LIVE FIVE PERFORMANCE TEST - results here

3phase · Post by **3phase** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:22 am

I dont like this test too much..at least it dont tells much about the changes between live 4 and 5.
I would be more interested to run the Live 4test in live 5 just with plug compensation on and see how this relates to the Live 4 test results.

That complex warping cost something is clear.. i rather expect it to be not really optinmized because it dont sounds as good as it eats cpu...
Its however an extra while the latenciecompensation is more than essential to work with live.. So i would found a test that shows us how much this feature costs more usefull...

Maybe Live 5 looks much better cpu wise when we do a more fair comparison.

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:49 am

This test is for comparing COMPUTERS, not Live 4 vs. 5.

The test does exactly what it is intended to do.

3phase · Post by **3phase** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:38 am

subterFUSE wrote:This test is for comparing COMPUTERS, not Live 4 vs. 5.

The test does exactly what it is intended to do.

yes, but it would have been interesting to see a relation to the live 4 test.
The info of this test is that my computer is to slow to work with live 5 at all..
I dont think that this is true because imo the heavy load is mainly caused by the complex warp mode.
However.. 3 years are over..i need a new computer anyway...

meatfestival · Post by **meatfestival** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:17 pm

1) 23-26% (edit: now peaks at 24% - see post below)
2) DFI Lanparty NForce 4 SLI
3) XP Pro SP2
4) Athlon 64 3700+ (San Diego) @ 2.36 GHz
5) 2GB dual channel DDR PC3200 @ 215MHz, 2-3-2-5 timings
6) Sound Blaster Live! Value (PCI)
7) Western Digital Caviar RE 7200rpm (SATA)

notes:
Sound card probably holding things back slightly. Need to set output buffer to 1120 samples (25ms) for uninterrupted playback. ASIO drivers would probably fix this.
The motherboard actually has its own seperate audio module which is quite good, but unfortunately one of my case fans prevents it from being installed, hence the SB Live. Will be replacing it with an X-Fi at some point...

meatfestival · Post by **meatfestival** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:40 pm

meatfestival wrote:1) 23-26%

Sound card probably holding things back slightly. Need to set output buffer to 1120 samples (25ms) for uninterrupted playback. ASIO drivers would probably fix this.

As predicted... installed the kX project ASIO drivers and CPU usage is now 24% max... with buffer size of 512

martin808 · Post by **martin808** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:55 pm

1) 80% !!!!!
2) laptop packard bell H5 315
3) XPproSP2
4) P4 3.2Ghz 533Mhz
5) 512mb / PC2700
6) Edirol PCR-1 usb interface
7) 7200rpm

somethings wrong, thats for sure............

i see other laptops with much less specs blowing this away.
this is a dedicated DAW and its had every tweak in the book done, its never even sniffed the internet.

peeddrroo · Post by **peeddrroo** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:14 pm

martin808 wrote:1) 80% !!!!!
2) laptop packard bell H5 315
3) XPproSP2
4) P4 3.2Ghz 533Mhz
5) 512mb / PC2700
6) Edirol PCR-1 usb interface
7) 7200rpm

somethings wrong, thats for sure............

i see other laptops with much less specs blowing this away.
this is a dedicated DAW and its had every tweak in the book done, its never even sniffed the internet.

are you sure you set the power management to "always on"?

ernene · Post by **ernene** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:47 am

I won't abandon the mac platform!!!, but mates, I hate to say this, but my 1 & 1/2 years old powerbook sucks on this test...

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 87% to 89%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple PowerBook G4
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 1 Ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 1GB / DDR
6) Soundcard - Stock Core Audio card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 4200rpm

Thanks abes for that freeze func.

FaX-01 · Post by **FaX-01** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:59 am

martin808 wrote:1) 80% !!!!!
2) laptop packard bell H5 315
3) XPproSP2
4) P4 3.2Ghz 533Mhz
5) 512mb / PC2700
6) Edirol PCR-1 usb interface
7) 7200rpm

somethings wrong, thats for sure............

i see other laptops with much less specs blowing this away.
this is a dedicated DAW and its had every tweak in the book done, its never even sniffed the internet.

Something's wrong is a major understatement IMHO.
It should be between 30-34% with those specs .

Cache · Post by **Cache** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:19 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 25-27%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Laptop / Compaq R4000
3) Operating System - XP Home sp2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - AMD Athlon 4000 2.4ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 1GB / DDR 2700
6) Soundcard - Echo Indigo DJ
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 7200rpm External

Tried with internal 5400rpm and got same result

This laptop cost me $1015 hpshopping.com

minimal · Post by **minimal** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:15 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 25%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model IBM ThinkPad R52
3) Operating System XP PRO SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed Pentium M 1.86 Ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) 512 Mb
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) emi 2/6 usb
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) 5400

26% w/ AC97 stock soundcard
very happy about this laptop.
1 more gig ram coming soon.

3phase · Post by **3phase** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:47 am

ernene wrote:I won't abandon the mac platform!!!, but mates, I hate to say this, but my 1 & 1/2 years old powerbook sucks on this test...

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 87% to 89%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple PowerBook G4
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 1 Ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 1GB / DDR
6) Soundcard - Stock Core Audio card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 4200rpm

Thanks abes for that freeze func.

are you talking about the TI 1 giga herz?
my is over 110%

poshook · Post by **poshook** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:15 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 29%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model NForce3 MSI K8NNeo2
3) Operating System XP PRO SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed AMD Athlon64 3000+/1800 @ 2000MHz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) 1024 Mb
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) FW 410
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) 2x7200rpm/8MB

martin808 · Post by **martin808** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:51 pm

are you sure you set the power management to "always on"?[/quote]

yep' always on is set. i have no problems with any other software. a 'big' track in reason only uses up about 15%cpu.

wavejumper · Post by **wavejumper** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:50 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 42
2) Laptop/Desktop? Imac 20"
3) Operating System 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed G5 2Ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 1Gb
6) Soundcard Motu 828MkII
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed 7200

LIVE FIVE PERFORMANCE TEST - results here

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