LIVE FIVE PERFORMANCE TEST - results here

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:01 pm

The good thing about music is that it doesn't matter which platform you use. It's whatever works for you.

I for one just happen to like the simplicity and stability of Macs. When I first started using computers (a long time ago!), Macs WERE ridiculously overpriced, and I used PCs. My day job forced me into Macs and, in my opinion, they aren't that much more expensive than PCs any more, unless you're after raw power.

I hope the Macintels will be reasonably priced, or I may join you in the PC world!

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:42 pm

Now I ADMIT I feel a slight satisfaction at the leveling of the playing field, for sure. It is one step closer to making the dream accessible to those who aren't at such an economic advantage, and it validates their input.

I agree.

I have always been open minded about Mac... and when it came time to purchase my new laptop, I looked at the PowerBook first.... before deciding on a PC.

I found the sales people at the Apple store to be a HUGE turnoff. I explained to them what I needed the laptop for, and that I was considering both Apple and PC. I told them that if everything were equal, I would choose Mac... but rather than give a pleasant comparison between the two platforms... the sales people just went into violent attacks of PCs. In fact... the first girl I talked to laughed when I mentioned PCs.... and then yelled across the room to the other employee... "Hey... hahaa... this guy is thinking about a PC"

They used the following arguments:

1. Mac is twice as fast as a PC.... so you can't compare clock speed of the CPU. (I agreed with them that the RISC architecture is more efficient than a Pentium 4... but I then asked them about the other parts that make up computer performance.... ie, hard drive speed, RAM speed) They did not have answers for these questions.

2. They said the PowerBook has a higher resolution screen than any PC laptop. This is absolutely, 110% false.

3. They said PCs all crash, so you never want to use one in a live performance and get the "blue screen of death". That's a great argument.... except for the fact that I've been using PCs for 15+ years, and never once had a blue screen.... so this argument is wasted on me.

I know these people are just doing a job, and they're using the tactics the corporation teaches them to use.

The unfortunate reality is that Apple no longer holds that performane edge they use to.... so the arguments these sales people were making no longer hold water.

They did manage to irritate me, however.... with their violent attitude towards PCs. I merely wanted some technical information on the PowerBook explained to me to aid in my decision.

To draw a parallel... when I bought my new car back in November.... I went and test drove several different brands of cars. I told each sales person about the other cars I was comparing against. None of these sales people badmouthed the other brands... they simply talkd about their cars and the features/benefits. These are obviously good sales people, because they know that being inflammatory is not the way to win someone over.

But Apple has based its whole marketing campaign on negative advertising. They teach these sales people to badmouth PCs any chance they get... sometimes it works... but I think many times it does not. It did not work for me, that's for sure.

shredded · Post by **shredded** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:54 pm

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amo · Post by **amo** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:57 pm

sorry guys, but why not opening a 1000th thread on MAC vs PC and let that one for the test, as it would be much easier for users to compile info from it ?

Kind regards,
amo

shredded · Post by **shredded** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:05 am

Sorry, I deviated the thread, but the info is still there. Besides, I think the thread has made it's point and served it's purpose by now.

shredded · Post by **shredded** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:41 am

ALL TOGETHER NOW.....

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 66%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple Powerbook G4 12"
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 1.5ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1.25GB / DDR333
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - Stock Core Audio card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 5400rpm
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G4 1.5ghz 12" Powerbook OS 10.4.2
1.25 GB RAM

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 50%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple dual Powermac g5 1.8
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G5 2x 1.8ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 1.25GB / DDR
6) Soundcard - Stock Core Audio card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 7200rpm
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35% live cpu meter.

