LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

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1.A.M.
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by 1.A.M. » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:09 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 14% peak, 12% stable
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Custom Built Sandy Bridge PC Desktop with Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3 mobo
3) Operating System? Win 7 x64 SP1
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core i5 2500k 3.30Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 8 Gb CL9 1600 Mhz
7) Soundcard ? Focusrite Saffire 6 usb
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?1TB Intel Raid 0 on 2xSeagate 500GB@7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Pretty happy with my new built PC :D
When prices go low i plan to buy a SSD drive....but more for silence :D
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by nighthawk » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:35 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 31% peak, 26% stable
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? ASUS N61JQ
3) Operating System? Win 7 x64 SP1
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.6
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core i7 920xm
6) Amount of Ram? 8 Gb 1333Mhz
7) Soundcard ? RME Fireface UC
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Sustained Write: 520MB/sec
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by Wasted Noize » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:26 pm

Build a desktop for music production. :)

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 16% Peak, 14% Stable
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Desktop with ASUS P8P67 Rev. 3.1 Motherboard
3) Operating System? Windows 7 (64-Bit)
4) Ableton Live version? Suite 8.2.6
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel i5 2500k @ 3.30Ghz (Stock Clock Speed)
6) Amount of Ram? G.Skill 8GB Kit 1333Mhz
7) Soundcard ? NI Audio4DJ
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? Seagate 1000GB @ 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Hackintosh performance test soon!
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by Cej » Fri Sep 23, 2011 1:39 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 14% peak - 13% stable
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? MBP 17" (2011)
3) Operating System? 10.6.8
4) Ableton Live version? Live suite 8.2.2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.3GHz i7
6) Amount of Ram? 8GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME UC - driver v1.59
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? Apple SSD
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by gp23 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:22 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 16% peak - 15% stable
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - Custom desktop (ASUS P8H61 M-LE)
3) Operating System? - Windows 7 64 SP1
4) Ableton Live version? - 8.2.6
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - Intel i5 2300 2.8GHz
6) Amount of Ram? - 8GB Corsair DDR3 1333MHz XMS3
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - M-Audio Delta 1010LT (latest driver)
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? - 7200RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? - 8
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by Redmundial1980 » Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:54 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 55%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Dell Studio 1555
3) Operating System: Windows Vista 64bit
4) Ableton Live version: 8.2.2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel core 2 Duo T6400 2GHz
6) Amount of Ram: 3GB
7) Soundcard: Creative Soundblaster Xfi MB - Running Asio4All drivers
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400rpm
9) Number of playback tracks: 8 Tracks

Ive just re-formatted my laptop so was pretty pleased with this tbh, was also considering ditching for a macbook pro, but seems im not too bad for a wee while yet :-)
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by nighthawk » Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:15 pm

After some tinkering with throttlestop/windows processes/turning off core parking I have it stable at

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 23% stable / 25% peak
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? ASUS N61JQ
3) Operating System? Win 7 x64 SP1
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.6
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core i7 920xm 2.2Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 8 Gb 1333Mhz
7) Soundcard ? RME Fireface UC
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? OCZ Vertex 3 240GB
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by NF » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:45 pm

All Verbs in mid quality mode

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter- 52% (peak) 51% (const)
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Thinkpad T61
3) Operating System? W7 prof. 64bit SP1
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.6.
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? T7500 2,2 GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 4 Gb 667MHz
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
RME FF UC, driver date 21.06.2011 ,V 0.984, Hardware Rev. 115
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? WDC Scorpio Black 320GB 7200rpm- at Mainboard SATA I
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

All Verbs in high quality mode

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter- 92% (peak) 89% (const)
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9) Number of playback tracks? 14

time for a new maschine 8O
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by Boss Level Music » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:51 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 17% peak 15% constant
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - Custom Rackmount PC Asus Sabertooth x58 Motherboard
3) Operating System? - Windows 7 Professional 64bit
4) Ableton Live version? - 8.2.2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? - 12GB 1066 MHz
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - M-Audio Profire 2626 - Driver Ver. 5.10.0.5082
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? - 7,200rpm SATA 6gb/s
9) Number of playback tracks? 8


