-- source:https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2393/determine-sql-server-memory-use-by-database-and-object/ -- Use for a demo/sample purpose only. This query is not built-in to any product. DECLARE @total_buffer INT; SELECT @total_buffer = cntr_value FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters WHERE RTRIM([object_name]) LIKE '%Buffer Manager' AND counter_name = 'Database Pages'; ;WITH src AS ( SELECT database_id, db_buffer_pages = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors --WHERE database_id BETWEEN 5 AND 32766 GROUP BY database_id ) SELECT TOP 10 [db_name] = CASE [database_id] WHEN 32767 THEN 'Resource DB' ELSE DB_NAME([database_id]) END, --db_buffer_pages, --db_buffer_MB = db_buffer_pages / 128, db_buffer_percent = CONVERT(DECIMAL(6,3), db_buffer_pages * 100.0 / @total_buffer) FROM src --ORDER BY db_buffer_MB DESC; order by db_buffer_percent DESC;