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Simple Method to Check RAM Performance

As talked about in the earlier post there is simple way to see what your RAM performance is doing and if it is the reason your computer hesitates or is generally sluggish. It want take 5 minutes.

On your desktop right click on the lower tool bar or tray. It will bring up a box and you need to click on Task Manager. The Windows Task Manager shows what is going on with your PC in real time. It will change in as you open applications or other actions. Try it.

ram-performanceThere’s a lot of info here but the Applications and Processes tabs are all I ever use. I will use the Applications tab to “End Task” sometimes when something locks up (usually my stupid printer… don’t even get me started..). You want hurt anything by telling it to end an application.

The Processes can be interesting depending on how much you know about computers and software. I’ll see things in there when working on a computer and want to know: why it is there, is it set to come on at startup automatically, etc. I would not end a process without know a lot about it. It is better to stop processes another way such as not letting it come on at startup.

On the bottom of the Task Mger box is Processes: CPU Usage: and Physical Memory. The Central Processing Unit Usage is the amount of computer capacity that is being used. It should not run up to 100% for any length of time and should fall back at idle to below 10%. If not, there is something going on that shouldn’t be.. and it’s slowing down the computer.

The Physical Memory is your RAM. When you start your computer it will usually take up 25 to 60 percent of that memory. As you open other applications it will rise and fall. It should not remain above 65 to 70% or the processor will not have any wiggle room from which to operate and, again, your PC is slowed down.

Test this out. Open up some pictures. Play some music. Open several tabs in your browser. Then try to print something or save a .pdf file all at the same time.

If you have enough RAM as discussed earlier and your CPU and Physical Memory are overloaded (as this test should have showed), your computer either: 1. Has a lot of errors and corruption in the Windows Registry; 2. Has viruses and mal-ware eating up your capacity; or 3. A combination of both. I’d bet on #3 unless you have a really good virus system and most of them are not good.

You can go back to the site that will help you check your registry.. just Click Here.

Or to the earlier post on seeing how much RAM your computer has now at: Increase Computer Speed.

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