ThinkPad r40
1.5 gig centrino
512 megs of ram
winXP
Builtin sound card with ASIO4all drivers.
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1) 29%
2) IBM ThinkPad T42 (work computer)
3) Windows 2000, Service Pack 2
4) x86 Family 6 Model, Intel Pentium M 1.70ghz
5) 768 ram
6) Built-in soundcard
7) 5400 rpm
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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 58%
2) Make/Model: Apple Powerbook G4 15"
3) Operating System: OSX 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed: G4 1.67ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram: 1.5GB / DDR333
6) Soundcard: Stock Core Audio card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400rpm
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PB 15 1.67/128/1.5/80
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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 132%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple Imac G4 15"
3) Operating System - OSX 10.3.9
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 800mhz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 768mb / PC133
6) Soundcard - Stock Core Audio card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - Booting from External 7200rpm
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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 74%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple Powerbook G4 12"
3) Operating System - OSX 10.3.9
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 1.33ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 768MB / DDR333
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - Stock Core Audio card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 5400rpm

Or with a Maya 44 USB Audio interface - 72%
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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 37
2) del inspiron 9100
3) XP SP2
4) P4 3.2Ghz
5) 512Mo
6) ECHOINDIGO DJ
7) 7200 RPM
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Dell inspiron 9100 P4 3,2Ghz, 512 Mo RAM, XP SP2, Echoindigo dj, Firewire 410, UC33e
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) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 32
2) Custom built desktop
3) XP SP2 (32bit edition)
4) AMD64 3000+, native clock 1.8 over clocked to 2.25
5) 512mb DDR400 ram, Single chip so single channel
6) Maudio firewire audiophile
7) 7200 RPM, 8meg cache 80gig OEM hitachi HDD.
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1.20%
2.Alienware laptop 51m 7700
3.XP pro sp2
4.P4 570j @ 3.8
5.2 GB DDR2 @533
6.2x60GB @ 7200
7.Indigo i/o
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Live CPU meter: 69%
MacMini G4
OS X Tiger
G4 1.42ghz
512mb
Stock Soundcard
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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 65%
2) Make/Model: Apple Powerbook G4 17"
3) Operating System: OSX 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed: G4 1.67Ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram: 1.5GB / PC2700U-25330
6) Soundcard: Stock Core Audio card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400rpm
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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 27
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Toshiba Qosmio F10 Laptop
3) Operating System - WinXP MCE
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel Dothan 2 Ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1GB DDR333 PC2700
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - Stock Soundmax with Asio4all
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 5400 rpm 8 MB cache
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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)

1 - 32%

2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model

Custom Desktop

3) Operating System

WinXP Pro Sp1

4) CPU Make Model and Speed

Athlon 2700+ XP

5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know)

1.5 Gigs / 133 mhz (I think)

6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?)

Echo Layla24 PCI

7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)

one 120 gig PATA 7200 RPM 8MB CACHE for apps
one 300 gig SATA 7200 RPM 16 MB CACHE for samples/sample streaming
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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - Peak @ 27% - Avg. 25 %
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Desktop - Custom Built
3) Operating System - Win XP Pro SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - AMD Athlon 64 3400+ @ 2.40GHz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1024MB
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - M-Audio Firewire 410
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200rpm
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Ableton 5.01
Laptop / Desktop
Pentium 4 2.5M / AMD Athlon 64 3400+
Win XP Pro SP2 / Win XP Pro SP2
Firewire 410 /Firewire 410
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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - Peak @ 44% - Avg. 42 %
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - desktop - imac g5
3) Operating System - osx 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - 2ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1gb
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - built-in
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200rpm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 25-27%
2) Systemax Pursuit 4220
3) WinXPpro SP2
4) intel Pentium M 750 1.86Ghz 533fsb
5) 1Gb DDR333 PC2700
6) EMU 1616m pcmcia
7) 5400 60gb internal

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak) 48%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model iMac G5 1.8
3) Operating System Panther 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed G5 1.8
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) 1 gig
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) Core
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) 7200

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 40%

2) Laptop/Desktop? - eMachines T2615
3) Operating System - XP SP2

4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Athlon 2600 XP
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 1GB PC133

6) Soundcard - M-Audio 2496 PCI
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 7200 RPM

1) CPU meter Min 30% - Peak 33% (Avrg 32% though)

2)Laptop - Toshiba Satellite P20 17"wxga

3)Xp Pro (SP1)

