Where has my RAM gone?
I have 8 GB of RAM installed, as you can see here:
… and in Task Manager, it's showing that I'm using around 500 MB.
50% of 8 is 4, so 25% of 8 must be 2. Then why is it telling me that 500 MB is 25% of my RAM?
And what is this?
What should I do? Does this have anything to do with the virtual memory paging file?
RamMap shows this:
windows-10 memory virtual-memory
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I have 8 GB of RAM installed, as you can see here:
… and in Task Manager, it's showing that I'm using around 500 MB.
50% of 8 is 4, so 25% of 8 must be 2. Then why is it telling me that 500 MB is 25% of my RAM?
And what is this?
What should I do? Does this have anything to do with the virtual memory paging file?
RamMap shows this:
windows-10 memory virtual-memory
edited Jan 27 at 21:02
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
asked Jan 27 at 20:41
Homam GamerHomam Gamer
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add a comment |
I have 8 GB of RAM installed, as you can see here:
… and in Task Manager, it's showing that I'm using around 500 MB.
50% of 8 is 4, so 25% of 8 must be 2. Then why is it telling me that 500 MB is 25% of my RAM?
And what is this?
What should I do? Does this have anything to do with the virtual memory paging file?
RamMap shows this:
windows-10 memory virtual-memory
edited Jan 27 at 21:02
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
asked Jan 27 at 20:41
Homam GamerHomam Gamer
113
I have 8 GB of RAM installed, as you can see here:
… and in Task Manager, it's showing that I'm using around 500 MB.
50% of 8 is 4, so 25% of 8 must be 2. Then why is it telling me that 500 MB is 25% of my RAM?
And what is this?
What should I do? Does this have anything to do with the virtual memory paging file?
RamMap shows this:
windows-10 memory virtual-memory
windows-10 memory virtual-memory
edited Jan 27 at 21:02
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
asked Jan 27 at 20:41
Homam GamerHomam Gamer
113
edited Jan 27 at 21:02
DavidPostill♦
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asked Jan 27 at 20:41
Homam GamerHomam Gamer
113
edited Jan 27 at 21:02
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
edited Jan 27 at 21:02
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
edited Jan 27 at 21:02
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
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asked Jan 27 at 20:41
Homam GamerHomam Gamer
113
asked Jan 27 at 20:41
Homam GamerHomam Gamer
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asked Jan 27 at 20:41
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You have selected the User tab in Task Manager which will only show you statistics for processes that are running as your user. You'll notice that the column header in your first screenshot says:
27%
Memory
-------
485.3MB
This does not mean that 485.3MB is 27% of your memory, but that your user account is using 485.3MB of memory and the total memory usage of your computer is 27%.
As you can see in this screenshot, I have changed the value (through Right-Click on the column header) to show Percent rather than Values, this shows that the total memory usage is 61% and my user profile is using 51%.
There are several other accounts that are not "Users" per se:
SYSTEM
LOCAL SERVICE
NETWORK SERVICE
etc.
All of these run processes, services, and drivers that require memory to function.
edited Jan 28 at 6:46
Michael Frank
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answered Jan 27 at 21:17
MarvinMcFlyMarvinMcFly
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i don't have another user, trust me. and you can see the blank space beneath it, which indicates that there is no other users
– Homam Gamer
Jan 27 at 21:22
3
@HomamGamer sorry maybe I understand your question wrong or wasn’t clear enough. In the third screenshot the task manager shows that 2.2GB of 7.9GB are in use, which is about 28% of the installed RAM. This 2.2GB contains system processes, user processes and etc. In the first screenshot you see that your user uses about 500MB of RAM. In Detail: All processes owned by this user allocated 500MB RAM. The above shown 27% are related to current allocated RAM of all processes. As I mentioned in the beginning maybe I understand your question wrong, in this case sorry for the confusion.
– MarvinMcFly
Jan 27 at 21:32
2
Actually, it has everything to do with system processes.
– Daniel B
Jan 28 at 6:35
1
You hit the nail on the head with this answer, just not hard enough to drive it home. I've fleshed it out a bit to show the reasoning behind the answer.
– Michael Frank
Jan 28 at 6:48
2
Why do you think you need to buy more? You have almost 6 GB available!
– Jamie Hanrahan
Jan 29 at 11:48
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You have selected the User tab in Task Manager which will only show you statistics for processes that are running as your user. You'll notice that the column header in your first screenshot says:
27%
Memory
-------
485.3MB
This does not mean that 485.3MB is 27% of your memory, but that your user account is using 485.3MB of memory and the total memory usage of your computer is 27%.
As you can see in this screenshot, I have changed the value (through Right-Click on the column header) to show Percent rather than Values, this shows that the total memory usage is 61% and my user profile is using 51%.
There are several other accounts that are not "Users" per se:
SYSTEM
LOCAL SERVICE
NETWORK SERVICE
etc.
