LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

[commuter]

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter 24%
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? DELL Inspiron 530 desktop
3. Operating System? Windows XP SP3
4. Ableton Live version? 8.1.3
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Q6600 @ 2,4ghz
6. Amount of Ram? 4GB DDR 667
7. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)MOTU ULTRALITE MK1-Driver 3.6.8.1410
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200RPM
9. Number of playback tracks? 8 @ 512 samples buffer size

[Cej]

Just moved to Windows7 64bit

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 16%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Custom Build PC - Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
3) Operating System? Windows 7, 64 bit
4) Ableton Live version? 8.1.4
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? i7 920 @ 2.66GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 6GB 1600Mhz DDR3 memory (6-8-6-20-2)
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? MOBO onboard (DigiASIO & ASIO4ALL drivers for MBOX will not work)
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? OCZ 128GB SSD
9) Number of playback tracks? 8


When I first built this box in 2009 I ran XP/32bit w/ differnt RAM

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 19%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Custom Build PC - Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
3) Operating System? Windows XP PRO, 32bit
4) Ableton Live version? 8.1.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? i7 920 @ 2.66GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 3GB 1333Mhz DDR3 memory (7-7-7-18-2)
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? MBOX(1) - DigiASIO v6.1.1
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? OCZ 128GB SSD
9) Number of playback tracks? 8


Over all my biggest hiccup at present is that the drivers for the MBOX aren't liking Windows7, research says they not going too either (awwwhh shit!)
Looking at maybe a RME ff UC

[jesseperez]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak) - 36%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - MacBook Pro
3) Operating System? - Mac OSX
4) Ableton Live version? - 8.13
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - Core i5 2.53 GHZ
6) Amount of Ram? - 4GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - Focusrite Saffire Pro 24
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? - 5400 RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? - 8

Just picked up this baby after 7 years with a 2003 Pentium 4 3.4 with 1 gig of RAM. It's like going from a rusted moke to a BMW lol. Would love to see what this baby does with 8GB of RAM and a 7200 drive.

But very happy with this performance..

[Rave]

I get my iMac i7 with 8 gig of RAM tomorrow. Apparently it is up to 120% faster than the MBP i7.

Can't wait Stats will be posted.

[theoriva]

ok.....so we all did our tests and as we can see there are some people that although they have some good fast machines the CPU is sky high for an 8 track project!!!

is there a purpose to this???

is anybody contacted by ableton and try to fix it???

what's the point!!!

[Lux Libra]

around here, Live is known for quite high CPU usage compared to other DAW's.
It's the price you pay for "everything can be manipulated everytime in realtime".
You have to deal with that.point.

[8O]

ok.....so we all did our tests and as we can see there are some people that although they have some good fast machines the CPU is sky high for an 8 track project!!!

is there a purpose to this???

is anybody contacted by ableton and try to fix it???

what's the point!!!

It's useful for a few reasons:
- comparing performance on new versions of Live using same hardware to see if there's any big performance issue
- checking other people's results on similar hardware to yours before you decide to move from an earlier version of Live
- checking that your performance is roughly in line with what other people get, in case of performance problems
- checking the effect of upgrading different hardware components e.g. CPU, HD speed, on the Live performance

[McQ714]

ok.....so we all did our tests and as we can see there are some people that although they have some good fast machines the CPU is sky high for an 8 track project!!!

is there a purpose to this???

is anybody contacted by ableton and try to fix it???

what's the point!!!

It's useful for a few reasons:
- comparing performance on new versions of Live using same hardware to see if there's any big performance issue
- checking other people's results on similar hardware to yours before you decide to move from an earlier version of Live
- checking that your performance is roughly in line with what other people get, in case of performance problems
- checking the effect of upgrading different hardware components e.g. CPU, HD speed, on the Live performance

don't forget that it also shows us overpriced pieces of shit like the Mac Pro are pretty useless for most, if not all, of what we do!

[dna598]

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter - 15%
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - Desktop Gigabyte EX58A UD3R
3. Operating System? - Windows XP SP3
4. Ableton Live version? - 8.1.1
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - i7 920 @ 3.6GHz
6. Amount of Ram?- 6gb DDR3
7. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)- Echo Audiofire 12
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200RPM
9. Number of playback tracks? 8 @ 512 samples buffer size

[Rave]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)
10%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?
iMac 27inch 2.93
3) Operating System?
Snow Leopard
4) Ableton Live version?
8.1.5
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?
i7 2.93GHz
6) Amount of Ram?
8GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
Apogee Duet
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
5400 i think
9) Number of playback tracks?
8

[Anubis]

Live CPU meter- 68%
HP Pavilion notebook
Win 7 (64 bit)(clean install)
8.1.4 Suite
Core2Duo 1.67 GHz
4 GB RAM
Echo Indigo IOx
7200 rpm dual internal HDD's
8 playback tracks

note- recently upgraded from Vista(32bit). Much improved stability on a very modest 3 yr old machine.
btw- I forgot that my wifi adapter was on with a web page open during the test!

[Lumix]

Desktop:
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 29% to 37%- with Power Saving Settings!
20% with High Performance
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Desktop Gigabit 770OTA-UD3 Motherboard!
3) Operating System: Win7 x64
4) Ableton Live version: Live 8.1.4(Trial)
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: AMD Phenom II X4 945(Deneb) 3,0 GHz
6) Amount of Ram: 2GB Kingston CL 9-9-9-20
7) Soundcard: M-Audio AudioPhile 192 PCi
8] Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

HP Pavilion dv7 1122-eg
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 86% High Performance - really stable without crackles
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Laptop
3) Operating System: Win7 x64
4) Ableton Live version: Live 8.1.4(Trial)
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: AMD QL62(Lion)
6) Amount of Ram: 4GB
7) Soundcard: IDT HD Audio Interface
8] Hard Disk Drive Speed: 3600 RPM - 5400 RPM! dont know HP isnt telling that!
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

i use the ASIO4all 2.9 for both 47ms!

Normally i use FL Studio for Audio Production! will test Live - maybe i'll switch!

[Seelensack]

HP Pavilion dv7 2140eg
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 28%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Laptop
3) Operating System: Win7 home x64
4) Ableton Live version: Live 8.1.5 suite
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core 2 quad Q9000, 2GHz
6) Amount of Ram: 4GB
7) Soundcard: IDT HD Audio Interface
8] Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks
ASIO4all 2.9

[friend_kami]

mm i just tried this one aswell then and the results are exactly the same as in the live 6 performance test i responded to two days ago. 2 tracks at 49% 44.1 HQ with a freaking 3.2ghz dual core with 4gb of ram and updated drivers and everything. great.

[jeromepacman]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 20%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Imac 27
3) Operating System? 10.6.4
4) Ableton Live version? 8.1.5
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? i5 Quad 2,66
6) Amount of Ram? 4GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Fireface 800 (2,74)
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 (internal)
9) Number of playback tracks? 8