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November 21st, 2021 11:00
XPS 13 9305, high memory usage limiting ability to operate programs properly
Hello,
I recently bought an XSP 13 9305, core i7 gen 11th x64, RAM 16GB, Windows 10 Pro laptop. The laptop runs on very high memory all the time to a point where I cannot work on programs that I need for my work (memory usage reaches 90%+ and it becomes impossible to operate which is a major problem).
My old computer is Dell Inspiron, core i7 x64, RAM 8GB, Windows 8.1. I never had this type of problem on my old PC. That is to say, I am not operating anything out of the ordinary on the new PC, in terms of applications or volume.
I cannot find a solution to this problem. I have updated everything on the PC several times (Dell, Windows, Intel driver), yet it does not seem to help. Every application that runs on the new PC takes up at least twice as much memory as it does on my old one (Office, Chrome, Rstudio). The “Desktop Windows Manager” also takes up more memory (I tried restarting/ending task from the Task Manager but it didn’t work (the memory usage is reduced for a few minutes and then back to high usage)). I have no idea what to look for at this point.
I bought this PC for better performance, only to not be able to do my work. Is there any way to fix this?
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ejn63
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November 21st, 2021 12:00
The fact that the system has twice the RAM likely means more is resident in RAM than on the old system -- which having half the memory, meant virtual memory (disc space) was used far more extensively.
There may in fact be nothing wrong.
The other major difference between the two systems is that the older one almost certainly had a full-performance notebook CPU, whereas the 9305 has a CPU designed very much more with power economy as a goal. The XPS CPU will never perform at the same level as a full-performance mobile CPU -- that's just not what it was designed for. It was designed to work in a slim, ultralight system, optimizing battery life and reducing heat dissipation as much as possible.
Office should have no issues running on the i7 CPU in the XPS; compiling code and other CPU-intensive work very well might -- this system isn't designed to handle that workload.