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Counter-Strike 2 server: measured memory use

A Counter-Strike 2 dedicated server used 755 MB of memory ten minutes after it started, with nobody online, measured on a 4096 MB test server on 2026-10-05. Time to running: 16 s.

Memory after 10 minutes755 MB
Peak in the test755 MB
Time to running16 s
Install time20 min 08 s

Memory over the first ten minutes

One reading a minute, in MB: 752, 752, 752, 752, 752, 752, 755, 755, 755, 755.

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