windows 10 consumes max 85% RAM. Do I need to upgrade RAM ?

[Dcompany]

Hi,

Product name

HP Notebook - 15-ay083tu

Product number

X3C61PA

I have noticed that RAM consumption reaching upto 85% of 4GB RAM capacity under normal daily usage like browsing, watching online videos. Also am experiencing  OS is bit slow and lags.  If I add another 4GB of RAM , will  it fix OS lagging issue ?

[GOLD_MASTER]

Hi.

Welcome to the forum Dcompany.

Programs to optimize Windows

You can increase ram memory.

Your computer supports at most 16 gb of ram and increasing the ram you will have more speed and fluency when using your computer.

Two non-customer-accessible/upgradable memory module slots (Intel Core processors)

DDR4-2133 dual channel support

(DDR4-2400 bridge to DDR4-2133)

Supports up to 16 GB of system RAM in the following conƭgurations

● 16384-MB total system memory (8192×2)

● 12288-MB total system memory (8192×1) + (4096×1)

● 8192-MB total system memory (8192×1) or (4096×2)

● 6144-MB total system memory (4096×1) + (2048×1)

● 4096-MB total system memory (4096×1) or (2048×2)

You can get ram from this page:http://partsurfer.hp.com/

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[banhien · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Yor machine currently has 4GB of RAM in 1 slot amd it is a machine with Intel® Core™ i3-6100U with Intel® HD Graphics 520 (2.3 GHz, 3 MB cache, 2 cores)

    http://support.hp.com/sg-en/document/c05165060

therefore it has

Two non-customer-accessible/upgradable memory module slots (Intel Core processors)
DDR4-2133 dual channel support (DDR4-2400 bridge to DDR4-2133)
Supports up to 16 GB of system RAM in the following configurations:

● 16384-MB total system memory (8192×2)

● 12288-MB total system memory (8192×1) + (4096×1)

● 8192-MB total system memory (8192×1) or (4096×2)

● 6144-MB total system memory (4096×1) + (2048×1)

● 4096-MB total system memory (4096×1) or (2048×2) <---- your machine has 4096x1

4GB is too thin, you need more than that to support 

Intel® HD Graphics 520

You need help from an Authorized Service Provider parts if you wish to keep 1 year warranty.

Regards.

[Dcompany]

Can  i3 6th processor with 16GB of RAM perform better than i5 6th gen with RAM of 4GB ?

[banhien]

Hi,

There are many i3 and many i5 processors. To compare CPU's we  normally look at three things called CCC or Cache, Clock and Core. You need to compare a CPU with another CPU, you can't compare just i3 and i5.

Regards.