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> Unused memory is wasted memory. 77% is basically caches + private process memory + shared memory.

In simplified overviews, Windows counts file system caches (standby memory) as free (respectively available) memory, so if 77% of 32 GB is to be taken literally, it still sounds rather on the high side.



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