CPU and Memory Usage?

[lab33]

Elsewhere, here, I've been questioning 100% CPU problems. Received a lot of good advice. One or two of those suggestions still to be followed up, bloated caps, for one.

This q is how to interpret CPU Usage.

I have 1 gb RAM. When CPU is 92 - 100%, in Memory Usage col I might see 25,000k to 190,000k on a particular application I run that is heavy with graphics.

The memory usage total of all other processes might by 200,000K or less.

Could this be an indication that my memory is faulty?

Is there a way to test it, short of pulling sticks?

-lab33

 

[sjs1717]

take a look here i personaly have not used this but was told it's o.k.

 

[lab33]

Wow. I did d/l and install referenced v 3.4.

I don't get the entire information as described but I got a summary one.

Apparently I have at least some bad memory. Without the additional capability described at the website, I cannot run a test which sounds like the old DOS ones.

Would you or others comment on my q about the CPU and Mem usage values I described?

In meantime, will look for another freebie that gives me the info I really need.

Thanks

-lab33

 

[LawnBoy]

Memory and CPU usage are not necessarily related.

It is very normal to see your cpu usage spike to 100% for short periods of time (few seconds). It's a problem if it goes to 100% and just stays there.

"We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[lab33]

My q was CPU usage vs memory usage. From what I see, I'm short of mem. But is that true? Compare the numbers I supplied.

-lab33

 

[lab33]

Further -

I ran MS mtinst.exe from a boot disk. I let it run for a while. It found no errors.

Yet the Memtest34 showed apparent errors with no details.

So, which one is right?

-lab33

 

[Freestone]

http://www.memtest.org/

for a third opinion. Can you post any details of the failure you received with MemTest34 for possible interpretation?

Memory usage is no indication of faulty memory, but it could be an indication of faulty programming. If an application's usage of memory continually grows, it may indicate what is known as a memory leak (

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_leak)

LawnBoy pretty much covered CPU usage. In Task Manager, Processes tab, click on the CPU column a time or two so that the table is sorted by CPU usage, descending. The System Idle Process should be consuming most of the CPU time. Any process at or near 100% for any length of time indicates a really CPU intensive operation (e.g. a Prime Generator program), malware, or a program/process stuck in a loop.