Been meaning to do this for a while. Also, because I was curious:
Max 56 tracks playback at 93% peak/79% constant with no glitch or dropout.
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by (In)versed » Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:46 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 12%
2) Computer Make/Model: MacBookPro 2.3Ghz Quad-Core
3) Operating System: OSX 10.6.8
4) Ableton Live version: 8.2.5
5) CPU Make, Model: Intel Core i7
6) Amount of Ram: 4GB 1333MHz DDR3
7) Soundcard: Apogee Duet (the original silver one)
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Just upgraded to the new MBP from a 2009 MB and I'm loving the specs from the test. :D

For a separate test, I just recorded 8O 25 instances of Reaktor 5 (each loaded with a Carbon 2 ensemble and different patches) and recorded for a few minutes: 47% CPU (NOTE: This is with no additional plugins on CH 1-25, the master bus had SSLComp > SSLEQ > SSLComp > Vintage Warmer 2 > L2)

I was set at 48000 sample rate, 180 buffer size, 6.19 ms latency overall for the Reaktor test.
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by T23LC » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:19 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 18%
2) Computer Make/Model: Dell Precision M660
3) Operating System: Win7 Pro 64
4) Ableton Live version: 8.2.6
5) CPU Make, Model: Intel Core i7
6) Amount of Ram: 4GB 1666MHz DDR3
7) Soundcard: Focusrite Saffire Pro 24
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Also running a bunch of other programs (the big hog of them being firefox) while doing the test, not sure if that even affects the results though.

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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by nick71 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:45 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % = 32%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? = Laptop Lenovo Thinkpad T400
3) Operating System? WINDOWS 7 / 64 BIT
4) Ableton Live version? Live 8.2.6
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 / 2,26 Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 4GB
7) Soundcard ? Tascam US 122 MK II
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 500 GB SATA 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by commuter » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:05 pm

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter 24%
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Desktop DELL inspiron 530
3. Operating System? windows XP SP3
4. Ableton Live version? 8.2.6
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? intel Q6600 2.4 ghz quadcore CPU
6. Amount of Ram? 4GB 667 Mhz DDR2
7. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?Mackie Onyx Blackjack ,driver 2.0.0.3
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200rpm SATA
9. Number of playback tracks? 8

not bad for a nearly 4 years old computer.
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by teejay » Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:18 pm

Cej wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 14% peak - 13% stable
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? MBP 17" (2011)
3) Operating System? 10.6.8
4) Ableton Live version? Live suite 8.2.2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.3GHz i7
6) Amount of Ram? 8GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME UC - driver v1.59
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? Apple SSD
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

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How are you getting this kind of performance? Mine is a 2.0 Ghz MBP15 (current gen) and I get about 25-30% usage.

Also your results are better than some desktop sandy bridge cpus that are clocked faster!
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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by GsinG » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:11 am

) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)16% peak at 18%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Mac Pro 5,1
3) Operating System? OS X 10.6.8
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.6
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?2 x 2.66Ghz 6-Core Intel Xeon
6) Amount of Ram? 9 GB 1333 Mhz DDR3 ECC
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Motu 8pre
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

I tried again with 16 tracks

) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)20% peak 21%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Mac Pro 5,1
3) Operating System? OS X 10.6.8
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.6
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?2 x 2.66Ghz 6-Core Intel Xeon
6) Amount of Ram? 9 GB 1333 Mhz DDR3 ECC
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Motu 8pre
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 16


For shits and giggles I tried it with 32 tracks and got 32% and again with 64 tracks 47% and when I duplicated the 8 tracks the last time i did it during playback.

Went up to 96 tracks peaked at 66% hoovered around 64% And I did pretty much all of this without stopping. It does say at the top live 6-7 though thats the right test correct?
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