Logic Pro Multicore Benchmarktest !

[acidrulez]

Originally Posted by kitaro

2012 macbook pro, 2.6 GHz, 8 Gb RAM
Logic Pro 9.1.7 under OS X 10.7
buffer size = 256, internal sound
HDD 7200rpm

track count = 91

it cycles through 90 reliably.

to compare to my old macbook pro 2.8ghz 2duo core ,4 gb osx 10.6 (2009)

23 tracks

What about CPU heat and Fan? I bought a Mac Book Retina 2.6 GHz. But after 5 min running the test the Fan was very loud and the track count goes down. I send it back to Apple. Was it only a faulty Retina Book ?

[phas3d]

Could be. But remember it is a laptop. And even though laptops now are blazing fast they can't hold up working at full power like Mac Pros as an example. The tight space on those laptops is great for portability but severely prevents effective cooling if you push the computer hard for a while.
Don't forget that this test is supposed to show you your computer limits.

[carlosedp]

Early 2011 MBP, i5 2.3 GHz, 8 Gb RAM
Logic Pro 9.1.7 under Mountain Lion
Buffer size = 256, internal sound
Hyperthread enabled (4 threads in logic)

track count = 30

With automatic threads, it detects 2 and I get 22 tracks.

[borg64]

Apart from the increase in included RAM, the 2010 and the 2012 6-Core 3.33 GHz Mac Pros are identical, right?

Anyone tested the 2.4 GHz 12-core of the current Mac Pro lineup yet? Maybe compared it with the 6-Core model mentioned above?

Sven

[matt thomas]

has anyone done the test to compare lion and mountain lion on the same machine?

matt

[blackfinder]

hello, any feedback on latest iMac i7 running MNT LION 10.8.1 ?
i'm interested to know how it will be loud/hot when maxed out with this test.

[Dysanfel]

Logic 9.1.7 64bit mode

2012 Retina MBP - OSX 10.8.1
256GB SSD
16GB RAM = 84 tracks @ 64 buffer w/ internal sound.

The temperature does rise, but the fans are not louder than the background noise in my kitchen.

[Teemeister]

Originally Posted by Dysanfel

Logic 9.1.7 64bit mode

2012 Retina MBP - OSX 10.8.1
256GB SSD
16GB RAM = 84 tracks @ 64 buffer w/ internal sound.

The temperature does rise, but the fans are not louder than the background noise in my kitchen.

2.3, 2.6 or 2.7 GHz?

Firechild: could you update the bar graph with data from 2012 please

[comradelife]

Logic Pro 9.1.7 (64-bit)

OSX 10.8.1
rMBP
256 Gig SSD (Samsung)
16 Gigs RAM
2.6 GHz i7

98 tracks at 1024 buffer, internal sound

I am a total noob to logic (or mixing for that matter) so if I could do something to make that number go up, please tell me

[comradelife]

I didn't see the buffer rule so I tried it again and got 100 @ 512. !!!

[dergit]

Originally Posted by matt thomas

has anyone done the test to compare lion and mountain lion on the same machine?

matt

No, but Logic has become borderline unusable since I clean-installed Mountain Lion.

2009 MacBook Pro with Intel C2D 2.66GHz, 8GB, 128GB SSD, Buffer 1024, Metric Halo MIO 2882 2d +DSP.

22 Tracks.

[madgansound]

Originally Posted by comradelife

Logic Pro 9.1.7 (64-bit)

OSX 10.8.1
rMBP
256 Gig SSD (Samsung)
16 Gigs RAM
2.6 GHz i7

98 tracks at 1024 buffer, internal sound

I am a total noob to logic (or mixing for that matter) so if I could do something to make that number go up, please tell me

Why would you want it to go up? No way you're using or needing that much power with what you're doing.

[comradelife]

Originally Posted by madgansound

Why would you want it to go up? No way you're using or needing that much power with what you're doing.

What is it in this case that I'm making go up? And no haha I don't need that much power, I was just curious how fast this machine really was with hard data in logic/how it stacked up against other macs (as I said I'm really new to all this).

[dergit]

Originally Posted by carlosedp

Mountain Lion
track count = 30

I'm sensing a pattern here...

[6strings]

Originally Posted by phas3d

Could be. But remember it is a laptop. And even though laptops now are blazing fast they can't hold up working at full power like Mac Pros as an example. The tight space on those laptops is great for portability but severely prevents effective cooling if you push the computer hard for a while.
Don't forget that this test is supposed to show you your computer limits.

I agree 100%. Just because you now CAN run full recording sessions on a laptop, doesn't necessarily make it the best tool for the job.

[whereissun]

I can't connect to evan.se
I think it's down.
can anyone post benchmark file or send me?
moviescoring@gmail.com

Thank you

[tablatom]

2012 15 inch Macbook pro NON retina: 2.3ghz, 4gigs ram, 5400 rpm drive

Logic set @
64bit buffer 256

87 tracks no problem, 88 tracks got 5 plays and then it stopped.

Fans did come on at about 82 tracks, no over heating though. Just a bit warm.
But the fans are really really quite on this model, no problem for recording music.

I am really happy to have bought the most basic model of the 2012 15 inch MBP's.

87 tracks, i am really impressed. Can't wait to put 8gigs of ram into it and an SSD!!!

[kedbear]

Just bought...

Mac Pro 6 core 3.33ghz.
12gb ram
Logic 64bit
256 buffer

Over 130 tracks. I'm pleased
Much better than the 17 tracks my MacBook Pro pumps out.

