Ram being used by nothing?

[Akyra]

this problem started about 6 months ago at first i didn't really notice it, but lately i can't do anything for an extended period of time (1-2 hrs) of youtube (tried multiple web browsers each were tested for a week at a time, so chrome isn't the problem, problem really goes into overdrive when i begin downloading anything on steam/blizzard/origin/ any browser

 

running an i7-4790k

8gb ram (1600mhz)

970 gtx

 

haven't got the best equipment but it lets me play the games i like in a decent quality.

 

the below screenshots are from running battlenet while downloading world of warcraft, same issues occur on any other large game from steam or origin

[COUPER MILLAR]

Have you run an anti virus scan? 

[Streetguru]

5 minutes ago, Akyra said:

 

Should be the fix, but you could also probably just reinstall windows 10 to fix it

[Akyra]

1 minute ago, COUPER MILLAR said:

Have you run an anti virus scan? 

last time that was run was yesterday evening nothing reported, i also ran AdwCleaner on a monthly basis

[Mira Yurizaki]

Your non-paged pool consumption is abnormal. This usually indicates a driver problem, and usually it's the network driver. Update to the latest version, or roll back to a previous one if you're already up-to-date, and see if it goes away.

[COUPER MILLAR]

Have you run a disk clean or tried turning it on and off again?

[Akyra]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Your non-paged pool consumption is abnormal. This usually indicates a driver problem, and usually it's the network driver. Update to the latest version, or roll back to a previous one if you're already up-to-date, and see if it goes away.

i never thought network driver could be the issue, thought my "killer suite" woulda kept that updated, brb 10 mins to let you know if that solves it

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, Akyra said:

i never thought network driver could be the issue, thought my "killer suite" woulda kept that updated, brb 10 mins to let you know if that solves it

Oh, "Killer". Yeah that NIC is infamous for leaking memory hard core.

[Akyra]

14 minutes ago, COUPER MILLAR said:

Have you run a disk clean or tried turning it on and off again?

turning it on and off again is the equivalent of putting some tape on the side of a bucket... it'll hold for now... but it'll be useless when the bucket's filled...

 

10 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Oh, "Killer". Yeah that NIC is infamous for leaking memory hard core.

thanks! i can't believe for the last year i've been having to deal with this bloody memory leak for over a year thought my ram was faulty... was about to go buy another 8 gigs of ram >.>

also... i see why they're called "killer" 

 

below screen is now running battle.net/steam/orign all downloading something simultaneously and my ram is sitting neat, thanks so much! can't believe it was such an easy fix.