Windows 10 not using full memory?

[ShadyOrb09]

Hello, I built this computer a couple of years ago now. I only just noticed that for some reason task manager is saying it's using 80% of my memory (6-7GB) when I have a 8x2 memory kit.

However, system info is reporting I do have 16GB available.

 

Ram Usage Picture

 

System Info Picture

 

Hopefully someone can help me figure this out or fix it.

Thanks 

 

[SPECS]

CPU - i7-6700k @4.7Ghz

MOBO - AsRock Z270 Pro 4

GPU - GTX 1080TI

RAM - 8GBx2 (16GB @3200Mhz)

[kirashi]

13 minutes ago, ShadyOrb09 said:

Hello, I built this computer a couple of years ago now. I only just noticed that for some reason task manager is saying it's using 80% of my memory (6-7GB) when I have a 8x2 memory kit.

However, system info is reporting I do have 16GB available.

 

Ram Usage Picture

 

System Info Picture

 

Hopefully someone can help me figure this out or fix it.

Thanks 

 

Task manager is famous for not showing your actual RAM usage on Windows 8 and higher. This is by design, as I believe it only shows actual in-use RAM and doesn't show RAM that's been reserved for management by the OS itself should a program require more RAM on-the-fly. I'm oversimplifying it, as I'm sure there's a technical document out there somewhere that actually goes over Windows 8/10's memory management, but that's how I understand it.

[ShadyOrb09]

5 minutes ago, kirashi said:

Task manager is famous for not showing your actual RAM usage on Windows 8 and higher. This is by design, as I believe it only shows actual in-use RAM and doesn't show RAM that's been reserved for management by the OS itself should a program require more RAM on-the-fly. I'm oversimplifying it, as I'm sure there's a technical document out there somewhere that actually goes over Windows 8/10's memory management, but that's how I understand it.

After looking into it for a bit longer I found that to be the issue.

This chart seems to show the proper usages numbers I'm looking for.