LIVE FIVE PERFORMANCE TEST - results here

CWoodOne · Post by **CWoodOne** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:50 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 23%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - ASUS A8N SLI DELUXE w/Antec Sonata Case custom"
3) Operating System - XP Media Edition
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - AMD 4800+ 2.4 (dual core)
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 2GB / DDR400
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - Lexicon Omega USB
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200 RPM
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Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:32 pm

AdamJay wrote:good points Angstrom.
would you be interested in formulating such a test, yourself?

well, to be honest I'm not sure that I can think of anything better than what was in my prior post.
IE:Perhaps we continue using the current test with the additional test of adding reverbs. So it would look like this.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model
3) Operating System
4) CPU Make Model and Speed
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know)
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?)
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)
8 ) How many Live reverbs added to master before CPU reaches 100%

Somehow I dont fancy posting a whole new test in a new thread ... it's your thang, you're the live test guy.

But I thought I'd pass on my thoughts, perhaps some others should comment before a 5.2 thread is started, they may have ideas that might modify the concept for the better.
I guess discussing in a thread called "Ideas toward a better Live 5.2 cpu test" might be better suited than this one.

gtr geek · Post by **gtr geek** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:57 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 43%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Dell smarstep / smartpc
3) Operating System - XP
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - P4 2.4 Ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 512 mo
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - Echo indigo I/O
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 5400 RPM

80rn7rue · Post by **80rn7rue** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:43 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 43%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple PowerPC G5 dual 2Ghz
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.5
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - PowerPC G5 (2.2)
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 2.5GB / DDR SDRAM PC3200
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - Core Audio card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - Serial-ATA 7200rpm

yourmom · Post by **yourmom** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:40 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 42
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Desktop. Homebuilt.
3) Operating System - XP pro w/ sp2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Athlon 2500+ barton
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1gig pc3200
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - motu 2408mkii
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200rpm

with my production style (pretty heavy on dsp) i find myself hitting the roof about 3/4 through a project. im thinking about building an athlon X2 4400+ rig next.

ByronFortescue · Post by **ByronFortescue** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:18 pm

1) max CPU meter: 70%
2) Laptop, Powerbook g4
3) OS = Max OSX 10.4.5
4) CPU : 1,67 GHz PowerPC G4
5) Ram: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
6) Soundcard: Built in audio
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 5400 RPM

I also did the test with my M-audio Ozone with built in audio interface, a noticable difference in CPU meter..

1) mac CPU meter: 63%
6) Soundcard: M-audi Ozone

aviavi · Post by **aviavi** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:19 pm

Are there any Intel Mac Mini users who can post their results?

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:37 pm

dunno if anyone has gotten one of those yet.

however can someone confirm that the new beta test for intel macs run better cpu wise?

i cant peak it beyond 20something percent.

aviavi · Post by **aviavi** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:58 pm

Ok, I write from the Apple Store in NYC, where I just installed Live 5.2b6 and the Adam Jay performance test on the internal drive of an Intel Mac Mini Duo 1.66, with only 512 megs of Ram.

The results: 29 to 33%, with plug in delay compensation off. With it on, it maxed out at 37%. The only other program running was Dashboard, and the results were the same with the Live screen maximized or shrunken.

While not as good as the Intel iMac, this is a dramatic improvement over G4's and probably some G5 configurations too.

I wonder how it would be with extra Ram.

Avi

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:29 pm

aviavi wrote:Ok, I write from the Apple Store in NYC, where I just installed Live 5.2b6 and the Adam Jay performance test on the internal drive of an Intel Mac Mini Duo 1.66, with only 512 megs of Ram.

The results: 29 to 33%, with plug in delay compensation off. With it on, it maxed out at 37%. The only other program running was Dashboard, and the results were the same with the Live screen maximized or shrunken.

While not as good as the Intel iMac, this is a dramatic improvement over G4's and probably some G5 configurations too.

I wonder how it would be with extra Ram.

Avi

my 2.0 macbook is running between 20 and 24 percent right now with 1gb of ram.

so again does anyone know if this beta improved cpu usage? cuz it seems so

glitchrock-buddha · Post by **glitchrock-buddha** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:09 pm

Digi V wrote: my 2.0 macbook is running between 20 and 24 percent right now with 1gb of ram.

so again does anyone know if this beta improved cpu usage? cuz it seems so

Whao man, 20-24% on a macbook? When I tested a 2.0 macbook in the store (1gb ram), it was 37-41%. How'd you get that so low? Was it just the latest beta that did it? What were your numbers for the previous beta?

cheers,
Rob

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:05 pm

i was forgetting to do something... void those results. haha

though i still get the cpu at around 30

glitchrock-buddha · Post by **glitchrock-buddha** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:44 am

What were you getting before the 5.2b6 beta?

grb

drjonez · Post by **drjonez** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:40 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 46%
2) desktop
3) win xp sp2
4) Intel P4 2.8 ghz
5) 1g ram
6) Audiophile Firewire
7) 10,000 rpm SATA

glitchrock-buddha · Post by **glitchrock-buddha** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:53 am

Digi V wrote:i was forgetting to do something... void those results. haha

though i still get the cpu at around 30

bump.
Dude, are you saying the Live 5.2b6 beta makes the performance on a macbook pro go from a 41% peak to 30%?

There's a 10% difference in cpu consumption between 5.2b5 and 5.2b6? are you sure? If so, this is huge.

Can any other macbook owners confirm this?

thanks,
grb