 and reduced CPU load suggests slower RAM might be contributing to higher CPU activity. Ideally, I'd like to see both RAM usage and bandwidth metrics together. Any advice would be appreciated!
Its more than if the CPU is waiting for data from RAM, it can't do anything else in the meantime so will be reported as 100% usage. Whereas with more bandwidth, it will finish what its doing faster, so free up CPU time. Its actually quite easy to make a CPU core 100% busy while its actually doing absolutely nothing. In fact the NVIDIA drivers do this as a way to reserve a single CPU core for the drivers to use exclusively, so driver tasks never get stalled waiting for spare CPU time from other tasks.