Weird RAM problem

[Countcaligari]

So when I open up Chrome, my RAM usage goes up by 5-6 GB, sometimes even more.

Everyone knows Chrome is a memory hog, but the weird thing is, when I close it, my RAM usage won't go down (I have 16 GB of RAM, and my usage often shoots up to 12 GB). I checked Task manager showing all the processes, but all of them combined add up to 4-5 GB at the most. The only thing that brings the usage down is rebooting. It's like there's an invisible service or process that is triggered by Chrome, and stays there. I disabled the Windows Update service, which can take up memory, but it barely made a dent. I also scanned for viruses and malware, and come up empty.

Anyone know what's going on, and how I can ferret out this rogue process?

 

[diz]

You can use MemInfo to see the memory usage of all process. It's a tray icon tool. Run it as administrator to see all process.
MemInfo - Carthago Software
Right click on its icon in the tray will give you the info. And left click on a process and you can easily kill it.

You can also use processhacker, it's a task manager. Run it as administrator and will give you all details you need.
Overview - Process Hacker

Memory in use it's not a bad thing as long as you have it. Speeds things up. If chrome is taking too much memory, try another chrome browser, like vivaldi.

 

[Megahertz07]

Chrome is loaded on startup so it runs on the background even if you don't run the browser.
It spy everything you do, online and offline. That is how they make money from you. It isn't free at all.

I use Firefox or Edge.
Opera is also very good.