Here you can see we have 1 GB of total RAM and 199 MB of available RAM.īoth of these examples show that while being used, PCs generally consume a large portion of their total RAM.
With the Task Manager open, navigate to the Performance tab. To check RAM on Windows 7, follow the same steps described above to open Windows Task Manager.
In this example, we have 16 GB of total RAM, 6.2 GB of available RAM, and the RAM speed is 2400 MHz. Navigate to the Performance tab - it will open with the CPU view selected, so you’ll want to choose the Memory view from the left navigation panel.Īfter clicking on Memory, you can view your RAM speed and other details. Open up Task Manager by right-clicking on the Windows taskbar and selecting Task Manager. To check available RAM in Windows 10, follow these steps (see below for Windows 7): Now you know your PC’s total RAM capacity, but what about your available RAM? And also, what about your RAM speed and type? How to check available RAM and RAM speed on PC In this example, our computer has 16 GB of total RAM. Type in System Information and click on the result to open it. (If you have an Apple computer, skip ahead to our section on Mac.) Here’s how to find RAM specs on Windows 10 and how to check RAM on Windows 7.