LIVE FIVE PERFORMANCE TEST - results here

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:44 am

CPU usage - 37% peak
Computer - Laptop - Medion MD 42100
CPU - Pentium M Centrino 1.5 ghz
OS - Windows XP SP2
RAM - 512 megs
Soundcard - Stock
Hard disk drive speed - 4200 RPM

JoePsychle · Post by **JoePsychle** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:06 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % = -71-77%
2) Laptop= Apple Powerbook Aluminum
3) Osx 10.3.9
4) G4 1.25ghz 167MHz Bus
5) 512MB DDR SDRAM PC2700U-25330
6) Apple Core Audio(built in)
7) 80GB Toshiba (stock) 5400 RPM (I belive)

this test was performed on a freshly formatted hd with only Live 5 and Serato Scratch Live installed.

(sigh)

-Joe

commuter · Post by **commuter** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:49 pm

ok,
This is my brand new Imac G5:

1. (using 5.03) CPU Meter = 45% ( 50% with M-audio firewire solo)
2. Imac G5 Isight 17" 1,9ghz
3. Mac OSX tiger 10.4.3
4. G5 1,9 ghz
5. 1.5 GB Ram
6. Built in and M-audio Firewire Solo
7. Sata 7200 RPM 160gb Hard Drive

I'm happy..
It's a beautiful machine..
i used to own a rev A Imac and it was very noisy..
This one is a lot better.

unusable · Post by **unusable** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:38 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 2- 24%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - ASUS Z70VA
3) Operating System - winxp
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Centrino 2.0ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 2G 533Mhz
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - Focusrite Saffire
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200

much better that what I was dealing with before, that's for sure

difference · Post by **difference** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:52 pm

Ran the test on my machine although there were a few parts in the instructions I couldn't follow to the letter (possibly already covered elsewhere in the thread, I've not read it all):

Audio - Input Audio Device > "No Input" - no such option, I did disable the inputs in the input config though.
Audio - Output Buffer Latency > "512 Samples" - The prefs in live just tells me the input and output latency in ms and can't be changed. The DMA buffer setting on my soundcard's control panel was on 512 Samples though.

Results:

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 38% peak (wobbled between 34&38)
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Desktop, Dell Dimension 8300
3) Operating System: XP SP1
4) CPU Make Model and Speed: Intel p4 2.6Ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know): 1Gb DDR400
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?): M-Audio Delta 1010LT (PCI)
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know): 7200RPM

No glitches or disk overload. Have had a flick through a few other people's results and I'm quite pleased with that!

@meatfestival - your results are (literally) incredible. Are you sure you ran that test right? What drivers are you using / latency setting? (cos it aint 512 samples on that AC97, I'm sure!)

meatfestival · Post by **meatfestival** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:09 am

difference wrote: @meatfestival - your results are (literally) incredible. Are you sure you ran that test right? What drivers are you using / latency setting? (cos it aint 512 samples on that AC97, I'm sure!)

Just tested again. Looks like "delay compensation" wasn't enabled. I distinctly remember checking it before I tested the first time, but somehow it was off. The real figure should actually be 39%, so basically the same as a 2.6GHz Pentium 4. Oh well!

difference · Post by **difference** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:07 pm

meatfestival wrote:
difference wrote: @meatfestival - your results are (literally) incredible. Are you sure you ran that test right? What drivers are you using / latency setting? (cos it aint 512 samples on that AC97, I'm sure!)
Just tested again. Looks like "delay compensation" wasn't enabled. I distinctly remember checking it before I tested the first time, but somehow it was off. The real figure should actually be 39%, so basically the same as a 2.6GHz Pentium 4. Oh well!

meatfestival · Post by **meatfestival** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:15 pm

difference wrote: What drivers are you using / latency setting? (cos it aint 512 samples on that AC97, I'm sure!)

drivers - just whatever ones were installed with the machine.
latency - 512, as per 1st page of thread

Spacerboy · Post by **Spacerboy** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:45 am

CPU usage - 26% peak
Computer - Laptop - Dell Inspiron 9400
CPU - Intel ® Core™ Duo Processor T2600 2.16 ghz
OS - Windows XP SP2
RAM - 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Soundcard - FireFace 800 (2ms latency, 96kHz/24bit)
Hard disk drive speed - 7200 RPM (SATA)

meatfestival · Post by **meatfestival** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:37 pm

