Windows 10 High RAM Usage? (Idle)

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ali13245

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Hey, so basically right when I boot up my PC, my ram is already at 50% usage which im pretty sure is not normal. I started noticing this a few days ago. I took a screenshot of task manager so hopefully someone can catch something that I am not seeing maybe.

https://imgur.com/a/w7umK
 
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Windows will keep unused code in ram in anticipation of eventual reuse.

I am guessing that compressed means that some code is compressed to save space.
Retrieving code from ram is much faster than from an external device.
I suppose that uncompressing is a small price to pay if more can be stored.
What bothers me a bit is that this is there after a boot.
If you are using fast boot, I think previous contents of ram are retrieved upon booting, likely from the page file.

The key to determining if you really have a problem is the hard fault page rate.
That is when windows needs to swap out some overcommitted ram and retrieve what it needs from the external page file.
If you see something more than one per second, I would look into this more.
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how much ram does your pc have?
 
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mjslakeridge

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Well the second image in your last post confirms the system "sees" all 16GB. One thing that caught my eye was it says "In use (compressed)". Mine just says "in use". Do you have any idea what that means? Perhaps something is using RAM, but not getting reported in Task Manager.
 
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geofelt

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Windows will keep unused code in ram in anticipation of eventual reuse.

I am guessing that compressed means that some code is compressed to save space.
Retrieving code from ram is much faster than from an external device.
I suppose that uncompressing is a small price to pay if more can be stored.
What bothers me a bit is that this is there after a boot.
If you are using fast boot, I think previous contents of ram are retrieved upon booting, likely from the page file.

The key to determining if you really have a problem is the hard fault page rate.
That is when windows needs to swap out some overcommitted ram and retrieve what it needs from the external page file.
If you see something more than one per second, I would look into this more.
 
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