4)3.2ghz HT 4 (i865) 800mhz FSB 512kb Cache (HT enabled)

5)Ram 2*512meg Corsair 333mhz PC2700 ram

6)Soundcard Echo Indigo DJ @ 24/44.1

7)Lacie D2 F/W drive 160gig 7200rpm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 25 -27 %
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model : ASUS 71V
3) Operating System : Windows XP Home
4) CPU Make Model and Speed : Pentium M 750 - 1.86 ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) : 1gig ddr2 533
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) : Realtek Stock
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) : 80 gig 5400 rpm 8m

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 123%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple Powerbook G4 12"
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 1ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 756Mb / DDR SDRAM Speed: PC2100U-25330
6) Soundcard m-audio 410
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200 8MB/ usb 2.0

) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 46% (seems to stay around 41-44% most of the time)
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple Powermac
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Dual 2.0g G5
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1GB
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - internal/Tascam fw1884

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 27 - 30%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Toshiba Satellite A50
3) Operating System - Win XP SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Centrino 1,6 ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 512 mb
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - internal (asio4all)

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 68-73%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple Powerbook
3) Operating System - Mac OSx 10.3.9
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 1,25 ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1 gb
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - build in

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 29 (peak)
2) Custom built desktop with Asus P4C800E motherboard
3) XP SP2 (32bit edition)
4) P4 2.8ghz
5) 1024mb DDR400 dual channel
6) RME Hammerfall PCI and Breakout box / Buffersize 128 (3 ms)
7) Internal Samsung SP2004C (SATA2)

Internal Maxtor 6Y120P0 (IDE)
9) External Maxtor 6Y120P0 (IDE) hooked on Firewire

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 36 (peak)
2) Dell inspiron 8600c
3) XP SP2
4) Pentium M/centrino 1,5ghz Dothan 2mb cache
5) 1024mb PC2700 Dane Elec
6) Echo Indigo I/O
7) Internal Hitachi 7K60 60 gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache

1) 32-37%
2) Compaq Presario R3230EA
3) XP SP2
4) Athlon64 3000 @ 1.8 GHz
5) RAM 768 MB
6) M-Audio FW410
7) internal 60 GB drive (probably @ 5400rpm)

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 92-96% plus peak at over 100% audio is slowing and i get clics buffer at 2024, otherwise it's worse, compensation on, if i turn it off things get a lot better
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model Apple PowerBook titanium
3) Operating System OS 10.3.9
4) CPU Make Model and Speed G4 1gigahertz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 1 giga PC133-333
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) Internal sound card
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed original HD 4200rpm Fujitsu MHS2060AT

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)

Jumping from 28%-50%, sometimes hitting 60%

2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model

Laptop - Sony Vaio A690

3) Operating System

Xp Pro

4) CPU Make Model and Speed

Centrino 1.89ghz

5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know)

1gig PC3200

6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?)

ASIO4ALL (testing this at work)

7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)

5400RPM
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Sony Vaio A690
17" Brightview
1.89 Centrino
1 Gig PC3200
100GB 5400RPM
300GB 7200RPM External
Tascam FW 1884 Mixer/Interface

CPU 58% to 65%
PB 15' 1.5Ghz
RAM 512
Internal sound card
OSX 10.3.7
Hard disc internal 60GB.5400rpm?

1) 34 % peak
2) Desktop
3) XP SP1
4) Athlon64 3000 @ 1.8 GHz
5) DDR400 dual channel RAM 1024 MB
6) St Audio Cport2000
7) 7200rpm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter? - 24-25%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Asus M6N Laptop
3) Operating System? - Windows XP Pro SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed? - 2.0Ghz Intel Centrino
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram? - 1Gb 333mHz
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - motu 828mk2 firewire
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed? - Hitachi 60Gb 7200RPM

and because i think it factors into how computers perform audio apps...