Spacerboy wrote:CPU usage - 10% peak

wtf

Strauzzie · Post by **Strauzzie** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:50 pm

Spacerboy wrote:CPU usage - 10% peak
Computer - Laptop - Dell Inspiron 9400
CPU - Intel ® Core™ Duo Processor T2600 2.16 ghz
OS - Windows XP SP2
RAM - 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Soundcard - FireFace 800 (2ms latency, 96kHz/24bit)
Hard disk drive speed - 7200 RPM (SATA)

wow. is this foreal? can we get some screenshottage?

I'm only seeing the T2500 chips on Dell's site (dual 2.0 Ghz)

Spacerboy · Post by **Spacerboy** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:57 pm

Strauzzie wrote:
Spacerboy wrote:CPU usage - 10% peak
Computer - Laptop - Dell Inspiron 9400
CPU - Intel ® Core™ Duo Processor T2600 2.16 ghz
OS - Windows XP SP2
RAM - 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Soundcard - FireFace 800 (2ms latency, 96kHz/24bit)
Hard disk drive speed - 7200 RPM (SATA)
wow. is this foreal? can we get some screenshottage?

I'm only seeing the T2500 chips on Dell's site (dual 2.0 Ghz)

yes. but i have a direct connection to dell.

disco-pig · Post by **disco-pig** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:12 pm

Here I go:

1) 23%
2) Pointer Systems M570A = same as the Clevo made M570A
3) Win XP pro
4) Pentium M 2.0 Ghz 533 Mhz FSB
5) 1Gb DDR II 533 Mhz
6) RME Multiface II via Cardbus
7) 5400 RPM S-ATA

While tweaking XP's power settings for optimal performance, I noticed that if you put off all powersaving processes and choose for maximum performance -like you can do with SpeedswitchXP-, there is much better performance when using the lap with the power adapter -AC-, than working only on batteries -DC-. Working on DC results in a much more unstable and less powerfull behavior of the CPU, even with the same settings as with working on AC. While at first my results were very poor and this lap couldn't get close to the performance of my pIV 2.8 Ghz 800FSB-2Gb DDR-7200RPM-RME HDSP 9632 system, now it has beaten the CPU specs of my PIV!

I runned 3 different tests on both systems -tweaked in the same manner with similar soundcards and same buffer size:

PIV 2.8 = 32% <--> PM 2.0 Ghz = 20%
PIV 2.8 = 35% <--> PM 2.0 Ghz = 23%
PIV 2.8 = 70% <--> PM 2.0 Ghz = 49% *

* Here my PIV failed to play the audio whell, dropouts and glitches, out of sync etc... while PM still did the job whell!

Hope this gives a good idea of PM's capabilities

simart · Post by **simart** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:22 pm

1) 36%
2) MSI MBOX K8MM-V AMD Socket 754 AMD (cheap $70 barebones)
3) Windows XP
4) 1.8Ghz AMD Mobile Athlon 64 3000+ (DTR) ClawHammer 800MHz FSB Socket 754
5) 2Gb G.SKILL Value SDRAM DDR 400
6) Stock Integrated Soundcard (it says Vinyl AC97 in control panel)
7) 7200 rpm

Running demo version of Live. Not bad for a cheap computer.

ze2be · Post by **ze2be** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:15 pm

Spacerboy wrote:
Strauzzie wrote:
Spacerboy wrote:CPU usage - 10% peak
Computer - Laptop - Dell Inspiron 9400
CPU - Intel ® Core™ Duo Processor T2600 2.16 ghz
OS - Windows XP SP2
RAM - 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Soundcard - FireFace 800 (2ms latency, 96kHz/24bit)
Hard disk drive speed - 7200 RPM (SATA)
wow. is this foreal? can we get some screenshottage?

I'm only seeing the T2500 chips on Dell's site (dual 2.0 Ghz)
yes. but i have a direct connection to dell.

That is incredible... Not shure if I belive its right... More then twice as effective as the 2ghz Pentium M centrino??? Can someone confirm this is right?

LIVE FIVE PERFORMANCE TEST - results here

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