All of these run processes, services, and drivers that require memory to function.
edited Jan 28 at 6:46
Michael Frank
6,40613045
answered Jan 27 at 21:17
MarvinMcFlyMarvinMcFly
642
i don't have another user, trust me. and you can see the blank space beneath it, which indicates that there is no other users
– Homam Gamer
Jan 27 at 21:22
3
@HomamGamer sorry maybe I understand your question wrong or wasn’t clear enough. In the third screenshot the task manager shows that 2.2GB of 7.9GB are in use, which is about 28% of the installed RAM. This 2.2GB contains system processes, user processes and etc. In the first screenshot you see that your user uses about 500MB of RAM. In Detail: All processes owned by this user allocated 500MB RAM. The above shown 27% are related to current allocated RAM of all processes. As I mentioned in the beginning maybe I understand your question wrong, in this case sorry for the confusion.
– MarvinMcFly
Jan 27 at 21:32
2
Actually, it has everything to do with system processes.
– Daniel B
Jan 28 at 6:35
1
You hit the nail on the head with this answer, just not hard enough to drive it home. I've fleshed it out a bit to show the reasoning behind the answer.
– Michael Frank
Jan 28 at 6:48
2
Why do you think you need to buy more? You have almost 6 GB available!
– Jamie Hanrahan
Jan 29 at 11:48
|
show 5 more comments
You have selected the User tab in Task Manager which will only show you statistics for processes that are running as your user. You'll notice that the column header in your first screenshot says:
27%
Memory
-------
485.3MB
This does not mean that 485.3MB is 27% of your memory, but that your user account is using 485.3MB of memory and the total memory usage of your computer is 27%.
As you can see in this screenshot, I have changed the value (through Right-Click on the column header) to show Percent rather than Values, this shows that the total memory usage is 61% and my user profile is using 51%.
There are several other accounts that are not "Users" per se:
SYSTEM
LOCAL SERVICE
NETWORK SERVICE
etc.
All of these run processes, services, and drivers that require memory to function.
edited Jan 28 at 6:46
Michael Frank
6,40613045
answered Jan 27 at 21:17
MarvinMcFlyMarvinMcFly
642
i don't have another user, trust me. and you can see the blank space beneath it, which indicates that there is no other users
– Homam Gamer
Jan 27 at 21:22
3
@HomamGamer sorry maybe I understand your question wrong or wasn’t clear enough. In the third screenshot the task manager shows that 2.2GB of 7.9GB are in use, which is about 28% of the installed RAM. This 2.2GB contains system processes, user processes and etc. In the first screenshot you see that your user uses about 500MB of RAM. In Detail: All processes owned by this user allocated 500MB RAM. The above shown 27% are related to current allocated RAM of all processes. As I mentioned in the beginning maybe I understand your question wrong, in this case sorry for the confusion.
– MarvinMcFly
Jan 27 at 21:32
2
Actually, it has everything to do with system processes.
– Daniel B
Jan 28 at 6:35
1
You hit the nail on the head with this answer, just not hard enough to drive it home. I've fleshed it out a bit to show the reasoning behind the answer.
– Michael Frank
Jan 28 at 6:48
2
Why do you think you need to buy more? You have almost 6 GB available!
– Jamie Hanrahan
Jan 29 at 11:48
|
show 5 more comments
You have selected the User tab in Task Manager which will only show you statistics for processes that are running as your user. You'll notice that the column header in your first screenshot says:
27%
Memory
-------
485.3MB
This does not mean that 485.3MB is 27% of your memory, but that your user account is using 485.3MB of memory and the total memory usage of your computer is 27%.
As you can see in this screenshot, I have changed the value (through Right-Click on the column header) to show Percent rather than Values, this shows that the total memory usage is 61% and my user profile is using 51%.
There are several other accounts that are not "Users" per se:
SYSTEM
LOCAL SERVICE
NETWORK SERVICE
etc.
All of these run processes, services, and drivers that require memory to function.
edited Jan 28 at 6:46
Michael Frank
6,40613045
answered Jan 27 at 21:17
MarvinMcFlyMarvinMcFly
642
You have selected the User tab in Task Manager which will only show you statistics for processes that are running as your user. You'll notice that the column header in your first screenshot says:
27%
Memory
-------
485.3MB
This does not mean that 485.3MB is 27% of your memory, but that your user account is using 485.3MB of memory and the total memory usage of your computer is 27%.
As you can see in this screenshot, I have changed the value (through Right-Click on the column header) to show Percent rather than Values, this shows that the total memory usage is 61% and my user profile is using 51%.
There are several other accounts that are not "Users" per se:
SYSTEM
LOCAL SERVICE
NETWORK SERVICE
etc.
