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You can set the MemoryBoost icon in the system tray to represent a number of different things. It could show how much free memory you have on your computer; how much free system resources you have; both; neither, just a chip icon; or no icon at all. This article helps explain what the icon looks like, and what it means.

If you have the tray icon set to display the free memory on your computer, the numbers in the icon (pointed to by the "free memory in percent" text) show the percentage of your memory that is currently free. The bar below the numbers is just a quick way to see generally how much free memory you have. If you have more than 30%, this bar is green. If you have between 30% and 15%, the bar is yellow. If you have 15% or less, the bar will turn red. The bar is there so you don't have to read the numbers; you can just look at the icon out of the corner of your eye, and the color will indicate generally how much free memory you have.

If, on the other hand, you have the tray icon set to free system resources, the icon will behave in exactly the same way except that the numbers and color represent the amount of free system resources, not free memory.

Things get complicated if you set it to display how much free memory and free system resources you have on your computer. In this case, the numbers in the icon represent the percentage of your memory that is currently free--free memory. The bar, on the other hand, represents the level of system resources currently free. If system resources are above 30%, the bar is green; between 30% and 15%, yellow; and 15% or lower, red. In other words, you could have your free memory be at 1% and the bar could be green, or your free memory could be at 99% and the bar would be red. The bar and the numbers represent two different quantities in this case: free memory, and free system resources respectively.