RAM 99% and not in game

[Andzon]

At times my computer starts lagging horribly (mouse stutter etc.) and when I check in my task manager it says anything from 95% to 99% usage of memory. What the hell is causing this, I am not even playing a game?

 

I have 16gb ram boosted to about 2300 or whatever it is. Default overclock for the sticks. Corsair Vengeance.

[manikyath]

gonna need more info here..

- what hardware are you running, other than the ram?

- what are we looking at software wise?

- when is the last time you rebooted?

[BWLServers]

Can we get a screenshot of Task manager with the memory column sorted ascending?

[m0k]

30 minutes ago, Andzon said:

At times my computer starts lagging horribly (mouse stutter etc.) and when I check in my task manager it says anything from 95% to 99% usage of memory. What the hell is causing this, I am not even playing a game?

 

I have 16gb ram boosted to about 2300 or whatever it is. Default overclock for the sticks. Corsair Vengeance.

task manager will tell you exactly what is hogging up your ram

[Andzon]

25 minutes ago, manikyath said:

gonna need more info here..

- what hardware are you running, other than the ram?

- what are we looking at software wise?

- when is the last time you rebooted?

Rebooted maybe 2 hours ago, it fixes the problem but it comes back.

 

Specs:

GTX 1080

MSI z170 motherboard

i7 7700k

 

Google Chrome and Discord are at the top with around 47 mb and 30 mb usage respectively.

[DarkSmith2]

RAM 99% and not in game

Nvidia EXPERIENCE? (f.e.)

 

[BWLServers]

No, something hidden is taking it all up. Do you have any VM's running? Go to the Details tab in task manager, sort it there. List the top few.

[Andzon]

 

This cannot be normal?

[BWLServers]

8 hours ago, Andzon said:

 

This cannot be normal?

Post a screenshot of the Details tab, sorted by memory usage.