All of these run processes, services, and drivers that require memory to function.
edited Jan 28 at 6:46
Michael Frank
6,40613045
answered Jan 27 at 21:17
MarvinMcFlyMarvinMcFly
642
edited Jan 28 at 6:46
Michael Frank
6,40613045
edited Jan 28 at 6:46
Michael Frank
6,40613045
edited Jan 28 at 6:46
Michael Frank
6,40613045
6,40613045
answered Jan 27 at 21:17
MarvinMcFlyMarvinMcFly
642
answered Jan 27 at 21:17
MarvinMcFlyMarvinMcFly
642
answered Jan 27 at 21:17
MarvinMcFlyMarvinMcFly
642
642
i don't have another user, trust me. and you can see the blank space beneath it, which indicates that there is no other users
– Homam Gamer
Jan 27 at 21:22
3
@HomamGamer sorry maybe I understand your question wrong or wasn’t clear enough. In the third screenshot the task manager shows that 2.2GB of 7.9GB are in use, which is about 28% of the installed RAM. This 2.2GB contains system processes, user processes and etc. In the first screenshot you see that your user uses about 500MB of RAM. In Detail: All processes owned by this user allocated 500MB RAM. The above shown 27% are related to current allocated RAM of all processes. As I mentioned in the beginning maybe I understand your question wrong, in this case sorry for the confusion.
– MarvinMcFly
Jan 27 at 21:32
2
Actually, it has everything to do with system processes.
– Daniel B
Jan 28 at 6:35
1
You hit the nail on the head with this answer, just not hard enough to drive it home. I've fleshed it out a bit to show the reasoning behind the answer.
– Michael Frank
Jan 28 at 6:48
2
Why do you think you need to buy more? You have almost 6 GB available!
– Jamie Hanrahan
Jan 29 at 11:48
|
show 5 more comments
i don't have another user, trust me. and you can see the blank space beneath it, which indicates that there is no other users
– Homam Gamer
Jan 27 at 21:22
3
@HomamGamer sorry maybe I understand your question wrong or wasn’t clear enough. In the third screenshot the task manager shows that 2.2GB of 7.9GB are in use, which is about 28% of the installed RAM. This 2.2GB contains system processes, user processes and etc. In the first screenshot you see that your user uses about 500MB of RAM. In Detail: All processes owned by this user allocated 500MB RAM. The above shown 27% are related to current allocated RAM of all processes. As I mentioned in the beginning maybe I understand your question wrong, in this case sorry for the confusion.
– MarvinMcFly
Jan 27 at 21:32
2
Actually, it has everything to do with system processes.
– Daniel B
Jan 28 at 6:35
1
You hit the nail on the head with this answer, just not hard enough to drive it home. I've fleshed it out a bit to show the reasoning behind the answer.
– Michael Frank
Jan 28 at 6:48
2
Why do you think you need to buy more? You have almost 6 GB available!
– Jamie Hanrahan
Jan 29 at 11:48
i don't have another user, trust me. and you can see the blank space beneath it, which indicates that there is no other users
– Homam Gamer
Jan 27 at 21:22
i don't have another user, trust me. and you can see the blank space beneath it, which indicates that there is no other users
– Homam Gamer
Jan 27 at 21:22
3
3
@HomamGamer sorry maybe I understand your question wrong or wasn’t clear enough. In the third screenshot the task manager shows that 2.2GB of 7.9GB are in use, which is about 28% of the installed RAM. This 2.2GB contains system processes, user processes and etc. In the first screenshot you see that your user uses about 500MB of RAM. In Detail: All processes owned by this user allocated 500MB RAM. The above shown 27% are related to current allocated RAM of all processes. As I mentioned in the beginning maybe I understand your question wrong, in this case sorry for the confusion.
– MarvinMcFly
Jan 27 at 21:32
@HomamGamer sorry maybe I understand your question wrong or wasn’t clear enough. In the third screenshot the task manager shows that 2.2GB of 7.9GB are in use, which is about 28% of the installed RAM. This 2.2GB contains system processes, user processes and etc. In the first screenshot you see that your user uses about 500MB of RAM. In Detail: All processes owned by this user allocated 500MB RAM. The above shown 27% are related to current allocated RAM of all processes. As I mentioned in the beginning maybe I understand your question wrong, in this case sorry for the confusion.
– MarvinMcFly
Jan 27 at 21:32
2
2
Actually, it has everything to do with system processes.
– Daniel B
Jan 28 at 6:35
Actually, it has everything to do with system processes.
– Daniel B
Jan 28 at 6:35
1
1
You hit the nail on the head with this answer, just not hard enough to drive it home. I've fleshed it out a bit to show the reasoning behind the answer.
– Michael Frank
Jan 28 at 6:48
You hit the nail on the head with this answer, just not hard enough to drive it home. I've fleshed it out a bit to show the reasoning behind the answer.
– Michael Frank
Jan 28 at 6:48
2
2
Why do you think you need to buy more? You have almost 6 GB available!
– Jamie Hanrahan
Jan 29 at 11:48
Why do you think you need to buy more? You have almost 6 GB available!
– Jamie Hanrahan
Jan 29 at 11:48
|
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