Windows 10 "System" using a ton of RAM, and causing other programs to use a lot too.

[Savant-ism]

Ever since I've upgraded to Windows 10, this has been happening. RAM usage going through the roof without any other programs being used. This is caused by "System". The only fix i have is of course restart, but it happens so often, so it would be quite the hassle to do it all the time. These screenshots are not mine, I got them from another thread but something very similar happens to me (not happening now though, so I cant get screenshots)

http://puu.sh/jn4WT/907950efb6.png
http://puu.sh/jn4AL/fde5444624.png
http://puu.sh/jn510/78c523d9fb.png

SPECS:
Intel i5 4690k
MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G
8 GB RAM
1TB HDD
Corsair CX600M
ASROCK Z97 FATAL1TY
Windows 10

 

[little_me]

Windows task manager is not good. Hides all kinds of processes and things.

Process explorer by sysinternals shows more:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

 

[jjb8675309]

Run spybot and malware-bytes. You likely have a program installed that over time is leaking into your memory. If the malware/spyware scans do not detect and remove the thing causing your problem then I would do a clean install of 7, confirm everything is good and then upgrade to 10.