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∟Memory Usages of Processes

∟Private/Virtual Memory and Working Set

This section describes 3 basic memory usage numbers of a running process: private memory, virtual memory and working set.

From the previous tutorial, we learned how to retrieve memory usage statics using methods and properties of the System.Diagnostics.Process class. Now let's try to understand first 3 memory usage numbers:

"Private Memory", returned by the "PrivateMemorySize64" property, representing the amount of RAM allocated privately to the process. In general, "Private memory" does not include any memory occupied by shared DLL files used by the process.

"Virtual Memory", returned by the "VirtualMemorySize64" property, representing the total virtual address space of the process.

"Working Set", returned by the "WorkingSet64" property, representing the portion of the "Virtual memory" that is currently resident in RAM and can be reference without a page fault.

Run the MemoryUsage.exe created from the previous example again, you will see:

Current process: System.Diagnostics.Process (MemoryUsage)
Private Memory: 8744960
Virtual Memory: 89157632
Working Set: 5599232
Paged Memory: 8744960
Paged System Memory: 100228
Non-paged System Memory: 3988

Now we know how read those numbers:

• Private Memory: 8744960 - Windows allocated 8,744,960 bytes private memory to MemoryUsage process.
• Virtual Memory: 89157632 - MemoryUsage has 89,157,632 bytes of addressable virtual space.
• Working Set: 5599232 - Currently, Windows keeps 5,599,232 bytes in RAM to run MemoryUsage.

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►Private/Virtual Memory and Working Set

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Private/Virtual Memory and Working Set - Updated in 2022, by Herong Yang