Hey there, welcome to the forums!
Thanks for the feedback and publishing your findings.
Can I ask were you both experiencing crashes before running MSI Afterburner to monitor the memory usage?
Afterburner has been known to actually cause crashes and performance issues in our games, which is why we recommend against running it as a background application -
https://support.ubisoft.com/en-GB/Faqs/000025721
Thanks for the feedback and publishing your findings.
Can I ask were you both experiencing crashes before running MSI Afterburner to monitor the memory usage?
Afterburner has been known to actually cause crashes and performance issues in our games, which is why we recommend against running it as a background application -
https://support.ubisoft.com/en-GB/Faqs/000025721