Lowest ram usage competition for cookie

[Curufinwe_wins]

So guys, a lot of OS related topics I've seen recently are talking about ram usage being high, and while indeed ram usage will increase over time. I have this two month old computer that still sits typing this and watching a video in a second tab at 9-10% usage (2.6-3.2 GB).

 

And I'm sure some of you can do even better. So I propose the following competition, whoever can get the lowest ram usage screenshot using Task Manager gets a cookie and my long term respect. That said to prevent Windows ram management from cheating us all (and ensuring a fair competition), I propose the following limitations:

 

1. Windows 7 or newer (Windows only, 64 bit only) must be in use. (I'm not sure who will win out here, my guess is Win 10, but it will be very informative either way.)

2. You must have at least 8GB of ram recognized by task manager. (I did mine with 32GB so no complaints there.)

3. You may use iGPU or dGPU to take that screenshot. (I'm not sure which will be better given that iGPU could use ram, but dGPU has a decent amount of ram overhead you probably can't disable.)

4. You are allowed to disable aero everything to get your result (or any other feature windows has that uses ram, provided you could run day to day like that. I did not diable cortana, so advantage to you.)

5. Screenshot must be uploaded with timestamp (windows bar at bottom will work fine). Only entries from 10/1/2015 or later will be accepted.

6. Listings will be ordered based on "in use" memory allocation. (Yes this limits us to .1 GB detail.)

 

Why should you bother trying for this in the first place?

1. To say you win/bragging rights.

2. To force yourself to examine your ram/program usage in the first place.

3. To identify what a clean computer can actually do for low ram usage.

 

Without further ado, I present my regular usage (regular usage image not required, but it gives context and includes two tabs of chrome) and my minimum usage in that order:

 

 

 

 

 

Let the games begin!

 

Top Ten Lowest Ram Usages (to nearest .1 GB) 

 

Format :(Username, Amount, Total, OS, Chipset, GPU Brand if active)

 

EX: Curufinwe_wins, 1.5 GB, 32GB, Win 10, x99, Nvidia

 

1. @TomvanWijnen, .6GB, 8GB, Win 7, z77, Nvidia

2. @dark_xzyph3r, 1.0 GB, 8 GB ECC, Win 7, P55, AMD

3. @kurahk7, 1.3 GB, 8GB, Win 8.1, Haswell-U, iGPU

4. @[member=Tedster], 1.5GB, 16GB, Win 7, Z87, Nvidia

4. @Curufinwe_wins, 1.5 GB, 32 GB, Win 10, x99, Nvidia

6. @Mug, 1.6 GB, 16 GB, Win 10, z77, Nvidia

7. @hogfather, 2.4 GB, 64 GB, Win 10, x79, AMD

 

 

 

PS: While you are at this, why not run some benchmarks with your super low usage and see if it actually helps your performance? Who knows, maybe you don't gain anything by closing all those programs, or perhaps you gain a lot... That's why this is here to find out.

[iamdarkyoshi]

I literally have no onboard graphics. X79 does not have an igpu.

[Curufinwe_wins]

I literally have no onboard graphics. X79 does not have an igpu.

Same here, x99 as you can see. Com'on compete!

[dark_xzyph3r]

-snip-

 

I am still on Win 7 and 35% of ram usage with only League of Legends launcher open this chrome tab and steam.. Win 7 is the worst for ram usage

[Oberon.Smite]

Well Ubuntu 12.04 o

32bit uses about 120 MB at idle.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Same here, x99 as you can see. Com'on compete!

i am at school right now. I would need to it after school. My 32gb of ram needs to be rma'dnso I had to steal the ram from my mediaserver.

[Curufinwe_wins]

I am still on Win 7 and 35% of ram usage with only League of Legends launcher open this chrome tab and steam.. Win 7 is the worst for ram usage

That doesn't sound too terrible. If you'd like to compete I'd consider opening it for Win 7. It's kinda just an Idea I had.

