techsupport Memory maxing out at 50% usage.

[RVRocks]

Hey everyone! Recently I have had some issues with my PC underperforming in certain tasks, such as gaming, video editing, and recording, this digs into my workflow quite a bit. I run 32 gigs of Ram, an RTX 2080 and a Ryzen 5950x, so I always expected that my PC should be performing better than it is. Recently when working my PC started underperforming more than usual, and I noticed, despite my PC acting as if it had been pushed to its absolute limit, My RAM was only at 48% usage, and then I realized that I don't think I have ever seen my PC ever go above 50% memory usage, is there some kind of trick I am missing?

 

[Kilrah]

RAM usage gets up if programs need it - if you don't see it go higher it's because it's not the case and you have more than enough of it. 

[RVRocks]

3 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

RAM usage gets up if programs need it - if you don't see it go higher it's because it's not the case and you have more than enough of it. 

So if all my components are operating at less then their max capacity how am I getting frame drops and performance issues?

[AdamBGames]

17 minutes ago, RVRocks said:

Hey everyone! Recently I have had some issues with my PC underperforming in certain tasks, such as gaming, video editing, and recording, this digs into my workflow quite a bit. I run 32 gigs of Ram, an RTX 2080 and a Ryzen 5950x, so I always expected that my PC should be performing better than it is. Recently when working my PC started underperforming more than usual, and I noticed, despite my PC acting as if it had been pushed to its absolute limit, My RAM was only at 48% usage, and then I realized that I don't think I have ever seen my PC ever go above 50% memory usage, is there some kind of trick I am missing?

 

Have you tried running Aida 64's trial and doing a memory test to make sure that all ram is accessable?

[RVRocks]

3 minutes ago, AdamBGames said:

Have you tried running Aida 64's trial and doing a memory test to make sure that all ram is accessable?

I have not! Thank you for the tip!

[George.]

Check memory for errors first. 

Could also be an OS related issue. I've had Windows goof up like that before. You can run "sfc  /scannow" in cmd as admin. 

While waiting for the scan, open the system logs in event viewer and check for errors. They are separated in different categories depending on the type of error and what caused it. Look into critical and error submenus. If something nasty happened soon-ish it should be there. 

Could try reinstalling everything if you have the time or boot from a different drive and run some stress tests.