Video Card Make and Size? - ATI 9700 Mobile Radeon 64mb not shared

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter? - 44%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Desktop
3) Operating System? - OS X 10.4.2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed? - Dual 2Ghz G5
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram? - 2.5GB stock
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - built-in
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed? - 7200rpm

1) 61% peak
2) desktop
3) windows xp (SP2)
4) athlon TB1400C
5) 512MB DDR RAM CL2
6) Creative SB Audigy (kxProject drivers)
7) 7200 RPM 200gig WD or Hitachi

5% stable, peak 37%
Laptop: M-Tech D900T
Windows XP SP2
Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz HT (600 series) 2 MB cache
2048 RAM (Dual Channel DDR2 PC4200 533 MHz) (2 x 1024 chips)
M-Audio FireWire Audiophile
Dual hard drives: 80 gig x 2 = 160 gig SATA 5400 rpm (RAID 0 config)

Peak 81%
Desktop: Gateway
Windows XP SP2
Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz
1024 RAM
M-Audio Audiophile 2496
Dual hard drives: 80 gig x 2 = 160 gig 7200 rpm ATA100

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter? - 28%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Desktop
3) Operating System? - Windoze XP SP1
4) CPU Make Model and Speed? - AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Socket 754 overclocked to 2376 Mhz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram? - 1 GB DDR 400
6) Soundcard - M-Audio Delta 44
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed? - 7200rpm

CPU Meter :: 127% (Peak 134%)
Computer :: G4 Quicksilver Desktop
OS :: OS X 10.4.2
CPU :: 867MHz PowerPC G4
RAM :: 512 MB SDRAM
Sound Card :: Core Audio

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % : 36% peak
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model : Custom Built Desktop - Intel D865PERL
3) Operating System : Win XP1a w/Blackvipers Service Tweaks
4) CPU Make Model and Speed : Intel P4 2.6c
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram : 512Mb PC3200
6) Soundcard : Audiophile 24/96
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed : 120Gb internal SATA & 200Gb external Firewire

1) CPU Meter: 32% max
2) Apple G5 2.5 Ghz Dual
3) OSX Tiger 10.4.2
4) CPU: PPC G5 2.5 ghz
5) 2.5 GB PC3200 RAM
6) Soundcard : Hammerfall DSP Multiface
7) 160 GB SATA Internal

30%
HP Pavillion DV1340
Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel Pentium M 1.83
1gb
Onboard Audio Conexant AC-Link
4200 rpm

1) 25% peaks momentarily at 27%

2) Emachines m6811 Laptop

3) Windows XP SP2

4) 2.2GHz AMD Mobile Athlon 64 3400+

5) 512 MB 333 MHz DDR SDRAM

6) Stock soundcard

1) 65-82 %
2) Compaq 1720US laptop
3) Win XP SP2
4) 1 Ghz PIII
5) 512 Mo PC133
6) onboard
7) 5200 RPM

1. 40%
2. Desktop - Custom Build
3. Win XP Home SP2
4. Intel P4 2.8 Ghz
5. 2 GB DDR 400
6. PreSonus FirePod
7. 120GB 7200rpm sata

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 73
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model Gateway 450SX4 laptop
3) Operating System XP Pro
4) CPU Make Model and Speed Pentium 4 1.6
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) 256mb PC133
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) M-Audio FW 410
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) n/a

CPU Meter:65-72%
Laptop/Make/Model:Powerbook G4 15"
OS: OSX 10.3.9
CPU:G4 1.33 Ghz
RAM:512MB DDR SDRAM (Stock)
Soundcard:Built-In (for this test)
HD Speed:5400 rpm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 42-47%
2) Laptop/Desktop: Shuttle xpc ss51 Desktop
3) Operating System: Win XP Pro SP 2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed: Pentium 4, 2,4 GHz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram: 1GB DDR 200
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?): M-Audio Delta 66 PCI
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know): Maxtor 120 GB, 7200 rpm, 8MB

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 47
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model Sager 8887 laptop
3) Operating System Windows 2000 Pro
4) CPU Make Model and Speed Pentium 4 2.4
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) 1gig PC133
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) Echo Layla24 laptop
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) 7,200rpm

