My computer seems to use 95-97% of the RAM all the time even when I have the most basic programs like Google Chrome, Microsoft Word, or Steam. It also uses a lot of RAM when theres nothing running. I know Microsoft uses most of the RAM because if not it is wasted, but this is affecting my FPS inside games a lot. Typically I got 70 FPS and now I average around 11 FPS. It also looks like it is taking a lot of CPU
My Specs:
Intel - Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
MSI - B150 Gaming M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB G1 Gaming Video Card
Windows 10 64 bit
Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
EVGA - 700W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Click the top of that Memory column that is highlighted in red and it will order from most used to least top-down, and you can see which program is using the most at once.
That’s bizarre… your most usage is Chrome with only 184MB. I have two Chrome windows open, one playing a video and the other five tabs in the other window and am using over a gig and a half.
Can you post a screenshot of the Performance tab on Memory?
You can paste images directly into the forum post by the way. It’s very handy.
So given my limited experience (IE none professionally - take everything I say with a grain or five of salt) it would seem you have a memory leak from somewhere.
Does this happen immediately when you boot the computer or does it happen after certain programs are run?
