Live 10 Performance Test

Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
cskracer
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by cskracer » Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:41 am

I looped it through the whole track and you're right, the back end of the track definitely asks more of the computer than the first bit.

I got around the distortion problem by dropping the level on the first group before I started creating copies. First time I didn't do that and I couldn't tell if it was distortion or the CPU dropping out.

ayan94
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by ayan94 » Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:00 am

Performance Stat for MacBook Air

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the the Live Set for the Lesson. (#4 above) 47%
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? (#5 above) 48 - 64
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? MacBook Air 13-inch Early 2015
4. Operating System? macOS Sierra
5. Ableton Live version? 10.1.15
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 1.6GHz Intel Core i5
7. Amount of Ram? 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3
8. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Internal
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know)? SSD 128GB

ecuk
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by ecuk » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:00 am

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the Live Set for the Lesson. 25%
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? 128
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? 2020 13" MacBook Pro 16,2
4. Operating System? macOS Catalina 10.15.5
5. Ableton Live version? 10.1.15
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.3 GHz Intel i7-1068NG7
7. Amount of Ram? 32GB
8. Soundcard? Built-in soundcard
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD)? 2 TB SSD
MacBook Pro, macOS Sonoma 14.4, 2.3GHz i7-1068NG7, 32GB – Live Suite 12.0, Max 8.6.1, Push 2, Scarlett 4i4

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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by nebulae » Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:33 am

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the the Live Set for the Lesson. 22%
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? 160-172
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? 2018 15" MacBook Pro, MacBookPro 15,1
4. Operating System? Catalina 10.15.1
5. Ableton Live version? 10.1.15
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7
7. Amount of Ram? 32gb
8. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Built-in
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know)? 1 TB SSD

holtyuk
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by holtyuk » Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:54 pm

Test result = I need a new laptop! :-)

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the the Live Set for the Lesson. 74%
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? Les than 32
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Asus Aspire 5750
4. Operating System? Windows 10
5. Ableton Live version? 10.1.9
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? intel Core i5-2450M 2.50GHz
7. Amount of Ram? 8gb
8. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Novation Nio 2-4
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know)? 1 TB SSD

I ran a 2nd test switching to ASIO4ALL driver at max buffer/latency of 2048 samples (native driver has a max setting of 1024 samples) and the max CPU for 16 tracks dropped to 62%.

furukawa404
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by furukawa404 » Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:53 pm

hello,I've been testing with FL studio ASIO on a not-so-new laptop
1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the the Live Set for the Lesson. 45%(32track 67% 48track 80% 64track 105% dropout)
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? Les than 48
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? panasonic let`s note
4. Operating System? Windows 10
5. Ableton Live version? 10.1.9
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? intel Core i5-7200U 2.71GHz
7. Amount of Ram? 8GB
8. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? FL studio ASIO built in audio device(maybe realtek)
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know)? 256GBSSD

young_shaman
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by young_shaman » Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:14 am

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the Live Set for the Lesson ~15% avg with 20% max spike Turbo Boost disabled ~24% and 32% max
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? 288 and 210 with turbo boost disabled
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? – Macbook Pro 16" 2019 i9 2.4ghz
4. Operating System? – macOS 10.15.5
5. Ableton Live version? – 10.1.15 Suite
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? – Intel 2.4ghz 8core i9
7. Amount of Ram? – 64GB 2667ghz ddr5
8. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? – Komplete Audio 6
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know)? – 2tb SSD

Figured I'd include turbo boost disabled since those of us with these new 16" using external displays are mostly using it disabled unless needed due to these stupid gpus. Egpu coming in two days, yay!

TruID
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by TruID » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:14 pm

Please use the following format
Fill in as much information as you can to make the test as worthwhile as possible for others:
1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the the Live Set for the Lesson. ~21% with a peak at 33%
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? 19 Tracks (on standard test) / 380 Tracks (stress test, audio was unplayable towards end of song.)
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Mac Pro 6,1 (cylinder)
4. Operating System? OSX 10.13.6
5. Ableton Live version? 10.1.25 b1
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.7GHz 12-Core Intel Xeon E5
7. Amount of Ram? 64 GB 1866MHz DDR3
8. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Apollo 8 interface (UAD 9.12.1) running Core Audio driver
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know)? Stock internal SSD

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Mister Natural
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by Mister Natural » Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:11 pm

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the the Live Set for the Lesson : 17%
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? 128+ (256 stutters the machine)
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model : pc built circa 2018
4. Operating System : win10pro
5. Ableton Live version : 10.1.13
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed : I7 4790k model @ 4.0ghz un-clocked
7. Amount of Ram : 16gb
8. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it) : Tascam u7000
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know) : C: 480 Crucial SSD & using a 250 Crucial SSD for storage/backup
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TLW
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by TLW » Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:12 pm

System - 2020 27" Retina iMac.
10 core i9 @ 3.6Ghz, turbo to around 5 GHz.
RAM 32GB Kingston Hyper X matched to Mac's spec.
GPU AMD Radeon Pro 5700, 8GB video RAM
Test project run from default location on internal drive, 1TB, Apple's standard NVME SSD. Live library located on external SamsungX5 portable SSD (NVME chips) connected by Thunderbolt 3.
No tuning done to Mac at all other than a fresh install four days ago. Using an options.txt file to reduce the refresh rate and lower Live 10's impact on the Mac's windowserver system might help - it certainly did on my 2015 i7 MBP with intel graphics, but right now I can't be bothered. None of my projects are anything like as heavy as this.

