Various systems and methods for controlling memory traffic flow rate are described herein. A system (300A) for computer memory (306A, 306B) management, the system comprising: rate control circuitry (312) to: receive a rate exceeded signal from monitoring circuitry (310), the rate exceeded signal indicating that memory traffic flow from a traffic source (302) exceeds a threshold; receive a distress signal from a memory controller (304) that interfaces with a memory device (306A, 306B), the distress signal indicating that the memory device (306A, 306B) is oversubscribed; and implement throttle circuitry to throttle the memory traffic flow from the traffic source (302) when the rate exceeded signal and the distress signal are both asserted.