Windows 80% memory usage, but have 16gb total, why is that?

I have a dell xps 17in with an rtx 3060, i dont really use the RTX as i dont game on this machine

I have 16gb ram so im confused as to why 80% is being used when tasker shows probably around 5 or 6 being used total

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Thanks

Obvious from your screenshot what is using ram.

I've seen this many times as well, it and becomes more obvious when the memory usage is higher:

The number of memory usage in the "Processes" tab, doesn't add up.

There is something seriously wrong, and it may be exactly this:
It is the memory used, ONLY by the processes.
Okay, that makes sense. But why do they display the total memory usage (in percent) at the top, when that is "the memory used by anything".

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bro67 said:

Obvious from your screenshot what is using ram.

Possibly, but that isn't the question.

TairikuOkami said:

Task Manager - Performance - Memory tab - that will provide more info, since something is obviously leaking RAM.
You are using Killer network, that is known to cause it, I would check for updated drivers, they are mostly leaking.

I have the latest drivers, i did stop and disable all KILLER services

dalchina said:

Hi, first please post a screenshot like this, with the column 'Commit Size' added:


Then could you please do two things:
a. boot to Safe Mode and post a screenshot showing RAM usage

b. perform a clean boot (Google or see tutorial if unsure how) and again post a screenshot.

Have you disabled or modified any services?

Have you changed any page file settings?
Please post a screenshot like this:


Thanks.

Safe mode



I forgot to get the screenshot for clean boot, but it was around 5gb usage

I have disabled a few services that were not windows related

No page file changes made

How many tabs are open and what site is running in Chrome? You need to post Task Manager from Chrome not Windows. Chrome is the problem not Windows or hardware.

bro67 said:

How many tabs are open and what site is running in Chrome? You need to post Task Manager from Chrome not Windows. Chrome is the problem not Windows or hardware.

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