Optimal setting for swap file question

hi guys,

I have 16 GB ram quite fast that i bought recently and i was wondering what's a good setting for pagefile setting.

currently i have, custom size:

Intial 8000 mb
Max size 12000 mb

and it seems to be going very well, just knocked down the comp with a heavy SEO app, using 96% of ram but the PC is still fast (using XTU as well for a stress test though) which is amazing.

could i do better or this is pretty good? i read in many places the 1.5 x ram size rule so i would have to set custom for both fields to 24GB i guess....

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.959]

i have space on the hdd but not TONS of it as its a 256GB ssd.

thanks!
Gabrio

I think leaving pagefile at defaults (let system manage) is okay for the majority of users.

I agree. It is better to leave the default setting alone and let Windows manage it.

I just checked to see what Windows 10 has my pagefile sizes set to.
Desktop1: RAM=8GB; Boot=300GB; pagefile.sys: recommended/current=1917/512MB
Desktop2: RAM=16GB; Boot= 2000GB; pagefile.sys: recommended/current=2936/1024MB
Laptop: RAM=7GB; Boot= 1000GB; pagefile.sys: recommended/current=1779/3328MB

Windows manages the pagefile. Its size shrinks or grows dynamically.

How to determine the appropriate page file size for 64-bit versions of Windows
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...page-file-size

MisterEd said:

I agree. It is better to leave the default setting alone and let Windows manage it.

I just checked to see what Windows 10 has my pagefile sizes set to.
Desktop1: RAM=8GB; Boot=300GB; pagefile.sys: recommended/current=1917/512MB
Desktop2: RAM=16GB; Boot= 2000GB; pagefile.sys: recommended/current=2936/1024MB
Laptop: RAM=7GB; Boot= 1000GB; pagefile.sys: recommended/current=1779/3328MB

Windows manages the pagefile. Its size shrinks or grows dynamically.

How to determine the appropriate page file size for 64-bit versions of Windows
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...page-file-size

hmhmhm i read somewhere for 16GB to use 8000 / 12000

well i want the best performance so i am not "average user", sometimes i use these SEO apps (website crawler) that can easily allocate 8gb of ram at once via java query when you crawl a 100k page website for example. so is a bit more than web surfing eh eh

we also have a remote server in the cloud with 32gb of ram for these tasks but i also run that on my laptop.

thanks

There are no performance magic tricks by tinkering with pagefiles, unless you have several drives and Windows were incorrectly putting pagefile in a slower drive or something.

eLPuSHeR said:

There are no performance magic tricks by tinkering with pagefiles, unless you have several drives and Windows were incorrectly putting pagefile in a slower drive or something.

so you recommend using the option

Automatically manage bla bla bla for all drives?

Unlike previous versions of Win where this was key for a performance difference?

gabgab said:

well i want the best performance so i am not "average user",

Conduct your own experiments using your personal basket of tasks and a stopwatch to determine the measurable difference.

I'm in the leave it alone and let Windows manage it camp.