LIVE 6 & 7 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

daniel_grieff · Post by **daniel_grieff** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:57 am

ekwipt wrote:I've got 16gb but no live 7 (still on 6)

is it worth it? can you basically run any combo of things and never choke your computer? Or is that a star trek dream.....

dan

autolux · Post by **autolux** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:10 am

so it looks like the quadcore is a clear winner over the core2duo..

good to know, i was about to get a 3gig core2duo and overclock to 3.6 or 4.0ghz hopefully.. but i think i'll just go with the q6600 - same price, and they seem to o/c to 3.0ghz and dominate with the extra cores..

ekwipt · Post by **ekwipt** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:05 am

daniel_grieff wrote:
ekwipt wrote:I've got 16gb but no live 7 (still on 6)
is it worth it? can you basically run any combo of things and never choke your computer? Or is that a star trek dream.....

dan

i haven't run into many problems yet on my MACPRO after they replaced the logic board that fried 4 brand new hard drives (read sarcasm on Apple products)

Basically you wont use 16 GBs on programs these days but having multiple programs open, multitasking it helps, but 16 GB is probably overkill.

The 2008 Macpro runs its memory at the fastest speed when all ram slots are filled. I would have put 8GBs in but they don't make dual channel 1GB sticks as far as I'm aware of.

I bought my RAM from Transinternational, and haven't had a problem since

PS I'm mainly into video editing (Final Cut Studio)

Latency wise XP Pro is a better OS for my Soundcard anyway (Fireface 400)

Synchro · Post by **Synchro** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:03 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 85%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Dummy Desktop Asus P5GD1
3) Operating System: XP 2
4) Ableton Live version: Live 7.02
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Prescott P4 550 3.4 ghz
6) Amount of Ram: 2GB Balanced Kingston PC3200 DDR2
7) Soundcard: Edirol M-100FX USB (ASIO)
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? 2 Tracks

2 Tracks i can ear Pops and click
8 Tracks = 190% CPU

I'm going to buy another box asap. :-/ and a better ASIO device.

flanger13 · Post by **flanger13** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:58 pm

Ableton Live CPU Meter: 52%
Laptop/Desktop: IMac
Operating System: OSX 10.5.3
Ableton Live version: Live 7.0.7
CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core2duo @ 2.8GHz
Amount of Ram: 4G DDR2 @ 800MHz
Soundcard: default one
Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM
Number of playback tracks: 8 Tracks

Pasha · Post by **Pasha** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:27 am

Ableton Live CPU Meter: 46%
Laptop/Desktop: IMac
Operating System: OSX 10.5.2
Ableton Live version: Live 7.0.7
CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Penryn Core2duo @ 2.66 GHz
Amount of Ram: 2Gb DDR2 @ 800MHz
Soundcard: FCA202 (Fw by Behringer)
Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM
Number of playback tracks: 8 Tracks

poshook · Post by **poshook** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:29 am

Ableton Live CPU Meter: 19% (Activity monitor showed 9%)
Laptop/Desktop: Mac Pro 8 core
Operating System: OSX 10.5.4
Ableton Live version: Live 7.0.7
CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Xeon 2x Quadcore 2.8GHz
Amount of Ram: 6Gb DDR2 @ 800MHz
Soundcard: Mackie Onyx 400F
Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM
Number of playback tracks: 8 Tracks

fragmentated · Post by **fragmentated** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:33 pm

Ableton Live CPU Meter: 34%
Laptop/Desktop: MacBook Pro
Operating System: OSX 10.5.4
Ableton Live version: Live 7.0.7
CPU Make, Model, and Speed: 2.2 Santa Rosa
Amount of Ram: 4GB
Soundcard: Motu Ultralite
Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM
Number of playback tracks: 8 Tracks

Prior to the 10.5.4 update I was registering 55% CPU usage in live so I noticed a drastic increase in performance with this update. Also note that I do not use coolbook either if anyone was wondering.

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:10 pm

New computer today. Yay!

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - - 42%
2) Laptop/Desktop? -- iMac 24" desktop
3) Operating System? -- OSX 10.5.4
4) Ableton Live version? -- 7.0.7
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? -- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 ghz
6) Amount of Ram? -- 2 gb
7) Soundcard? -- ESI Quatafire 610
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed? --7200 rpm (USB 2.0)
9) Number of playback tracks? -- the lot

.m

gumpbert · Post by **gumpbert** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:00 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter %: 39%
2) Laptop/Desktop?: iMac
3) Operating System?: MacOS X 10.5.4
4) Ableton Live version?: 7.0.7
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?: Core 2 Duo, 3 GHz
6) Amount of Ram?: 2 GB
7) Soundcard?: Apogee duet
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed?: No idea. Internal drive.
9) Number of playback tracks?: All

dysanfel · Post by **dysanfel** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:38 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter %: 43%
2) Laptop/Desktop?: Hackintosh Desktop
3) Operating System?: MacOS X 10.5.2
4) Ableton Live version?: 7.0.7
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?: Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz
6) Amount of Ram?: 2 GB
7) Soundcard?: Apogee duet

Hard Disk Drive Speed?: 7200
9) Number of playback tracks?: All

This is a Hackintosh system with P5W DH mobo. Will post again when my Quad is installed and I get the other 2GB of RAM.

dysanfel · Post by **dysanfel** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:20 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter %: 22%
2) Laptop/Desktop?: Hackintosh Desktop
3) Operating System?: MacOS X 10.5.2
4) Ableton Live version?: 7.0.7
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?: Quad q6600 @ 3.11ghz
6) Amount of Ram?: 4 GB
7) Soundcard?: Apogee duet
8] Hard Disk Drive Speed?: 7200
9) Number of playback tracks?: All

Runs REAL nice. Asus p5W DH mobo, Nvidia GF7300GT, Siig FW400 TI chipset PCI.

Fractal Dimension · Post by **Fractal Dimension** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:29 am

1.) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 72
2.) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Apple MacBook Core Duo 2.0Ghz
3.) Operating System? Mac OS X 10.4.11
4.) Ableton Live version? 7.0.7
5.) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2 GHz Intel Core Duo
6.) Amount of Ram? 2 GB
7.) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Saffire LE
8.) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400 RPM
9.) Number of playback tracks? 6

I know my MacBook isn't the most recent version, sut still I'm quite disappointed with these results... I have set it for Better Performance and have plenty of HDD space. I tried disabling AirPort (had problems with it before), but the results are the same. Any hints on how to improve Live's performance on this MacBook?

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:26 pm

That's the best you're going to get man, and it's not that bad at all, so don't be upset

This test was meant to be hard on your computer.

fuzzyhead · Post by **fuzzyhead** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:49 pm

1.) Ableton Live CPU Meter------------------------------------------------- % 57
2.) Laptop/Desktop?------------------------------------------Sonica laptop 2Ghz
3.) Operating System? -----------------------------------------------Win XP SP2
4.) Ableton Live version?---------------------------------------------------- 7.0.9
5.) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?--------------------- 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6.) Amount of Ram?--------------------------------------------------------- 2 GB
7.) Soundcard ?--------------------------------- M-Audio Ozonic (latest driver)
8.) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?---------------------------- 7200 RPM
9.) Number of playback tracks?----------------------------------------------- All