Hi guys, I made 2 standard benchmark projects (for FL Studio and Ableton) containing 6 instances of Serum with 2x16 voices and all effects enabled at max playing a simple chord. It is known that Serum is a pretty demanding VST, so, with these benchmark, we can share our results to compare the different system configurations and performances.
Instructions for the test:
- Download the test project here:
FL Studio 12: https://github.com/MirkoCovizzi/Serum-Benchmarks/blob/master/fl_studio_serum_benchmark.zip
Ableton 9: https://github.com/MirkoCovizzi/Serum-Benchmarks/blob/master/ableton_serum_benchmark.zip
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Set your audio buffer to 512 samples in the Audio Preferences window.
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Set Sample Rate to "44100".
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Close any other program that could throttle the CPU usage. Begin playback at start. For every track check the stabilized CPU usage. Write down the reading you get after the meter has stabilized.
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If you computer is not fast enough to play back the full 6 tracks in this test, stop playback, wait a second, and then start playback from the beginning.
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Post the results here.
Please use the following format, fill in as much information as you can to make the test as worthwhile as possible for others:
1) DAW (FL or Ableton)
2) CPU Meter before hearing cracks % (loop section if necessary to have a stable CPU usage)
3) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?
4) Operating System?
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?
6) Amount of Ram?
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
9) Number of playback tracks before hearing cracks?
Example of my setup:
1) FL Studio 12
2) 66% (at 3 tracks)
3) Notebook Acer E5 571g
4) Windows 10
5) CPU: i3-3110m, 2.4Ghz, 2 core 4 thread
6) 4GB
7) Integrated
8) 5400rpm
9) 3 tracks (3 serum instances playing together)
Thanks.
Submitted February 21, 2017 at 03:30PM by MrK_HS https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/5vd6dr/cpu_performance_research_serum_benchmark_project/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Tuesday, February 21, 2017