Which apps or services are causing the load on your computer? What model computer? How much RAM? Do you have a hard drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SDD)? Has this occurred only recently (since you said you've spent days on it)?
So far:
1. I don't see anything unusual.
2. Some processes will run and use RAM after boot, but settle down once they have completed their routine jobs. e.g. Antimalware is part of Windows Security, updating definitions and scanning for malware. It's normal that it will be quite active for a time after boot.
3. Some applications, such as Google Chrome, are memory hogs. If it matters to you, you could find alternative apps that use less memory.
4. You can disable background services if there are any that you don't need. Some of those Dell apps are optional and you may uninstall them if you decide that you don't need them.
5. Check the list of startup apps, and if there are any that you don't need you can stop those from automatically loading at startup.
6. Unused RAM is wasted RAM. You want the RAM to be used, as that will help your computer's performance. RAM that sits there unused doesn't help anything. Windows will manage when it needs to unload items from RAM to accommodate more urgent processes. So, unless there is some other issue that concerns you, don't worry about it. I don't see a problem.
You'll find lots of advice on-line suggesting ways to constrain or alter how Windows manages RAM. Most do more harm than good. Windows 10 does a good job managing RAM. Assuming that you have enough RAM (which you do), Windows will use more when it needs to, and will free up RAM from previous processes as required. I wouldn't worry about it.
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More information is needed:
Which apps or services are causing the load on your computer?
What model computer?
How much RAM?
Do you have a hard drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SDD)?
Has this occurred only recently (since you said you've spent days on it)?
So far:
1. I don't see anything unusual.
2. Some processes will run and use RAM after boot, but settle down once they have completed their routine jobs. e.g. Antimalware is part of Windows Security, updating definitions and scanning for malware. It's normal that it will be quite active for a time after boot.
3. Some applications, such as Google Chrome, are memory hogs. If it matters to you, you could find alternative apps that use less memory.
4. You can disable background services if there are any that you don't need. Some of those Dell apps are optional and you may uninstall them if you decide that you don't need them.
5. Check the list of startup apps, and if there are any that you don't need you can stop those from automatically loading at startup.
6. Unused RAM is wasted RAM. You want the RAM to be used, as that will help your computer's performance. RAM that sits there unused doesn't help anything. Windows will manage when it needs to unload items from RAM to accommodate more urgent processes. So, unless there is some other issue that concerns you, don't worry about it. I don't see a problem.
You'll find lots of advice on-line suggesting ways to constrain or alter how Windows manages RAM. Most do more harm than good. Windows 10 does a good job managing RAM. Assuming that you have enough RAM (which you do), Windows will use more when it needs to, and will free up RAM from previous processes as required. I wouldn't worry about it.