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BenjaminGolinvaux wrote:hi Spacerboy

do you need more info than motherboard, cpu, RAM & hard disks ?

exactly. i´m going to buy a new desktop soon and so it would be very cool to know about this.

hey guys-

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

otherwise this thread, as a resource to check specs gets loaded with pages and pages of mac vs. pc or people talking computers on and on, know what I mean?

Thanks.

Live 6.0.5

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 8% @ 128 samples
2) Make/Model - Asus P5W DH Deluxe
3) Operating System - win xp sp2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Core 2 Duo E6700 - Cores oc'd to 3.2ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 2 GB Corsair PC2 6400 800Mhz
6) Soundcard - Echo Layla 24 (ASIO)
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - Multiple Sata 3gb/s

Live 6.0.5

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 55% @ 128 samples
2) Make/Model - Apple 17" Powerbook
3) Operating System - OSX 10.48
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - G4 1.67
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 1 GB DDR SDRAM PC2700U-25330
6) Soundcard - Presonus Firebox
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 5400

Live 6.0.3

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 30% @ 64 samples 4.9 ms in/out latency
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 29% @ 512 sample 25.2 ms in/out latency
2) Make/Model - HP-Compaq NX7010 Notebook
3) Operating System - XPSP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel Centrino 1.7ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 512 MB Stock
6) Soundcard - Indigo I/O
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 4200rpm

Tweaked XP with tuning tips from MusicXp.Net

Use PCI Latency Tool v3.0 to reduce bus latency of graphics and sound devices

Because the NX7010 has an ENE CB1410 Cardbus Controller, the Indigo I/O requires an ENE utility available from Echo set to 'TLT Enable' to function properly

Macbook 2.1
667 bus
2g
core2duo

21%

Good enough For me.

Live 6.0.1

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 36% (PEAK = 28%Lowest/41% Highest)
2) Make/Model - Custom build Asrock Dual VSTA
3) Operating System - Windows XP Pro
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - P4 3.2 ht
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 2gigs DDR2 533mhz
6) Soundcard - realtek onboard / M-Audio 1010 (for production) / Creative USB (for stereo)
7) Hard Disk 160GB Drive Speed - 7600rpm SATA
30Gig usb 2.0

I cant wait till my E6600, new board and my other ram gets here i will install vista so i can give you some more tests (because of the more than 3 gigs of ram thing) its crazy my new motherboard can accept 16gigs of ram...i wish i was that loaded

Live 6.0.5

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 10% most of the time (PEAK = 12%Lowest/9% Highest)
2) Make/Model - Custom build Asus sli board
3) Operating System - Windows XP Pro
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Core2Duo e6600 2.4ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 2gigs DDR2 533mhz
6) Soundcard - realtek onboard(only used for monitor when live) / M-Audio 1010 (for production) / Creative USB (for stereo)
7) Hard Disk 160GB Drive Speed - 7600rpm SATA
30Gig usb 2.0

1) 14-15%
2) dimotion light E42
3) Windows XP SP2
4) Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 / 2 x 1,86GHz
5) 1GB DDR2-533
6) Asio4all (512samples)
7) 250GB 7200rpm SATA

not bad this machine, it was about €750.

1) 13-14%
2) inspiron 9400
3) Windows XP SP2
4) Intel Core Duo T2500 / 2 x 2,0GHz
5) 2GB DDR2-533
6) Asio4all (512samples)
7) 100GB 7200rpm SATA

running: 6.0.5

1) 22-24 %
2) Self composed PC
3) Windows XP Pro
4) AMD Athlon64 3800+ 2,4 Ghz slightly overclocked
5) 1 GB Geil PC3200 CL2 RAM
6) M-audio delta 44 PCI
7) WD raptor 10 000 RPM

1) 16-17%
2) Macbook pro 15"
3) OSX 10.4.8
4) 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
5) 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
6) original MBOX (USB)
7) System Drive
Live Version: 6.0.5


1) 24-26%
2) Powermac
3) OSX 10.3.9
4) 2.5GHz DP G5
5) 1.5GB 400 MHz PC3200 DDR SDRAM
6) original MBOX (USB)
7) System Drive
Live Version: 6.0.3 - upgraded to 6.0.5 - no difference.

Wow - the laptop is faster than I thought ... or is it the OS ???
The faster memory probably helps.

1) 16-17%
2) iMac 20"
3) OSX 10.4.8
4) 2.0 GHZ Intel Core Duo
5) 1.5 GB RAM
6) M-Audio Firewire Audiophile o shit
7) System HD
Live 6.0.3


so where is the live 6 performance test

since this has been a solid benchmark for about two years, I think we should keep this test, at least until most CPUs are coming in at around 5-10%. The mark of any good benchmark is that the baseline doesn't move too often.

interesting that "monarkeys" (just 2 entries above) has the same results with a 2.33 GHz Mac (according to the speed he should get 14-15% or so)...

dango wrote:1) 16-17%
2) iMac 20"
3) OSX 10.4.8
4) 2.0 GHZ Intel Core Duo
5) 1.5 GB RAM
6) M-Audio Firewire Audiophile o shit
7) System HD
Live 6.0.3


so where is the live 6 performance test

Live 6.05

1) 21-23% @ 512 samples. 27-30% @ 128 samples.
2) Apple Blackbook 13"
3) OSX 10.4.6
4) 2.0 ghz core duo
5) 1gb RAM (2x512)
6) built in soundcard
7) 5400 rpm ST98823AS system drive

I've a bit of experience buying refurbs and I think this one was brand spankers, no cosmetic or system issues at all.Fantastic deal for £699.
I'll post update when I've installed drivers for my Firewire 410 and upgraded the RAM to 2gb and the HD to 7200rpm.

nebulae wrote:since this has been a solid benchmark for about two years, I think we should keep this test, at least until most CPUs are coming in at around 5-10%. The mark of any good benchmark is that the baseline doesn't move too often.

I agree but im sure when mac pros come out with 2xquadcores...or oct core chips come out this test will be completly pointless

I cant wait, apparently....intel are aiming for 32 cores on one die by 2012 ....that is somewhat unbelivable but i remember thinking i would never own a computer powerful enough for the music i aspire to make....with multithreading its pretty much there:D

Peace & Hugs

Brian