LIVE FIVE PERFORMANCE TEST - results here

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:36 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 123%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple Powerbook G4 12"
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 1ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 756Mb / DDR SDRAM Speed: PC2100U-25330
6) Soundcard m-audio 410
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200 8MB/ usb 2.0

damn can't even play this

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:56 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 46% (seems to stay around 41-44% most of the time)
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple Powermac
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Dual 2.0g G5
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1GB
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - internal/Tascam fw1884

I am surprised it is running as well as it is. Very upsetting results on the mac side of things. Very sad results overall for apple (imo). Just a sad, stupid day if you want to know what I think.

T_Zox · Post by **T_Zox** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:18 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 27 - 30%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Toshiba Satellite A50
3) Operating System - Win XP SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Centrino 1,6 ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 512 mb
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - internal (asio4all)

coldmachine · Post by **coldmachine** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:05 am

Fax..Its 1Meg cache. The figure frequently dips below 20% so the average is more like 18%.

I don't want a flame war but I've found Alienware to really do the biz, also Red Submarine are also exellent.

FaX-01 · Post by **FaX-01** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:27 am

coldmachine wrote:Fax..Its 1Meg cache. The figure ferquently dips below 20% so the average is more like 18%.

I don't want a flame war but I've found Alienware to really do the biz, also Red Submarine are also evellent.

Thanx Coldmachine.
My Toshiba is strange though the more you pack on the more efficiently it seems to handle the load .
I can go up to 95% CPU useage @ 24/48 for example with out a single glitch and this new piece I'm working on 11 VSti tracks + 10 audio tracks with some 17 vst effects in total and I'm on between 44-51% depending on how dense the mix is.
So I'm pretty happy with my real world useage figures.
I couldn't afford a new lappy anyway but I noticed you had a fast CPU and Much faster ram .
I was curious on the Cache spec so thanks.

anton_67 · Post by **anton_67** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:37 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 68-73%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple Powerbook
3) Operating System - Mac OSx 10.3.9
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 1,25 ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1 gb
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - build in

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 68-75%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple Mac Mini
3) Operating System - Mac OSx 10.3.9
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 1,25 ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1 gb
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - build in

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:16 am

I didn't run the test, but I suspect that it will be exactly the same as AJ's since we'ne got the same type of powerbook.

Also, I know that AJ won't be reading this, but it'd be nice to include a poll in these threads (ie, 90-100%, 80-90%, etc) so the graph doesn't have to be manually generated all the time..

Peropaal · Post by **Peropaal** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:28 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 29 (peak)
2) Custom built desktop with Asus P4C800E motherboard
3) XP SP2 (32bit edition)
4) P4 2.8ghz
5) 1024mb DDR400 dual channel
6) RME Hammerfall PCI and Breakout box / Buffersize 128 (3 ms)
7) Internal Samsung SP2004C (SATA2)
8) Internal Maxtor 6Y120P0 (IDE)
9) External Maxtor 6Y120P0 (IDE) hooked on Firewire

commuter · Post by **commuter** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:19 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 36 (peak)
2) Dell inspiron 8600c
3) XP SP2
4) Pentium M/centrino 1,5ghz Dothan 2mb cache
5) 1024mb PC2700 Dane Elec
6) Echo Indigo I/O
7) Internal Hitachi 7K60 60 gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache

peeddrroo · Post by **peeddrroo** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:39 pm

1) 32-37%
2) Compaq Presario R3230EA
3) XP SP2
4) Athlon64 3000 @ 1.8 GHz
5) RAM 768 MB
6) M-Audio FW410
7) internal 60 GB drive (probably @ 5400rpm)

krikor · Post by **krikor** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:53 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 92-96% plus peak at over 100% audio is slowing and i get clics buffer at 2024, otherwise it's worse, compensation on, if i turn it off things get a lot better
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model Apple PowerBook titanium
3) Operating System OS 10.3.9
4) CPU Make Model and Speed G4 1gigahertz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 1 giga PC133-333
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) Internal sound card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed original HD 4200rpm Fujitsu MHS2060AT

treysmith · Post by **treysmith** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:53 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)

Jumping from 28%-50%, sometimes hitting 60%

2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model

Laptop - Sony Vaio A690

3) Operating System

Xp Pro

4) CPU Make Model and Speed

Centrino 1.89ghz

5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know)

1gig PC3200

6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?)

ASIO4ALL (testing this at work)

7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)

5400RPM

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 4:11 pm

CPU 58% to 65%
PB 15' 1.5Ghz
RAM 512
Internal sound card
OSX 10.3.7
Hard disc internal 60GB.5400rpm?

drush · Post by **drush** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 4:24 pm

Machinesworking wrote:
drush wrote:we'd appreciate it if you would take Computer Dude's suggestion. you've just made yourself not welcome here.
Why do you think you can speak for everybody?...

i was speaking for myself. the "we" in that sentence was inclusive of Computer Dude since i was referring to what he said, and anyone else who might happen to feel the same way.

gee, that was important.

Chris J · Post by **Chris J** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:13 pm

1) 34 % peak
2) Desktop
3) XP SP1
4) Athlon64 3000 @ 1.8 GHz
5) DDR400 dual channel RAM 1024 MB
6) St Audio Cport2000
7) 7200rpm