8gb of ram written as 2gb of ram?

TheReaper784

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I've opened up my taskmanager and it shows me I'm using 50% of my ram.
The odd thing is, I'm only using 1gb of ram at the moment.
Simple math would show then I should only have 2gb of ram. I should have 8
It should show that 10-15% of the ram is being used.
What could be the cause of that problem?

Summary
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 4690 @ 3.50GHz
RAM
?8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H97-D3H-CF (SOCKET 0)
Storage
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM 001-1CH164 SCSI Disk Device (SATA)
Graphics
BenQ G2410HD (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Gigabyte)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (CardExpert Technology) 56 °C
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
 

TheReaper784

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Graphics
BenQ G2410HD (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Gigabyte)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (CardExpert Technology) 56 °C