diff --git a/Modules/RAM/readers.swift b/Modules/RAM/readers.swift
index 3772c2b5ee5..d21eaeb70e2 100644
--- a/Modules/RAM/readers.swift
+++ b/Modules/RAM/readers.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@
 import Cocoa
 import Kit
 
+internal struct RAMMemoryBreakdown {
+    let app: Double
+    let wired: Double
+    let compressed: Double
+    let cache: Double
+    let used: Double
+    let free: Double
+}
+
 internal class UsageReader: Reader<RAM_Usage> {
     public var totalSize: Double = 0
     
@@ -46,18 +55,15 @@ internal class UsageReader: Reader<RAM_Usage> {
         
         if result == KERN_SUCCESS {
             let active = Double(stats.active_count) * Double(vm_page_size)
-            let speculative = Double(stats.speculative_count) * Double(vm_page_size)
             let inactive = Double(stats.inactive_count) * Double(vm_page_size)
-            let wired = Double(stats.wire_count) * Double(vm_page_size)
-            let compressed = Double(stats.compressor_page_count) * Double(vm_page_size)
-            let purgeable = Double(stats.purgeable_count) * Double(vm_page_size)
-            let external = Double(stats.external_page_count) * Double(vm_page_size)
+            let breakdown = Self.memoryBreakdown(
+                totalSize: self.totalSize,
+                stats: stats,
+                pageSize: Double(vm_page_size)
+            )
             let swapins = Int64(stats.swapins)
             let swapouts = Int64(stats.swapouts)
             
-            let used = active + inactive + speculative + wired + compressed - purgeable - external
-            let free = self.totalSize - used
-            
             var intSize: size_t = MemoryLayout<uint>.size
             var pressureLevel: Int = 0
             sysctlbyname("kern.memorystatus_vm_pressure_level", &pressureLevel, &intSize, nil, 0)
@@ -75,16 +81,16 @@ internal class UsageReader: Reader<RAM_Usage> {
             
             self.callback(RAM_Usage(
                 total: self.totalSize,
-                used: used,
-                free: free,
+                used: breakdown.used,
+                free: breakdown.free,
                 
                 active: active,
                 inactive: inactive,
-                wired: wired,
-                compressed: compressed,
+                wired: breakdown.wired,
+                compressed: breakdown.compressed,
                 
-                app: used - wired - compressed,
-                cache: purgeable + external,
+                app: breakdown.app,
+                cache: breakdown.cache,
                 
                 swap: Swap(
                     total: Double(swap.xsu_total),
@@ -101,6 +107,27 @@ internal class UsageReader: Reader<RAM_Usage> {
         
         error("host_statistics64(): \(String(cString: mach_error_string(result), encoding: String.Encoding.ascii) ?? "unknown error")", log: self.log)
     }
+
+    static func memoryBreakdown(totalSize: Double, stats: vm_statistics64, pageSize: Double) -> RAMMemoryBreakdown {
+        let wired = Double(stats.wire_count) * pageSize
+        let compressed = Double(stats.compressor_page_count) * pageSize
+        let purgeable = Double(stats.purgeable_count) * pageSize
+        let external = Double(stats.external_page_count) * pageSize
+        let appPages = max(Int64(stats.internal_page_count) - Int64(stats.purgeable_count), 0)
+        let app = Double(appPages) * pageSize
+        let cache = purgeable + external
+        let used = min(max(app + wired + compressed, 0), totalSize)
+        let free = max(totalSize - used, 0)
+
+        return RAMMemoryBreakdown(
+            app: app,
+            wired: wired,
+            compressed: compressed,
+            cache: cache,
+            used: used,
+            free: free
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 public class ProcessReader: Reader<[TopProcess]> {
diff --git a/Tests/RAM.swift b/Tests/RAM.swift
index 2a9b1b83942..44d55cb6e1a 100644
--- a/Tests/RAM.swift
+++ b/Tests/RAM.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 //
 
 import XCTest
-import RAM
+import Darwin
+@testable import RAM
 
 class RAM: XCTestCase {
     func testProcessReader_parseProcess() throws {
@@ -78,4 +79,27 @@ class RAM: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(process.name, "Safari")
         XCTAssertEqual(process.usage, 658 * Double(1000 * 1000))
     }
+
+    func testMemoryBreakdownUsesAppWiredAndCompressedMemory() throws {
+        var stats = vm_statistics64()
+        stats.internal_page_count = 100
+        stats.purgeable_count = 10
+        stats.wire_count = 20
+        stats.compressor_page_count = 5
+        stats.external_page_count = 30
+        stats.active_count = 40
+        stats.inactive_count = 50
+
+        let pageSize = Double(4_096)
+        let totalSize = Double(200) * pageSize
+        let breakdown = UsageReader.memoryBreakdown(totalSize: totalSize, stats: stats, pageSize: pageSize)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(breakdown.app, Double(90) * pageSize)
+        XCTAssertEqual(breakdown.wired, Double(20) * pageSize)
+        XCTAssertEqual(breakdown.compressed, Double(5) * pageSize)
+        XCTAssertEqual(breakdown.cache, Double(40) * pageSize)
+        XCTAssertEqual(breakdown.used, Double(115) * pageSize)
+        XCTAssertEqual(breakdown.free, Double(85) * pageSize)
+    }
+
 }