LIVE FIVE PERFORMANCE TEST - results here

Joost · Post by **Joost** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:43 pm

New bootcamped macbook with core2duo 2.0 and 1 gig ram

Tuned and optimized XP and only stereo in and out and all midiports activated

With 6.01

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 12-14%
2) Laptop : macbook
3) Operating System - Windows XP Prof. SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed: T7200 2.0 GHz intel Core 2 Duo
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 1 GB DDR2 sdram
6) Soundcard : ESI quatafire 610
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 rpm

jacob_ma · Post by **jacob_ma** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:04 am

Live 6.01

LAPTOP
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 27%
2) ASUS A8jm
3) OS - Windows XP Prof. SP2
4) CPU: Core Duo T2400 @1.83ghz
5) RAM: 1 GB DDR2 sdram PCR3700
6) Soundcard : ASIO4ALL
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 rpm 100gb IDE

DESKTOP
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 30%
2) AMD on A78n Deluxe
3) OS - Windows XP Prof. SP2
4) CPU: AMD XP 2800+ @ 2.1ghz
5) RAM: 1 GB DDR2 sdram Corsair PCR 3200
6) Soundcard : Motu Ultralight
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm 160gb SATA

I cannot believe my desktop is so close to my dual core. I don't think there is enough VST plugin's in this old v5 test to really stretch the ability of the dual core CPU's. Tho' the Core 2 Duo's are scoring incredibly low... Hats off Intel!!

gavscope · Post by **gavscope** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:50 am

LIVE 6 Demo: CPU 10-11%-Beefy!
Man I need some cash to get it!
Any generous sponsors?
Now I can feel comfortable flopping it out on the table!
anyway, the test seems a bit lacking for 6. I am just happy i have a pc i won't have to upgrade for ages. It goes above and beyond the call of duty for my needs. Also nice that i can just use it as a normal computer for downloading etc as well and not have to disable everything so it doesn't choke. And I'll never have to have the windows' Classic' look.I imagine the G5 single core imac i had would have gone about 60%- far more stable, macs, though; and much prettier to work with.
I paid less for this setup than what i sold the mac for. many teething problems though, many hours trying to get it set up right and resisting the urge to hoik it out the window! Seems fine now but still has some quirks. Now i hope to just enjoy making tunes. And spend more time with the family etc.....

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 16-19% by the way, this is on LIVE 5.2
2) Desktop: PC Motherbord- Gigabyte 965-s3
3) OS - Windows XP Home SP2
4) CPU: Intel E6600 Core2 Duo 2 x 2.4 ghz
5) RAM: 2 GB DDR2 ram G-Skill 800mhz
6) Soundcard : M-Audio Firewire Solo
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm 250gb SATA

I didn't disable my net connection or or anti virus etc.
I have installed ms hotfix for dualcore.
It's plenty good enough for me, i haven't got it to go past 30% in anything yet. I usually run 64 sample latency.

ctajikep · Post by **ctajikep** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:23 pm

Joost wrote:New bootcamped macbook with core2duo 2.0 and 1 gig ram

Tuned and optimized XP and only stereo in and out and all midiports activated

With 6.01

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 12-14%
2) Laptop : macbook
3) Operating System - Windows XP Prof. SP2

And in Mac OS X ?

veggieryan · Post by **veggieryan** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:25 am

ctajikep wrote:
Joost wrote:New bootcamped macbook with core2duo 2.0 and 1 gig ram

Tuned and optimized XP and only stereo in and out and all midiports activated

With 6.01

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 12-14%
2) Laptop : macbook
3) Operating System - Windows XP Prof. SP2
And in Mac OS X ?

this ought to be interesting!

