High ram usage while idle on a windows 11 pc

as I wrote - try this:

Update.

Were NOT fixed by boot settings \ auloaders \ services \ etc

Fixed to 25..30% after: disable Fast Startup on Windows 11

Alternatively, open Command Prompt (admin) and run the “powercfg /h off” command to disable Windows 11 Fast Startup.

(and reboot)

Microsoft is doing something sketchy or wrong here. I have 64GB of RAM, and if I leave the system running for a few days, it will eat up over 90% of the memory. It's to the point where if I run just a few things (browser, Vs Code, Jetbrains, etc.) it will reach 98% memory usage. I cannot find any application that is using up memory, and even after closing everything down I can't get the memory usage to go down much. After a restart, the system starts at a base usage of 20-30% which is what I expect.

Microsoft really need to provide a solution here.

1. Anything over 4800Mhz for RAM speed is Overclocking (assuming DDR5), be it EXPO(AMD), XMP(INTEL), or manually set.
   1.A. The default RAM speed on DDR5 is 4800Mhz.
2. This tread is "High RAM usage while idle on a Windows 11 PC."
   2.A. "Usage" meaning EXP: 20GB out of a total of 32GB is assigned, NOT 62.5% duty cycle.
3. The ROOT problem is that Windows uses RAM without informing the user that it has done so or for what it is being used for.
   3.A. If you add up everything under "Memory" in the "Processes tab" in "Task Manager", it comes nowhere near what the "Memory" in the "Performance tab" shows being used.

It's like going to a restaurant and being charged 40€/$ when the total for all items on your BILL comes to 25€/$ even after accounting for VAT and tip.
This means you are paying 15€/$ for something you did not order, let alone see anything mentioned on the BILL.

The issue is present not just on laptops but also on Tower PCs. Be it put together by the user or by an OEM

I had 16gb ram, the laptop always using alot of ram even in idle so i upgraded to 32gb, same using (my 3rd party apps take 3gb ram) and im never below 60 (even with all the 3rd party apps closed) and mostly around 70 on ram usage, there is no specific app that takes alot, just a TON of windows stuff that takes sub 50mb ram that amounts to more than half the memory .

if i start my developing env with docker (2 containers with a total of 3gb ram), visual studio and visual studio code im around 90-99 in ram on 32gb. cpu around 10-20%

So it seems that the more ram we give the Windows 11 beast the more it eats for some reason?
i also have 32gb virtual ram and 10gb is used so right now in idle im using 31gb ram of the 63gb total including the virtual ram

Hey, former Windows 11 user here, so I bought a HP laptop with 8GB of ram and this ****version of Windows was bundled with it..
I didn't have much issues with it, until I noticed that the RAM usage was a bit too high. Windows 11 literally takes up ~4-5 GB of RAM compared to Windows 10's 1-2GB...

Whenever I opened a browser (for example, your **** forced MS edge browser) that uses about ~300MB, Windows 11 would literally SKYROCKET to ~71% RAM usage..

So if I opened any other app alongside with M$ edge, the RAM usage would go above 85%..

Then 10 over here uses so much LESS ram compared to Windows 11, opening a browser would only make it go to ~45%..

So what did I do and what's the solution?
Simple! I just created a Windows 10 USB drive and downgraded- oh no sorry I mean UPGRADED to Windows 10 Download Windows 10 (microsoft.com). There's still several years left until 10 stops receiving security updates and EOS's, so feel free to upgrade..

Windows 11 took away live tiles and taskbar toolbars, oversimplified the start menu and removed some features that I didn't use that much but I liked (such as the Timeline in task view)

I mean, just LOOK at this comparison..

Windows 11 (absolutely ****):

Windows 10:

That's a huge difference to me..

Windows 10 also feels snappier in comparison to Windows 11, like.. sure, some parts of Windows 10 don't have any animation but WHO CARES about "fAnCy WiNdoWs" and "mOrE aNiMaTiOnS", it's all about the performance, not the look..

Hopefully this answer helped you..