High ram usage while idle on a windows 11 pc

Anonymous
2022-01-06T07:55:14+00:00

Just like the title goes, my laptop gets about 50~60 ram usage while idle, even though it has 16 gigs of ram. Tried checking with the task manager doesn't seem to spot anything going on. Also, I've tried fixing the registry, disabling startup applications, defragmenting drives, turning off Sysmain, as said on the Internet, but they all didn't change anything. Is there any way to fix this while not clean installing windows again?

My laptop is currently on Windows 11 build 22000,

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-03-30T11:08:49+00:00

    yeah, this is pretty SAD ....

    win 10 was using 1-1.5GB of RAM at startup....

    now Win11 takes like 4-5GB? and there is nothing new ...

    oh...i forgot, there is a bling bling lagging and freezing fancy GUI .... (on i7-12700h with 32GB RAM)

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-30T10:08:09+00:00

    Bruh , I Downgraded To Windows 7 cuz memory usage only 37%

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-06T18:53:45+00:00

    2-2.5 ago, Windows 11 needed around 1.5GB after startup.

    around 2y ago it changed, and it was using around 3-4GB !

    few days ago i've got new notebook with fresh Windows 11, it takes 6-7GB after startup now !!! Is this because of that bloated new interface? how to disable these features?

    I've disabled apps prefetch but I don't see any improvement.

    Does Win11 uses so much memory only for caching purposes? and when apps need that memory they'll get it ? or that memory is reserved only for Windows and there is only 8-9GB left for other applications ?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-28T06:11:33+00:00

    My quest for answers on this issue has led me here. I've observed a few things between Windows 10 and Windows 11. Its clear the OS is using a large amount more than windows 10. Windows 11 running 90 processes on its own. Even chrome was using more ram, if by only 17mb. This being observed after countless days of using for 5+ hours at a time then standby, sleep sometimes for 4-5 hours, sometimes for 10-12 hrs. But when I close the open programs and do a normal reboot, Windows 11 loads at 2.8gb. Even responds faster.

    So my question, why is windows services using up so much ram? Is it log files? Is it temp data for quick response? If you only use 4gb of ram, excessive usage never seems to be a problem. But how excessive can you be at just 4gb of ram. With Windows 10 or 11, just bumping up from 4gb to 6gb will increase your Cinebench score...by a few points. But RAM is there to be used. If it makes it more accessible for the user experience, then why not take up that free space that isn't being used. Who cares as long as its not affecting performance. You paid for it, why not use it.

    I want to make sure I'm understood in a few things here. Windows 11 uses more ram for background services. Windows 11 is the next wave from Windows 10. More features, heavier gui is always going to eat up more. My concern is the longer Windows 11 goes without shutting down, the more ram heavy it becomes.

    I've also noticed users saying their fans ramp for no real apparent reason. I at first blamed this on HP for its unreasonable power profile. But it apparently extends beyond that in Windows 11. For the first minute or so it will boost to its max, fans idle, then suddenly plummet in speed while the fans slowly ramp. I will get full OC as defined by spec. But with extended 100% loads, it will thermal throttle for about 2 min then finally settle just at thermal throttle at base freq. Fans ramping up and down. All this using fresh arctic silver 5.

    All in all, if Windows 10 support ends in 2 years, better be on the team supporting the next wave. While i have Windows 11 machines, Win 10 machines still continue to occupy my life. My hope is Microsoft will dump the OS and climb the phugoid scale its continues to trek.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-16T19:02:05+00:00

    Just here to bump this, even with nothing running except Task Manager, I am getting 20GB+ ram usage with the highest usage being Task Manager which is using ~70mb

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