LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

[mondozen]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 33-34%
2) Laptop/Desktop? macbook white (early 2008)
3) Operating System? osx 10.6.4
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core2Duo 2.4Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 6GB (8GB on board, 6GB is recognized)
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Echo Audiofire4
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

sampling late - 96000hz (High quality)
buffer size - 29 sample(minimum)

Considering to change from 512GB 7200rpm HDD to 512GB Toshiba SSD.

[commuter]

Ableton Live CPU Meter 33-34%

i'm sorry to tell you that, but there's something wrong with your test, because it's simply not possible to get 33% with a core duo 2,4@ 96khz!!Even with 6gb of ram and a SSD....
You should get at best something between 48%/52% @44,1 khz at 512 buffer.

[gp23]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 51%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Custom desktop
3) Operating System? Windows XP SP2
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core2Duo E6400 2.13GHz (no overclock)
6) Amount of Ram? 2GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? M-Audio Delta 1010LT
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Not bad considering that this PC is over four years old now. I sense a quad-core on the horizon however.

[Khazul]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)
10%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?
iMac 27inch 2.93
3) Operating System?
Snow Leopard
4) Ableton Live version?
8.1.5
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?
i7 2.93GHz
6) Amount of Ram?
8GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
Apogee Duet
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
5400 i think
9) Number of playback tracks?
8

Thats makes no sense for that hardware and OS - what aint you telling us? (I assuming that is a normal (4 core / 8 ht core i7, and memory speed would be 1333?).
It would make sense if you memory speed was 1600+ DDR3 and tri-channel and CPU clock at about 4.2Ghz. A 2.93Ghz i7 with dual channel memory at 1066 or 1333 should be closer to 20%-22%.

Are you sure you didnt read this at the 4 tracks playing point? 10% would sound about right for that

If this is real, then your machine needs to be conficated and disected to determine how the hell you got this result!

[Rod Underleaf]

17%

( 8 Tracks, full on test with ASIO4ALL)

Dell Studio Laptop 1458

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 Q740 @ 1.73GHz

6gb Ram

7200 Disk

[tracs]

mmm, what can I do to lower my cpu load?
Bought a new mobo plus memory plus amd phemon 1075t and 32 % seems a bit too high for me..

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)
32%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?
self assembled
3) Operating System?
Windows 7 32 bit
4) Ableton Live version?
8.0.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?
AMD Phenom X6 1075t
6) Amount of Ram?
4 gig
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
2x M-Audio Delta 1010lt
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
Samsung sp1614c (old 7200 rpm)
9) Number of playback tracks?
8

[carrieres]

mmm, what can I do to lower my cpu load?
Bought a new mobo plus memory plus amd phemon 1075t and 32 % seems a bit too high for me..

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)
32%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?
self assembled
3) Operating System?
Windows 7 32 bit
4) Ableton Live version?
8.0.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?
AMD Phenom X6 1075t
6) Amount of Ram?
4 gig
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
2x M-Audio Delta 1010lt
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
Samsung sp1614c (old 7200 rpm)
9) Number of playback tracks?
8

my Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50 GHz gives 25%
i guess you should be lower than 25 %
did you set your audio buffer to 512 samples in the Audio Preferences window in Live ?
update Ableton live to the latest version to see if it's better

[purplesnet]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)
10%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?
iMac 27inch 2.93
3) Operating System?
Snow Leopard
4) Ableton Live version?
8.1.5
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?
i7 2.93GHz
6) Amount of Ram?
8GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
Apogee Duet
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
5400 i think
9) Number of playback tracks?
8

Thats makes no sense for that hardware and OS - what aint you telling us? (I assuming that is a normal (4 core / 8 ht core i7, and memory speed would be 1333?).
It would make sense if you memory speed was 1600+ DDR3 and tri-channel and CPU clock at about 4.2Ghz. A 2.93Ghz i7 with dual channel memory at 1066 or 1333 should be closer to 20%-22%.

Are you sure you didnt read this at the 4 tracks playing point? 10% would sound about right for that

If this is real, then your machine needs to be conficated and disected to determine how the hell you got this result!

I've got a 27" iMac with i5 2.8GHz, same amount of RAM. I'm getting 19% so no wonder i7 with hyperthreading gets 10%.
I'm also using a Duet.

[ze2be]

Tarekith and guys, could we perhaps collect the data so far, and create a graphic presentation?
Is possible to use the Arrangement view to grapically show each cpus speed, etc.

[stardust3000]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 10%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Custom Desktop PC
3) Operating System? WinXP SP2 32-bit
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel i7 980x 4.4ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 4gb 1600mhz DDR3
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? M-Audio Audiophile Firewire
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 10.000rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8


Wonder if switching to 64-bit would improve the performances.. any opinion?

[tracs]

Ok, installed an upgrade. Now it's 23 %.
That's better..

mmm, what can I do to lower my cpu load?
Bought a new mobo plus memory plus amd phemon 1075t and 32 % seems a bit too high for me..

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)
32%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?
self assembled
3) Operating System?
Windows 7 32 bit
4) Ableton Live version?
8.0.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?
AMD Phenom X6 1075t
6) Amount of Ram?
4 gig
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
2x M-Audio Delta 1010lt
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
Samsung sp1614c (old 7200 rpm)
9) Number of playback tracks?
8

[carrieres]

Ok, installed an upgrade. Now it's 23 %.
That's better..

mmm, what can I do to lower my cpu load?
Bought a new mobo plus memory plus amd phemon 1075t and 32 % seems a bit too high for me..

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)
32%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?
self assembled
3) Operating System?
Windows 7 32 bit
4) Ableton Live version?
8.0.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?
AMD Phenom X6 1075t
6) Amount of Ram?
4 gig
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
2x M-Audio Delta 1010lt
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
Samsung sp1614c (old 7200 rpm)
9) Number of playback tracks?
8

which version do you have installed finally ?

[tracs]

The latest, but on second thought I don't think it's because of this version.
When I installed it, the cpu load raised to 40! After that, I changed some settings in the bios of my gigabyte mobo. I believe some power management settings..After that the load dropped to 23.

After that I checked the bios what setting caused this drop in cpu load but I cannot reproduce it anymore by disabling/enabling the settings...
Now I'm not sure if it's because of these settings I changed or if the update just required a reboot.

Anyway....Thanks

[tmiley0]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 14%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Mac Pro5,1
3) Operating System? 10.6.5
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 6-Core Intel Xeon, 3.33 GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 6 GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Digi 002
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[majisafi]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 16%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Mac Pro
3) Operating System? 10.6.5
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2 x 2.66 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon
6) Amount of Ram? 24 GB 1333 MHz
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Saffire 6
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8