Ram usage very high while idle?

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Moffinz

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Hi, I've gotten this issue lately that my RAM usage is very high while idle. Goes up to 100% while playing games. It used to build up over time, but now it happened just when I powered on my computer.

I'm looking in the task manager if there's something taking up that much ram but I can't see anything. Here's a picture of the processes using ram while idle. At this picture the % was at around 80%.

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I've done virus scans but the anti-virus doesn't find anything. Looks to me that there's a ram leak somewhere. How can I indentify what's causing the leak?

Stats below:

Summary
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.50GHz 45 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 1199MHz (11-13-13-31)
Motherboard
MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (SOCKET 0) 35 °C
Graphics
VG248 (1920x1080@144Hz)
Philips 230C (1920x1080@60Hz)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 55 °C
Storage
232GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB (SSD) 35 °C
279GB Western Digital WDC WD3000HLFS-01G6U1 (SATA) 29 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 (SATA) 33 °C
1863GB Seagate ST2000DX001-1NS164 (SATA) 30 °C
1863GB TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 USB Device (USB (SATA)) 27 °C
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS124 Y
Audio
Sound Blaster Z

Thanks for any help!
 
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Moffinz

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Thanks for the reply. I've tried killing alot of processes but it does not make a difference. Also it does not add up to 13gb almost 14gb usage even with all the processes running so I find it very weird.
 
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coozie7

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Have you tried malware scans?
Yes, I know it's obvious. ;)

Use the Startup options to limit startup programs to the bare minimum see if that helps.

Also do you have any files or folders on the desktop?

If you regularly install/uninstall stuff, have a manual sweep through the HDD/SSD had clear out the remnants.
Also, while you're in there, run the Ccleaner registry cleaner (or similar) to clear that out.
 
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Moffinz

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Yep, I've done several malware scans but it doesn't find anything :) I've ran Ccleaner aswell a few times, and since I last replied here the ram has actually been normal. Here's to hoping it stays that way! Thanks for your suggestions :)
 
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