Why is my RAM usage so high?

teamjunior

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Dec 1, 2012
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Could someone explain why my RAM usage is so high? I have a new XPS 13 running windows 10. Specs are 256GB PCIe SSD, 7th Gen Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM. For some reason, it shows my user is using 20% of the RAM yet the total RAM usage is 40%. I have attached two screenshots from my task manager and ordered the programs using the most RAM first.

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