Tarekith wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 19-20%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple MacBook Pro 15"
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel 2.16ghz C2D
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1 GB 667 SDRAM
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - MOTU Ultralte
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 5400rpm

zion15 wrote:live 6.01:

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 22-24%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple MacBook 13"
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel 2Ghz Core Duo
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 2 GB 667 SDRAM
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - MOTU Traveller
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200rpm

not too bad i guess.

am wrote:With 6.01

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 17-18%
2) Laptop/Desktop MacBookPro
3) Operating System osx4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed 2.33 GHz intel Core 2 Duo
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 2 GB MHz DDR2 sdram
6) Soundcard Motu Traveler
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed 5400 MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D

with built in soundcard meter is 18-19%

looks like windows xp is faster than osx by 5-10%... and vista is even faster by an additional 5-10%

that to me is very significant. at low latency the difference is even more drastic. when will apple loose that old kernel?

ctajikep · Post by **ctajikep** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:31 pm

veggieryan wrote: looks like windows xp is faster than osx by 5-10%... and vista is even faster by an additional 5-10%

that to me is very significant. at low latency the difference is even more drastic. when will apple loose that old kernel?

I need info about % of using proc. at MacBook Pro c2d processor in two OS, Mac OS X and Windows XP. Thats why i ask him. Someone have this info ? One computer, and two different OS.

By the way, who knows, with what latency works internal audio card in MacBook Pro. In windows and in Mac os X

Thanks for any help !

Sisao · Post by **Sisao** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:23 am

Anyone using Live 6 on an Powerbook G4???. I´m not sure yet about updating my Live version.Live 6 seems to be more CPU hungry thant Live 5, am i right?

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:26 am

hey kids, chat here:

AdamJay wrote: to discuss the test - see this thread:
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=334690

otherwise this thread turns into pages of mac vs pc vs mac banter

ctajikep · Post by **ctajikep** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:08 am

Tone Deft wrote: otherwise this thread turns into pages of mac vs pc vs mac banter

Man... i don't need holy war

just info... if you have problem with it... sorry

veggieryan · Post by **veggieryan** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:18 am

Tone Deft wrote:hey kids, chat here:
AdamJay wrote: to discuss the test - see this thread:
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=334690
otherwise this thread turns into pages of mac vs pc vs mac banter

shh! this is a forum! no discussing! especially if it makes apple computers look in any way inferior!

eddu · Post by **eddu** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:44 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 8% on LIVE 6.0.1
2) Desktop: PC Motherbord- Gigabyte 965-ds4
3) OS - Windows XP Home SP2
4) CPU: Intel E6400 Core2 Duo 2 x 2.1 ghz overclocked to 3.2
5) RAM: 2 GB DDR2 ram OCZ 800mhz
6) Soundcard : RME Multiface (same % with giga´s built-in)
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm 16MB 320gb SATA

cycle60 · Post by **cycle60** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:29 am

Live 6.0.1

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 21-24%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple MacBook Pro 15"
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel 2.0 ghz Core Duo
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 512 MB 667 SDRAM
6) Soundcard - Stock
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 5400rpm

eddu · Post by **eddu** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:04 am

eddu wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 8% on LIVE 6.0.1
2) Desktop: PC Motherbord- Gigabyte 965-ds4
3) OS - Windows XP Home SP2
4) CPU: Intel E6400 Core2 Duo 2 x 2.1 ghz overclocked to 3.2
5) RAM: 2 GB DDR2 ram OCZ 800mhz
6) Soundcard : RME Multiface (same % with giga´s built-in)
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm 16MB 320gb SATA

I hit 14% with no overclocking and 1MB RAM.

ruprecht · Post by **ruprecht** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:16 am

Live 6.0.3

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 8-9%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Mac Pro Desktop
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - 2 x 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 2 GB 667 DDR2 FB-DIMM
6) Soundcard - Stock
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 7200rpm[/code]

JuMe · Post by **JuMe** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:50 am

1) 29%
2) Laptop = Dell Latitude D820
3) Windows XP SP2
4) 2.0 Ghz CoruDuo
5) 2Gb / Speed unknown (533Mhz???)
6) Saffire -> Firewire -> PCMCIA
7) 7200RPM

Ran the test on version 6.0.3

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