High Memory Usage with No Apps Running

Win 11 Pro 64-bit OS; v.23H2 06/25/224 Build: 22631.3880
Dell Laptop Core i7Gen9 2.59Ghz
16 GB Memory (15.8 GB useable)

My El Gato HD60S+ capture card was acting squirrelly, so I opened Task Manager. Memory use seemed high. After re-booting, using Task Manager I closed all Apps running and any Background Programs that I could identify as un-needed. No individual program is using more than 1 or 2%, and the rest are using 0.1% each. My total Memory usage is 34%. Considering my 16GB of RAM this seems high. CPU usage at this time is 2%.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that all drivers are up to date, and I scanned with Win Defender and Malware Bytes

I will try anything that reduces Windows bloat. A YouTube video depicts a procedure for creating a detailed script for the creation of an unattended install. It claims to reduce Memory usage considerably. It sounds like a lot of time would be involved creating this script, but it appears I could do a full reinstall at any time with virtually no effort. Can anyone yea or nay this idea?

Thanks for taking the time to read this...

https://help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/articles/360027961152-Elgato-Gaming-Hardware-Drivers reinstall it that helped me

tzfrantic said:

use cmd sfc /scannow and use malware bytes maybe look for driver update

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Thanks for the cmd sfc /scannow suggestion - done with no errors. I also edited my original post noting that I forgot to mention that my drivers are up to date, scanning found no viruses.

Actually 34% is quite normal.

All my laptops idle at around 30 to 35%.

Fundamentally, this is like a RAM cache so Windows can cache OS commands so when required, they are actioned from RAM rather than slower storage.

If the RAM is ever needed, Windows 10/11 offloads memory to storage via pagefiling.

There is nothing wrong.

There are many factors of RAM usage by Windows 11 programs, not only one use RAM services and features also use RAM also Windows 11 keeps cache of most used codes so they can be access quickly, but this cache is flushed when there is no RAM space also 34 percent not high usage by Windows 11.

Hi @Ed McCauley

Have you tried opening the Resource Monitor in Windows and clicking the Memory tab for a detailed breakdown of how the computer is using ram?

Most of my machines at work hover around 5GB used ram of 16GB ex 32% of ram used.

That really isn't that high.

Ram fluctuates whenever it needs to. I would not worry about it.