LIVE 6 & 7 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

[superistic]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 19%
2) Desktop: Custom Built PC
3) Operating System: WinXP SP2
4) Ableton Live version: Live 7.0.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel Quad Core X9650 3.00ghz
6) Amount of Ram: 4GB
7) Soundcard: MOTU Ultralite, driver 3.6.7.4
8] Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

Updated my PC

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 22%
2) Desktop: Custom Built PC
3) Operating System: Windows 7 64bit
4) Ableton Live version: Live 7.0.18
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel i7 870 2.93ghz
6) Amount of Ram: 6GB
7) Soundcard: MOTU Ultralite, driver 3.7.39083
8] Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

Interestingly slower...

[Lumix]

HP Pavilion dv7 1122-eg
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 90% High Performance - really stable without crackles
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Laptop
3) Operating System: Win7 x64
4) Ableton Live version: Live 7.0.18(Trial)
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: AMD QL62(Lion)
6) Amount of Ram: 4GB
7) Soundcard: IDT HD Audio Interface
8] Hard Disk Drive Speed: 3600 RPM - 5400 RPM! dont know HP isnt telling that!
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

i use the ASIO4all 2.9 for both 47ms!

Normally i use FL Studio for Audio Production! will test Live - maybe i'll switch!

[re.mark]

Finally got round to doing this, getting a new HD for the macbook this week so interested to compare results.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 49%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Macbook
3) Operating System: OS X 10.5.8
4) Ableton Live version: Live 7[.0.16]
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
6) Amount of Ram: 4Gb 667MHz DDR2
7) Soundcard: Native Instruments AK1
8] Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

[Rave]

Updated my PC

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 22%
2) Desktop: Custom Built PC
3) Operating System: Windows 7 64bit
4) Ableton Live version: Live 7.0.18
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel i7 870 2.93ghz
6) Amount of Ram: 6GB
7) Soundcard: MOTU Ultralite, driver 3.7.39083
8] Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

Interestingly slower...

Could it be down to the 64 bit operation?

[friend_kami]

aight, so i just tried this and.. well..

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 49%
2) Desktop: Custom Built
3: Operating System: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 (hackingtosh, yes. retail though.)
4) Ableton Live version: Live 8.1.5b2
5) CPU Make, Model and Speed: Intel core 2 duo, 3.2ghz, 1 processor with 2mb cache per core.
6) Amount of RAM: 4gb.
7) Soundcard: Zoom R16 (tested), M-audio audiophile 2496 (also tested with slightly higher results).
Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm.
9) Number of playback tracks? 2 tracks -.-

now, i know some of you are gonna jump at me and blame it on the fact that im using a hackintosh, but consider this then: it was working perfectly some time ago, using the very same hackintosh. some of you might even jump at me that its because of snow leopard, but was working perfectly too. infact, this started happening upon updating to 8.1.4+ and the betas, using the very same hardware with the same operating system and the same kexts running the exact same things. each update has been running slightly higher on the cpu then the former one.
interesting, no? -.-

oh and yeah, playing back more then two is giving me horrible crackles. everything is up to date too.

[LukeLSB]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 16%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: PC Custome Antec p183
3) Operating System: Windows 7
4) Ableton Live version: Live 8.
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel i7 950 (no overclocking)
6) Amount of Ram: 6GB Corsair 1333
7) Soundcard: Onbaord atm (will test my MOTU 828 mk1 when i have it hooked in later)
8] Hard Disk Drive Speed: 64gb SSD
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

Just built this today, pretty happy with the results, be interested to see what difference the MOTU makes

[Tarekith]

Guys, if you're using Live 8 you might want to post the results here instead:

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php? ... mance+test

This thread is only for Live 7 and Live 6. Thanks!

[aukleive]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak) 49%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? MacbookPro 5,5, fall 2009
3) Operating System? 10.6.6
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.53 ghz intel core 2 duo
6) Amount of Ram? 4gb
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? internal
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? apple ssd
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[channelite]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % The meter peaked at 25% with eight tracks when I first pressed play, but then went to 17% there after.

2) Laptop/Desktop? ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

3) Operating System? Windows 7 64 bit

4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.1

5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGIBOX

6) Amount of Ram? 4gb

7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Motu 828 mk3, driver version 4.0.4.2114, SIIG firewire card

Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVDS 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal AV Hard Drive -Bare Drive

9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[detroitechno]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 28%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: MacBook Pro 13"
3) Operating System: 10.6.7
4) Ableton Live version: 8.2.2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel Core i5 2.3GHz
6) Amount of Ram: 4GB
7) Soundcard: Fireface 400 v2.91
Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks: 8

[WFWS]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 16%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Desktop, Asus Sabertooth p67
3) Operating System? Windows 7 64 bit
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2 fresh install
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? i7 Quadcore 3.4ghz, Sandybridge 2600K
6) Amount of Ram? 8gb @ 1866mhz
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Presonus Firepod v. 5.13
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 tracks

New machine from CPU Solutions.

[rcpunker]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 16%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Desktop, Asus Sabertooth p67
3) Operating System? Windows 7 64 bit
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2 fresh install
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? i7 Quadcore 3.4ghz, Sandybridge 2600K
6) Amount of Ram? 8gb @ 1866mhz
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Presonus Firepod v. 5.13
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 tracks

New machine from CPU Solutions.

Is your results from LIVE 8 ??? If so, there is another THREAD just for LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST out there. This one is for 6 & 7.

[hardshell]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 110%
2) Laptop/Desktop? MacBook Pro 17" 2.6ghz core duo (2007)
3) Operating System? OS X 10.5.8
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.2 fresh install
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.6ghz intel core duo
6) Amount of Ram? 4gig 667mhz DDR2 SDRAM (Kingston)
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME FireFace 400 - Driver 2.75 - Kernal v2.75 - unit #11F37813 v1.70
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 tracks

x 8 = 110%
x 6 = 90%
x 4 = 75%
x 2 = 58%

Unusable.

[ticcthesoulrebel]

Cpu %17
Macbook pro 2.2 quad 2011
4 gb ram
5400rpm 750gb
mac osx10.6.8
ableton 8.2.2
playback 8 tracks

[Rave]

Haha rthis is a live 6-7 thread