[Raygun]

Originally Posted by tablatom

2012 15 inch Macbook pro NON retina: 2.3ghz, 4gigs ram, 5400 rpm drive

Logic set @
64bit buffer 256

87 tracks no problem, 88 tracks got 5 plays and then it stopped.

Fans did come on at about 82 tracks, no over heating though. Just a bit warm.
But the fans are really really quite on this model, no problem for recording music.

I am really happy to have bought the most basic model of the 2012 15 inch MBP's.

87 tracks, i am really impressed. Can't wait to put 8gigs of ram into it and an SSD!!!

Really?? Wow. I'm planning on getting a new Macbook pro, this is fantastic news!

[tablatom]

Originally Posted by tablatom

2012 15 inch Macbook pro NON retina: 2.3ghz, 4gigs ram, 5400 rpm drive

Logic set @
64bit buffer 256

87 tracks no problem, 88 tracks got 5 plays and then it stopped.

Fans did come on at about 82 tracks, no over heating though. Just a bit warm.
But the fans are really really quite on this model, no problem for recording music.

I am really happy to have bought the most basic model of the 2012 15 inch MBP's.

87 tracks, i am really impressed. Can't wait to put 8gigs of ram into it and an SSD!!!

So after living with the new MBP for 2 weeks now, its a great machine.

BUT, i thought i better clarify the Logic test results.

It is no longer a brand new machine and has 100gigs on the internal HDD,
The results now are a little lower.

When i start the test the maximum the MBP can play is 78 tracks without any problem. Any more than that and it freezes.

But, once its going, it can get to 82 tracks if i add one at a time and it can handle this ok.

It got to 87, but it only looped 4 times.

At 84 tracks it can loop up to 15 times.

So to summarize

2012 2.3ghz non retina MBP 4 gigs of ram, buffer size @ 1024
a. 78 tracks from the off.
b. 82 tracks if built up from 78 tracks.
c. 84 tracks 15 loops
d. 87 tracks 4 loops.
Still really happy with this. I suppose 8/16 gigs of ram will add 2 to 4 tracks to the above results.

[dergit]

Originally Posted by matt thomas

has anyone done the test to compare lion and mountain lion on the same machine?

matt

I just installed 10.6.8 on a second partition because I just couldn't take working in 10.8.2 anymore and on my 2009 MBP the track count went from 22 to 27.

So I'll probably hang on to that partition. It's quite nice to have a dedicated installation for audio work anyways. Feels more focussed and determined to work to boot into a different OS to get some work done.

[Rufuss Sewell]

2012 rMBP, 2.6 GHz, 16 Gb RAM
Logic Pro 9.1.7, OS X 10.8.2
buffer size = 256, internal sound
SSD, 256 Gb

track count = 86

[Balthazar]

Since the last post was three days ago, I reckon the thread to be still alive. Though old......

I was just wondering whether anyone has tried the benchmark with the current 21.5" iMac with the 2.8 GHz i7? From the specs, it looks like all current iMac benchmarks are with the 27"

I'm considering buying an iMac, and debating whether the 27" is worth the higher price.

[bastawa]

i've just tested my macbook pro 15inch i7 2.2ghz 2011. i can run 58tracks i have now 12gb ram and ssd. when i bought it last spring i could run 70tracks with 8gb ram and 500gb 5400hd.
quite strange i lost 12 tracks performance in 16months...

[tablatom]

Originally Posted by bastawa

i've just tested my macbook pro 15inch i7 2.2ghz 2011. i can run 58tracks i have now 12gb ram and ssd. when i bought it last spring i could run 70tracks with 8gb ram and 500gb 5400hd.
quite strange i lost 12 tracks performance in 16months...

Could be to do with having an empty Hard drive and just everything "new" when you first tried it.
There are a few posts about this.

I have also read that having matching ram is a good thing.
Do you have 8+4?

[bastawa]

yes i have 8gb+4gb and the 8gb is maybe i'll test with another ram setting. anyway i'm buying latest 2.3ghz 15inch with 4gb (like yours) and my old will go to my studio partner. i figured out it's cheaper to buy this latest macbook with USB 3.0 to use external HDs than look for expensive thunderbolt harddrives.

[Heyclown]

Mac Book Pro Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63b)
32-bit mode 69 tracks running
64-bit mode 74 tracks running

2.2 Ghz i7 quad core, 8 gb ram
Mid 2011 I guess

In fact this makes me wonder if I should skip getting a new Mac Pro now and rather wait till new chassis and thunderbolt/usb3 connected Mac Pro´s hopefully show up in 2013. 69 tracks on a MBpro shows its highly capable.

[Firechild]

It would be interesting if everyone also included os x version.
from what i understand Lion was a step down in performance from snow but mountain lion is a step up again?
also we should include logic version. I should have said that from the beginning then we could see a pattern for all of you who's performance goes down.
Again, hard disc performance should not be relevant in this test as all samples are streamed from RAM.

[kingsize 13]

mbp 2012
2.5 ghz i5
4 gb ram 1600mhz
64 bit mode

mountain lion and logic 9.1.8


31 tracks.....

[madhermit]

2012 Mac Mini Server
2.6 quad i7
16GB Ram
Dual 1 TB 5400rpm drives

Apollo Duo - i/o buffer 128

Mountain Lion 10.8.2
Logic 9.1.8

32 bit mode
89 Tracks
Chokes on track 90

64 bit mode
94 Tracks
Chokes on 95