LIVE FIVE PERFORMANCE TEST - results here

raoulflutter · Post by **raoulflutter** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:50 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 20 %
2) Macbook Pro 15"
3) OSX 10.4.10
4) 2,2 GHz Core 2 Duo
5) 2 GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1 GB
6) Internal
7) 160 GB Serial ATA-hårddisk (5400 varv/min)

I use Live 6.0.10.

Does anyone know why the performance is not better? It's the latest Macbook Pro with this processor.

zeropoint · Post by **zeropoint** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:26 pm

you think you've got problems......i've noticed a real drop off in performance recently especially with audio unit virtual instruments....so i came back to run the test.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 38 %
2) Macbook Pro 15"
3) OSX 10.4.10
4) 2,4 GHz Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa
5) 2 GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1 GB
6) Internal
7) 160 GB Serial ATA-hårddisk (5400 varv/min)

Live 6.0.10

Any ideas why this is so slow?? Worth doing a clean install of the OS?

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:08 pm

Mammalux wrote:you think you've got problems......i've noticed a real drop off in performance recently especially with audio unit virtual instruments....so i came back to run the test.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 38 %
2) Macbook Pro 15"
3) OSX 10.4.10
4) 2,4 GHz Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa
5) 2 GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1 GB
6) Internal
7) 160 GB Serial ATA-hårddisk (5400 varv/min)

Live 6.0.10

Any ideas why this is so slow?? Worth doing a clean install of the OS?

Please turn on the multiprocessor.
It is in the live preferences unter CPU.

zeropoint · Post by **zeropoint** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:11 pm

erm.....the multiprocessor preference is turned on already....

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:20 pm

Mammalux wrote:erm.....the multiprocessor preference is turned on already....

If i make the test with the multiprocessor off i get about 38% to 40%.
With the multiprocessor on i go down to 25% to 28%.

zeropoint · Post by **zeropoint** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:36 pm

yes...that would figure. I've just sent a mail to the abes....it seems like my machine is behaving as a single core as far as Live is concerned. I ran some diagnostics on the hardware and everything checks out ok. Reinstalled Live but I still get the same problem.....

diffas · Post by **diffas** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:30 pm

Live 6.0.10

1) Cpu Meter 6% @ 512 Samples / 10% @ 64 Samples
2) Desktop pc
3) Win XP w/ Sp1
4) Intel Q6600
5) 2x1G Kingston 800mhz ddr2 (CL5)
6) M-Audio Audiophile 9624 Internal
7) bunch of hdd

Spacerboy · Post by **Spacerboy** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:17 am

diffas wrote:Live 6.0.10

1) Cpu Meter 6% @ 512 Samples / 10% @ 64 Samples
2) Desktop pc
3) Win XP w/ Sp1
4) Intel Q6600
5) 2x1G Kingston 800mhz ddr2 (CL5)
6) M-Audio Audiophile 9624 Internal
7) bunch of hdd

6% --> wow...

jaydub · Post by **jaydub** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:52 pm

Live 6.0.10

1) CPU Meter 26% @ 512 Samples
2) HP nx9420 Notebook
3) Win XP SP2
4) Intel T2500 Core Duo 2.0 GHZ
5) 1 GB 533-MHz DDR2 SDRAM
6) SoundMAX Integrated
7) 5400 RPM with 80 GB

globalgoon · Post by **globalgoon** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:37 pm

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globalgoon · Post by **globalgoon** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:39 pm

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zeropoint · Post by **zeropoint** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:32 pm

Ok, upgraded to Live 7 and ran the test again.

Live 7.0.1
1) Cpu Meter 48% @ 512 Samples WTF? (Acitivity Monitor shows 93%!!)
2)Macbook Pro 2.4 15 inch
3) OSX 10.4.11
4) Intel Core 2 Duo
5) 2 GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1 GB
6) Internal soundcard
7) 160G Internal Drive

I think I'm going to cry now....

What is causing this dreadful performance? Processor stepping? Apple update to Core Audio? I feel like I'm back on a single core processor.....(fills his boots with his tears....)

ToLTeK · Post by **ToLTeK** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:34 pm

Ableton Live 7.0.1

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 12%
2) Alu Intel iMac 20"
3) OS X.5.1
4) 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
5) 4 GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM
6) Internal soundcard
7) 320 GB Serial ATA drive

guille · Post by **guille** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:57 pm

Ableton Live 7.0.1

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 27% (512 samples)
2) MacBook Pro 15" Santa Rosa
3) Mac OS X 10.5.1
4) 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
5) 2 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
6) Internal soundcard
7) 160 GB 5400 rpm drive

dano · Post by **dano** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:59 am

1) Ableton Live 5.2 CPU Meter % = 37% (512 samples)
2)Laptop, Apple Macbook
3) O.S. 10.4.11 (Tiger)
4) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0ghz
5) 1GB Ram / 667mhz (ram Speed)
6) Stock Soundcard (internal)
7) Hard Disk: 5400 rpm