LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

[rasaban]

Just got a new Windows 7 box Best Buy $676 USD


1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 32%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? HP desktop
3) Operating System? Windows 7 home edition 64bit
4) Ableton Live version? 8.0.4
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? AMD Phenom II x4 810 2.60Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 8 Gbs DDR3
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? T.C. electronics Konnekt 6 Beta 64 drivers
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8


Music is love ... is beauty... is life .....is the groove...is understanding !

[loquat]

Just got a new Windows 7 box Best Buy $676 USD


1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 32%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? HP desktop
3) Operating System? Windows 7 home edition 64bit
4) Ableton Live version? 8.0.4
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? AMD Phenom II x4 810 2.60Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 8 Gbs DDR3
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? T.C. electronics Konnekt 6 Beta 64 drivers
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8


Music is love ... is beauty... is life .....is the groove...is understanding !

That's a pretty good deal at Best Buy. You're CPU meter results are good too. I want to see how fast the AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black at 3.4 or above runs now. I might actual switch back to AMD.

[KrisM]

1) 49-50%
2) 13.3" Macbook unibody
3) OS X 10.6.1
4) 8.0.9
5) 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo
6) 2GB RAM
7) Core Audio macbook
5400RPM
9) 8

[nlev]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 53%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Dell Vostro 1400 Laptop
3) Operating System? Windows XP Pro SP3
4) Ableton Live version? 8.0.9
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Core2Duo T7250 2ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 3 Gbs DDR2
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Focusrite Saffire LE
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[Katmat]

can someone plot a ram against cpu graph?

[photonal]

1 ) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 37
2 ) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - iMac 21.5-inch
3 ) Operating System? - Snow Leopard 10.6.2
4 ) Ableton Live version? Live 7.0.18
5 ) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 Ghz
6 ) Amount of Ram? - 4GB 1067Mhz
7 ) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - Built-in
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 S-ATA
9 ) Number of playback tracks? 8

[Mammoth Road]

Here are some test results from my HP Envy 15 Moble i7 Laptop.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 28%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? HP Envy 15 Laptop
3) Operating System? Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
4) Ableton Live version? 8.0.9
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel i7-720qm 1.60Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 6 Gbs 1333 DDR3
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Built-in IDT, ASIO4ALL
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Seems to run as well as the Q6600 (non-overclocked) desktop it is replacing. The hard disk it came with seems to handle the intense Ableton libraries well, with minimal dropouts and quick loads.

[davepermen]

1) 46%
2) hp 2730p (tablet laptop convertible)
3) Windows 7
4) 8.0.9
5) Core 2 Duo Low Voltage, 1.6ghz
6) 3gb
7) the internal one right now, don't know details of it.
Intel SSD Gen 1, 160gb. pretty fast..
9) 8

[atlatnesiti]

Anyone with iMac Quad here (i5 & i7) care to post their results..?

[ethios4]

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter % 17%
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Custom desktop PC
3. Operating System? Windows 7 32-bit
4. Ableton Live version? 8.0.9
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel i7 920 2.66 GHz
6. Amount of Ram? 4 GB (only 3 GB recognized)
7. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Presonus Firebox
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9. Number of playback tracks? 8

Had to set buffer to 528 samples because Firebox doesn't let you set it in samples....only latency ms.

Meter dropped from 19% with XP (Live 8.0.4)to 17% with Windows 7 (Live 8.0.9)

[tezz]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 50 %
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model : iMac alu 20''
3) Operating System : 10.5.8
4) Ableton Live version : 8.0.9 ( demo)
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed : 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6) Amount of Ram : 3 GB
7) Soundcard: Internal
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 (internal)
9) Number of playback tracks : 8

[luzil]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 52 %
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model : Thinkpad T61
3) Operating System : XP SP3
4) Ableton Live version : 8.0.8
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed : 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6) Amount of Ram : 3 GB
7) Soundcard: Internal
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 (internal)
9) Number of playback tracks : 8

[atlatnesiti]

Just received my brand new i7 iMac - Monday 23/11/2009 and here are the results:

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter 16 %
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? iMac i7
3. Operating System? OS X.6.2
4. Ableton Live version? 8.0.9
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel i7 2.8 GHz
6. Amount of Ram? 8 GB
7. Soundcard Built in
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
9. Number of playback tracks? ALL

[Rave]

Just received my brand new i7 iMac - Monday 23/11/2009 and here are the results:

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter 16 %
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? iMac i7
3. Operating System? OS X.6.2
4. Ableton Live version? 8.0.9
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel i7 2.8 GHz
6. Amount of Ram? 8 GB
7. Soundcard Built in
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
9. Number of playback tracks? ALL

Excellent. This confirms what my next machine is when I plan to upgrade. Thanks for posting.

[#1thelark]

Need a hint for a low-budget graphics card without a fan... which card would you recommend?
I read that Nvidia may cause audio glitches? So according to that I should avoid Nvidia and go for AMD? How 'bout GPU and VRAM speed, does it matter at all if I'm only using Live and no games at all?

Cheers

#1thelark