1) CPU meter 60%
2) Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop
3) OS-XPSP2
4)P4 1.8Ghz
5) 640 MB
6) Echo Indigo I/O
7) 5400 RPM

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 48-54%
2) Laptop Toshiba satellite 5200-701
3) Operating System-XP pro
4) CPU Make Model and Speed P4m 1,9MHz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 2x 256 DDR SDRam PC2100 @ 133MHz
6) Soundcard - stock yamaha XG lowest latency 70ms Sad

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 44%
2) Apple G5 Desktop
3) OSX Tiger 10.4.2
4) CPU; dual 1.8 ghz
5) Ram; 1.25 GB
6) Soundcard; Internal
7) Hard Disk; 7200 rpm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 43%
2) Apple G5 Desktop
3) OSX Tiger 10.4.2
4) CPU; dual 2.0 ghz
5) Ram; 2.5 GB
6) Soundcard; RME Multiface/PCI
7) Hard Disk; 7200 rpm SATA

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 35%
2) Laptop/Desktop - Custom Build Desktop
3) Operating System - WinXP sp2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Athlon XP 3000+ (2.17Ghz)
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 1G DDR 333
6) Soundcard - Maudio Delta 66 pci
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 7200 rpm audio only hard drive

1) 24%
2) Custom Built Workstation
3) Operating System - Win XP
4) P4 3,6 GHz Socket 468
5) 2 GB Dual Channel DDR
6) M-Audio Audiophile 2496
7) 7200 rpm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 36-39% Shocked Sad
2) Laptop- Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo D8830
3) Operating System - WinXP Home sp1
4) CPU Make Model and Speed -P4 3.06HT
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 2048 DDR 2700
6) Soundcard - Maudio 410Firewire
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - ??4200-5400??

1) CPU - 40%
2) Desktop - Shuttle XPC SN41G2
3) OS - Windows XP Home sp1
4) CPU info - AMD AthlonXP 2600+ (2.08 GHz)
5) RAM info - 512 MB PC2700 DDR333
6) Soundcard - M-Audio Audiophile 2496(pci) (M-Audio drivers v5.10)
7) HD - 7200 Maxtor 8MB

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 33%
2) Laptop- Sager8790
3) Operating System - WinXP Home sp1
4) CPU Make Model and Speed -P4 3.2 GHz H/T
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 1024 Mb DDR3200
6) Soundcard - Echo Indigo DJ
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 7200

Ableton Live CPU Meter 64-68%
1.5 gHz Powerbook G4 (15" Combo)
OSX.4.2
1 GIG DDR PC2700 RAM
MOTU Traveller
5400 RPM Internal

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 68 - 70%
2) Apple macmini
3) OS X 10.3.7
4) 1.25
5) 256MB
6) Built in Soundcard

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 51
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Cybercom
3) Operating System - XP home
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Athlon 2200+xp
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1GB / it's PC2100 ram
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - FW-410
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200rpm

1 - 34% peak (32% avg - 29% min)
2 - Laptop Acer TravelMate 6000
3 - WinXP SP2
4 - Pentium M 735 @ 1.7 GHz
5 - 512MB DDR333
6 - EMI 2|6 USB
7 - ?

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter %35
2) Dell Latitude D505
3) Windows Server 2003
4) Intel Penium M 1.6Ghz
5) 512 Megs
6) Echo Indigo
7) 4800 RPM

1) CPU Meter %45
2) ShuttleX
3) Windows XP Pro
4) Intel P4 3.2Ghz
5) 1G
6) M-Audio FW410
7) 7200 sata

1) CPU Meter % in the high 30's, with a periodic peak at 64
2) HP zv6170 laptop
3) Windows XP Pro
4) Athlon 64 3800+
5) 1G
6) Novation x-station USB external
7) 7200 RPM USB external

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 40%
2) iMac 2Ghz 20"
3) Tiger
4) G5 2Ghz
5) 512 MB RAM
6) Core Audio built in
7) 250 Gb SATA @ 7200rpm

