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Tiberium Wolf · 2011-06-24, 16:54

In windows 7 we have in the task manager columns:

Memory - Working Set
Amount of memory in the private working set plus the amount of memory the process is using that can be shared by other processes.

Memory - Peak Working Set
Maximum amount of working set memory used by the process.

Memory - Working Set Delta
Amount of change in working set memory used by the process.

Memory - Private Working Set
Subset of working set that specifically describes the amount of memory a process is using that cannot be shared by other processes.

Memory - Commit Size
Amount of virtual memory that is reserved for use by a process.

Memory - Paged Pool
Amount of committed virtual memory for a process that can be written to another storage medium, such as the hard disk.

Now how much much memory does a process using? We got all these info but I still don't get which ones to use. Too many process running in to manually count. I supposed it's Working set + Commit Size. Not really sure. BTW; I am not using pagefile but still pagefile related Memories counters do have values.

synaesthetic · 2011-06-26, 14:32

Why not just look under the Processes tab and check? I can tell how much memory each running process is using.

Edit: God, Firefox is a RAM hog...

Tiberium Wolf · 2011-06-26, 15:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

Why not just look under the Processes tab and check? I can tell how much memory each running process is using.

Edit: God, Firefox is a RAM hog...

Because I have a lot of process running. Counting not viable.

felix · 2011-06-26, 15:17

(off the top of my head) Ctrl+Shift+Escape > Performance > Totals (bellow graphs)

Tiberium Wolf · 2011-06-26, 17:19

I am not counting the total. I want to know how to know from 1 single process. For example I tried to run winamp right now and saw that the increase of mem was almost the same as the commit size ,22k , (not sure coz other stuff was working) but the working set was at 32k. So also need some kind of simpler explanation of these type of memories.

Random32 · 2011-06-26, 20:01

Not sure exactly what you are asking, but I think you want either Private Working Set or Commit Size.

Working Set is how much stuff in the RAM that is being used by the program. However, many programs share stuff that is in the RAM, Private Working Set is what the process has loaded into the RAM and isn't sharing.

Commit Size is how much virtual memory a process want. Virtual memory is complicated and I'm not the best at explaining, so I will let Tweakhound do it for me. http://tweakhound.com/xp/virtualmemory.htm

2011-06-24, 16:54	Link #1
Tiberium Wolf Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Age: 33	W7 how much memory is a process using In windows 7 we have in the task manager columns: Memory - Working Set Amount of memory in the private working set plus the amount of memory the process is using that can be shared by other processes. Memory - Peak Working Set Maximum amount of working set memory used by the process. Memory - Working Set Delta Amount of change in working set memory used by the process. Memory - Private Working Set Subset of working set that specifically describes the amount of memory a process is using that cannot be shared by other processes. Memory - Commit Size Amount of virtual memory that is reserved for use by a process. Memory - Paged Pool Amount of committed virtual memory for a process that can be written to another storage medium, such as the hard disk. Now how much much memory does a process using? We got all these info but I still don't get which ones to use. Too many process running in to manually count. I supposed it's Working set + Commit Size. Not really sure. BTW; I am not using pagefile but still pagefile related Memories counters do have values. __________________

2011-06-26, 14:32	Link #2
synaesthetic I (don't) want you gone Author Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oakland, CA Age: 29	Why not just look under the Processes tab and check? I can tell how much memory each running process is using. Edit: God, Firefox is a RAM hog... __________________

2011-06-26, 15:17	Link #4
felix sleepyhead Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: event horizon	(off the top of my head) Ctrl+Shift+Escape > Performance > Totals (bellow graphs) __________________

2011-06-26, 17:19	Link #5
Tiberium Wolf Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Age: 33	I am not counting the total. I want to know how to know from 1 single process. For example I tried to run winamp right now and saw that the increase of mem was almost the same as the commit size ,22k , (not sure coz other stuff was working) but the working set was at 32k. So also need some kind of simpler explanation of these type of memories. __________________

2011-06-26, 20:01	Link #6
Random32 Also a Lolicon Join Date: Apr 2010	Not sure exactly what you are asking, but I think you want either Private Working Set or Commit Size. Working Set is how much stuff in the RAM that is being used by the program. However, many programs share stuff that is in the RAM, Private Working Set is what the process has loaded into the RAM and isn't sharing. Commit Size is how much virtual memory a process want. Virtual memory is complicated and I'm not the best at explaining, so I will let Tweakhound do it for me. http://tweakhound.com/xp/virtualmemory.htm