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Memory usage not adding up.

Dnk01
By Dnk01
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So I recently built a new PC and noticed that my memory usage isn't adding up. (I've attached some screenshots to display it better than I can state it).

 

I'm running Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit. i5-4670k (not overclocked) MSI GTX 780 GE 3gb (not overclocked), MSI Z87-G45 Motherboard, Corsair HX850 PSU, 2x4gb Corsair Vengeance low profile 1600mhz RAM, Samsung EVO 250gb.

 

Now I haven't had any application crashes or system blue screens/restarts, but the inconsistency worries me. As recommended by another user to someone with a similar albeit unsolved problem in another thread I've ran scans of both Malware Bytes and Hitmanpro both revealing 0 threats. Unfortunately the CCE from Commando, which was suggested, doesn't have an appropriate Windows 8 ready version so I haven't used that.

 

Any useful feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys. (And as you'll see the memory screenshots are taken from start-up and with few programs running (Skype, Steam, et cetera as they open on start, if required I can take some screenshots without them open)) Sometimes the memory usage isn't as bad but after perhaps playing a game or two on steam or opening other programs it starts to have a high inconsistency.

 

Thanks once again.

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This problem happens when "File Paging" has been turned off. Take a look to see if you are running this process "intellimem.exe" I have had users running this process have problems with above normal Mem Usage.

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

Control Panel -> System -> Advanced System Settings -> Advanced Tab (for me it defaults on this tab) -> Settings... (under the "Performance" section) -> Advanced Tab -> under "Virtual Memory" click Change... -> Make sure "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" is checked.

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This problem happens when "File Paging" has been turned off. Take a look to see if you are running this process "intellimem.exe" I have had users running this process have problems with above normal Mem Usage.

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

Control Panel -> System -> Advanced System Settings -> Advanced Tab (for me it defaults on this tab) -> Settings... (under the "Performance" section) -> Advanced Tab -> under "Virtual Memory" click Change... -> Make sure "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" is checked.

 

Unfortunately it was already ticked and it doesn't seem like "Intellimem.exe" is running. Thanks for the post though.

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No.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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I'm not sure how to mark the issue as solved but in case anyone else experiences a similar issue the problem was the large amount of non-paged usage, most likely a memory leak cause by some drivers. Download and run poolmon to find which drivers are causing the problem.

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