16 tracks = 18%
32 tracks = 20%
64 tracks = 26%
128 tracks = 40%
256 tracks = 66%
512 tracks = 120% near end with sound getting rather weird - but no actual drop-outs which surprised me.

One oddity - in all play-throughs the "D" hard disk overload light blinked at the same spot. No noticeable effect on audio quality at all, and disk activity generally very low, especially in the 16 and 32 track runs.
Live 10 Suite, 2020 27" iMac, 3.6 GHz i9, MacOS Catalina, RME UFX, assorted synths, guitars and stuff.

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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by Pasha » Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:07 pm

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the the Live Set for the Lesson : 30
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? 128
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? : iMac 21.5 Late 2013
4. Operating System? 10.14
5. Ableton Live version? 10.1.18 - Suite
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel I5-4570S 2.9 Ghz 4 cores
7. Amount of Ram? 8GB
8. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Behringer FCA202 ^
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know)? HDD 7200 RPM USB 3.0 3.5" TOSHIBA **

**Ableton is installed on SSD while Library is on the 7200 RPM Drive.
^ Firewire attached to Thunderbolt 1 via adapter from Apple

Thanks Tone Deft and Tarekith! I was a user of the Live 7 version.. for a week I was the Apple Retail 'terror' :-) comparing all macs.
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auxxtone
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by auxxtone » Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:33 pm

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the Live Set for the Lesson – 26%
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? – 150
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? – PC
4. Operating System? – WIN 10 Pro 18363
5. Ableton Live version? – 10.1.25b2
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? – i7-2600K CPU @ 4,5gHz, 4 Kern(e), 8 logische(r) Prozessor(en)
7. Amount of Ram? – 16gb DDR3
8. Soundcard? RME ADI-2 DAC FS
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know)? – Samsung 850 PRO

Shudubstep
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by Shudubstep » Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:23 pm

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the the Live Set for the Lesson. 21%

2. Maximum number of playback tracks?

at 443 tracks first stuttering gets introduced (once at bar 17 and 35-ish) with CPU at 80% (but peaks to 100+%)
at 511+ tracks the end of the track starts to get unplayable, the first half still runs without any problems.
at 647 the first stutters get introduced in the first half...


3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Self built Desktop with MSI x570 Gaming Pro Carbon

4. Operating System? Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041 Build 19041

5. Ableton Live version? 10.1.18

6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz

7. Amount of Ram? 16 GB (Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB)

8. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Focrusrite 18i20 (1st Gen)

9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know)? 1TB Corsair MP600 MVMe (PCIe 4)

qub1t
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by qub1t » Thu Oct 01, 2020 1:18 am

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the the Live Set for the Lesson. (#4 above)
45 % (very rarely this high; most of the track, it was in the low 30s)

2. Maximum number of playback tracks? (#5 above)
48 (could mostly play 64, but would crackle occasionally)

3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?
laptop: Dell Inspiron 2-in-1 15.6" 4K Ultra HD Touchscreen (Inspiron 7586)

4. Operating System?
Windows 10 Home, Version 1903, OS build 18362.836

5. Ableton Live version?
10.1.18

6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed?
Intel Core i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 1.99GHz

7. Amount of Ram?
16GB

8. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
Realtek ALC3254 audio chipset (using Realtek ASIO driver)

9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD) and Speed (if you know)?
SSD: Toshiba KBG20ZMS512G

stephenhellm
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Re: Live 10 Performance Test

Post by stephenhellm » Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:17 pm

Here is my latest performance test:

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % with the Live Set for the Lesson. 9% max
2. Maximum number of playback tracks? 544 (34 groups of 16 tracks), was possible to still add 3 more groups, but thought it was enough
3. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? 2020 iMac 20,2
4. Operating System? 10.15.7
5. Ableton Live version? 10.1.18 Suite
6. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? i7 10700 - 3,8 GHz 8-Core
7. Amount of Ram? 32GB - 3200
8. Sound card? Apogee Duet
9. Hard Disk type (SSD or HDD)? 970 EVO M.2 (3400 MB/s Read // 2300 MB/s Write)

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