Windows 10: Cached memory slowing performance to a crawl

My photo workstation grinds to a halt on a regular basis. It doesn't crash; it just becomes unusably slow. Often it's not even possible to launch the task master or restart other than via the power switch.The symptom seems to be that memory 64Gb is completely filled with Cached items. Individual process commits only total a few Gb say, 10% of total. The rest is Memory Mapped files on the Standby or Modified list according to SysInternals RamMap. Performance is fine until the Cached entries completely fill physical RAM.The file lists in RamMap don't reveal any particular culprit. The file

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Updates slowing computer performance

Hi,

Listed below are possible causes why Windows is running slow:

• Too many application installed.
• Virus and malware.
• Corrupted system files.
• Outdated drivers.

For us to assist you with the concern, we suggest following the steps on this
article.

Update us with the outcome so we can provide further assistance.

 

Memory Cache

Hi,

no, you do not need to clear the cache, Windows can do and does it itself.

Please, show the memory and disk's parts of Performance tab of Task manager when computer is slow to analyze your situation.

 

Slow Windows performance

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I would appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down to the issue.

• What is the make and model of the computer?
• Did you install any third party security application?
• Did you perform any troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue?
• Did you install any third party security application?
• Did you make any changes to the settings?

I suggest you to run Maintenance task and check if it helps to resolve the system slowness.

The Run maintenance task checks issues that might slow down your computer's performance or using high memory space, such as how many users are currently logged on to the computer and whether multiple programs
are running at the same time.

Please follow the steps below:

1) Press Windows + X keys on the keyboard and select Control Panel

2) Type Troubleshooting in the search bar on the Control Panel.

3) Click on View all on the left navigation pane.

4) Click on System maintenance.

5) Click on Advanced on the System maintenance dialog box and click on Run as administrator (Enter the credentials
if required).

6) Click on Next and follow onscreen instruction complete the System maintenance troubleshooter.

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.