[split] Excessive Memory Usage

[masterj]

Is this a normal install ? I mean the mem usage is already 4mb without any plugins or tempaltes.   Then if i use the same plugins it will just go upto 8.75mb

This is a seperate database and fresh install also all default settings.

Generated in 0.0216899 seconds (91.31% PHP / 8.69% MySQL)
SQL Queries: 10 / Global Parsing Time: 0.0158298 / Memory Usage: 4 MB
PHP version: 5.2.16 / Server Load: 0.91 / GZip Compression: Disabled

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