what is using my RAM ?!!

[agent z]

Hi guys

I have been noticing some weird Ram usage in my pc. i have 16Gb of ram but it never goes under 45%.

when i go to the task manager i cannot seem to find what is using all of that memory, and it is really bugging when im doing something ram hogging

the sum of the ram usage of all tasks doesnt equal to 47% of 16GB. 

so what gives ?

 

[TylerD321]

Are you certain your PC is seeing all 16 gb of your ram? Sometimes the ram can come out a little bit and the PC will only see for example one stick of two. If you click on the performance tab of task manager and then click on ram you should be able to verify this.

[agent z]

3 minutes ago, TylerD321 said:

Are you certain your PC is seeing all 16 gb of your ram? Sometimes the ram can come out a little bit and the PC will only see for example one stick of two. If you click on the performance tab of task manager and then click on ram you should be able to verify this.

nn im sure it is 16gb

 

 

[OddOod]

 

From a post on Superuser

Why is total used memory much higher than the memory used by all listed processes, no matter how I try to count them?

Because the operating system doesn't waste physical memory (RAM) unless it has no choice.

How could windows "know" that memory is used without knowing what program is using it?

Because no program is using it. Consider, for example, memory that contains the code for a program that just terminated. No program is using it. But that memory is used, since it is not free and contains data that might be useful (in case the program runs again).

What processes might possibly use up memory but now show up on the list?

It's not used by processes.

Is there any software out there that can give more information about used memory?

RAMMap can do this.

[Needfuldoer]

Empty RAM is wasted RAM. The OS will purge anything it doesn't need, and use "free" RAM for caching, etc.

 

Don't overthink it.

[agent z]

7 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Empty RAM is wasted RAM. The OS will purge anything it doesn't need, and use "free" RAM for caching, etc.

 

Don't overthink it.

buti was getting nasty drops in god of war because of it when it would hit 100%. it was only using 8gb because the other half was being used, which means it didnt have access to the rest