1. peak at 156% / average at 143%
2. ibook g3 12"
3. 10.4 tiger
4. g3 700 mhz
5. 640mb ram
6. built-in audio
7. 20gb 4200rpm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter %35
2) NO Name PC Desktop
3) Windows XP PRO
4) AMD Sempron 3000+ (S754)
5) 512 Megs PC400
6) Sound No Name on Board
7) 7200 RPM

1 ) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 18% (peaks on 20%)
2 ) VooDooPC M Class - Envy M860
3 ) Windows XP Pro SP1
4 ) AMD Athlon 64 3400+ DTR
5 ) 1GB DDR 333MHz
6 ) Mbox
7 ) 7200rpm Hatachi 60GB

1) 29 - 33 %
2) IBM R51 laptop
3) Win XP SP2
4) Centrino 1,5 Ghz
5) 1,5 Go DDR PC2700
6) Onboard soundcard - latency 12 ms
7) Not sure.... 4200 I think

shredded · Post by **shredded** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:05 pm

found this on cubase.net, in case anyone cares, useful.

http://www.informationarchitecture.it/c ... rmancePlay

shredded · Post by **shredded** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:09 pm

when going for centrino's, the new chipsets are Sonoma, which end in 0's (i.e. pentium M 730, 740, etc.) the older less powerful models of PM end in 5's (i.e. PM 735, 745, etc.) Sonoma's are said to be much more powerful with utilization of DDR2 memory and larger front side bus.

QUAZAR · Post by **QUAZAR** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:07 am

Hi all
Little late, sorry, but I suppose this confirms all the previous tests:

1 CPU 32%
2 Acer Aspire 1610 laptop
3 XP home sp 2
4 Pentium ®4 3.06 G
5 1GB RAM
6 RME Fireface 800 firewire
7 7200 rpm

DustCookie · Post by **DustCookie** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:42 am

It's too bad Live 5 is so unstable on my system still...or I'd use it more...still stuck in live 4, and still lovin it...

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (39)
2) Custom
3) XP sp2 2002
4) Athlon 64 3000+ (venice)
5) 1GB / DDR400-dual channel
6) Presonus Firepod
7) 7200rpm

I said "still" 4 times...wow
DC

equaliser · Post by **equaliser** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:18 pm

Sorry I'm late with this, but I just got a brand new 12" ibook for general stuff, so I thought I'd try the performance test. It pretty much tallies with the earlier 12" 1.33ghz powerbook.

1) peaking at 76%
2) Apple iBook
3) Mac OSX 10.4
4) G4 1.33ghz
5) 512mb
6) internal stock core audio
7) 4200rpm (60gb)

treysmith · Post by **treysmith** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:02 pm

treysmith wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)
Jumping from 28%-50%, sometimes hitting 60%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model
Laptop - Sony Vaio A690
3) Operating System
Xp Pro
4) CPU Make Model and Speed
Centrino 1.89ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know)
1gig PC3200
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?)
ASIO4ALL (testing this at work)
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)
5400RPM

At a steady 24... didn't have my power management set to always on

detroitechno · Post by **detroitechno** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:38 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 29-31 (32 peak)
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model- Laptop MSI 630 (custom built)
3) Operating System - Microsoft Vista x64 (beta 1)
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - 35W low power Athlon 64 3000+
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 1GB DDR400 (running at 333 w/no page file)
6) Soundcard - Stock
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 5400rpm 80GB

Macrostructure · Post by **Macrostructure** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:39 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 27%
2) Laptop Sony B3XP
3) Operating System Win XP SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed Pentium M745 1.8Ghz 400MHz FSB
5) Amount of Ram 1024Mb, 333MHz, DDR 2700 SDRAM
6) Soundcard M-Audio FW-Audiophile
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed Unknown

Full specs at:

http://vaio.sony-europe.com/PageView.do ... alFeatures

andrewlogan · Post by **andrewlogan** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:44 pm

Mr. Computer Dude wrote:DJRetard, please leave the Ableton forum.

I thought this was supposed to be clever, but his username actually is DJRetard....WOW.

LIVE FIVE PERFORMANCE TEST - results here

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