[Oberon.Smite]

I am still on Win 7 and 35% of ram usage with only League of Legends launcher open this chrome tab and steam.. Win 7 is the worst for ram usage

Lol have you not heard of Win 10 mem leaks.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Well Ubuntu 12.04 o

32bit uses about 120 MB at idle.

Hence Windows only hahaha. 

[iamdarkyoshi]

Lol have you not heard of Win 10 mem leaks.

i has win 10. They fixed it by making it crash so often that you dont notice memory leaks.

[dark_xzyph3r]

That doesn't sound too terrible. If you'd like to compete I'd consider opening it for Win 7. It's kinda just an Idea I had.

 

Could you open it for Win 7? I could try to get my usage down lol

[Curufinwe_wins]

i has win 10. They fixed it by making it crash so often that you dont notice memory leaks.

Hahaha. I has no leakage or crashing. I do has aero-snaping that sometimes freeze window visually but not audibly. Much annoyance.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Could you open it for Win 7? I could try to get my usage down lol

Did! I'd love to see you up there.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Hahaha. I has no leakage or crashing. I do has aero-snaping that sometimes freezes that window visually but not audibly. Much annoyance.

mine? Kinda... just... everything breaks. Might have been bad brand new ram.

[Mug]

Didn't quit or disable anything

 

Fluctuates between 1.6/1.7

 

Specs:

Gigabyte Z77-D3H, i5-3570k, 16GB RAM, 128GB Samsing 850 Evo SSD, 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD, Nvidia GeForce GTX 760

 

[Curufinwe_wins]

mine? Kinda... just... everything breaks. Might have been bad brand new ram.

No idea. I did have a dickens of a time getting all of my ram to register originally.

 

Didn't quit or disable anything

 

Fluctuates between 1.6/1.7

 

 

Awesome! Now see how low you can really go! BTW what is your chipset and graphics card (if used)?

[dark_xzyph3r]

Just a tip for everybody, Don't disable Winlogon lol it logs you out

[Mug]

No idea. I did have a dickens of a time getting all of my ram to register originally.

 

Awesome! Now see how low you can really go! BTW what is your chipset and graphics card (if used)?

I added that in just then

[Curufinwe_wins]

Just a tip for everybody, Don't disable Winlogon lol it logs you out

Indeed. Also don't disable windows explorer. That is worst thing you can do (because everything worse just crashes the computer.)

[iamdarkyoshi]

Indeed. Also don't disable windows explorer. That is worst thing you can do, (because everything worse just crashes the computer.)

no it doesnt. Just ctrl shift esc to launch task manager, then click new process and then type explorer.exe

[Extingquish]

Guess I won't be winning anything, I'm at 8.17GB and I'm really enjoying this playlist, so I don't want to close Chrome

[Curufinwe_wins]

no it doesnt. Just ctrl shift esc to launch task manager, then click new process and then type explorer.exe

hmm? I said everything worse just crashes you. Not that deleting windows explorer crashes you.

[iamdarkyoshi]

hmm? I said everything worse just crashes you. Not that deleting windows explorer crashes you.

oh okay. Blame being at school. The brainsucker on my head is starving to death.

[dark_xzyph3r]

So I disabled ALOT of stuff just small things and ended up with 2Gb of usage out of 8GB of ram.

 

Specs: Xeon X3440

Mobo: Supermicro X8SIA-F

Ram: 8GB Kingston ECC

GPU: Radeon HD 7850

[Curufinwe_wins]

So I disabled ALOT of stuff just small things and ended up with 2Gb of usage out of 8GB of ram.

 

Specs: Xeon X3440

Mobo: Supermicro X8SIA-F

Ram: 8GB Kingston ECC

GPU: Radeon HD 7850

Is that x58? I honestly don't know what the lynnfield chipset is.

 

And that isn't too bad really. That install is probably pretty old too.