Performance Benchmarks

Comment from rene van dijk:

Model: Mac Pro Late 2013
OS: OSX 10.9.2
Graphic card: 2x AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB (total 12288mb)
Harddisk: Apple Flash storage 500GB
Processor: 3,5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5
Memory: 32 GB 1867 MHz DDR3 ECC
Resolume 4.1.8

Output Setup: 1 Control monitor at 1920x1080, 1 Fullscreen output at 2560x1440

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 15 layers
Noise content: 17 layers

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+ layers
Noise content: 20+ layers

Note: Am not quite sure if resolume uses 1 graphic card or 2....
And kinda strange that this machine was better with the HD noise content then the clean content.

to be honest, I had expected better results of this monster machine!

Comment from lsslss:

Here is my first computer, it's my main desktop, that I use for After Effects, Cinema4D and all the regular stuff. Have Resolume installed on it, for testing purposes.

Model: Self build, SuperMicro MotherBoard
OS: Win 7 64 bit
Graphic card: NVidia Geforce GTX 680 (4Gb RAM)
Harddisk: Intel SSD 520 series 180GB (2x in RAID)
Processor: AMD Opteron 6272 16core (2x) = total of 32 cores
Memory: 64GB 1600 MHz DDR3 ECC Reg
Resolume 4.1.7

Output Setup: 1 Control monitor at 1920x1080, 1 Fullscreen output at 1920x1200

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 15 layers
Noise content: 6 layers

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+ layers
Noise content: 20+ layers

Will test on my 2 veejay laptops soon...

Comment from gerbyzation:

Model: Macbook Pro 15” Retina late 2013
Operating System: OS X 10.9.2
Graphic card: NVidia GeForce GT 750M 2048MB
Harddisk: 500GB Flash
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel core i7
Memory: 16GB 1600MHz
Resolume: Arena 4.1.8

Output Setup:
Macbook at 1920x1200 HiDPI and output to second screen at 1920x1080
Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 10
Noise content: 10

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

Outperformed by the previous model... I'm having some jittery scrolling & stuff going on, seems to be a hardware problem so that could be an explanation

Comment from thedawjones:

Time for the cyclops to enter the coliseum:

Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 390
Windows 7 Professional (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
2.40 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
4096 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded
PC2 8500 (ddr2)
8126 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Bus Clock: 1066 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Inc. 2.1.2 11/30/2006
SAMSUNG HD080HJ/P SATA Hard drive
AMD Radeon HD 5770 Display adapter 1 gb ddr5

NEC LCD1560V+ Monitor 14.9" (x2split) 1024x768 with Samsung 1920x1080 control monitor
480 clean 20+
480 noise 20+
1080 clean 9
1080 noise 8
Samsung SyncMaster Monitor 24.0" 1920x1080 with NEC 1024x768 control monitor
480 clean 20+
480 noise 20+
1080 clean 11
1080 noise 8

Not bad for a pc from 2005.....

Comment from yochee:

Model: ASUS K53SV (Mid2011 Laptop without USB3.0 or eSATA)
OS: Win7 Home Premium 64Bit
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT540M - 2048MB DDR3 RAM
Harddisk see below
CPU: Intel Core i5-2410M CPU @2.30GH
Memory: 8GB Ram
Resolume: 4.1.8
Output Setup: internal 1366x768 and external 1680x1050
(btw: i usually use a 2400x800 external setup)

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Harddrive: external 1tb HDD 5400rpm (2") via USB2.0
480p:
clean 16
noise 4

1080p:
clean 4
noise 1

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Harddrive: external 300GB HDD 7200rpm via USB2.0 (Maxtor 6 V300F0)
480p:
clean 20
noise 5

1080p:
clean 5 (i can hear you )
noise 1

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Harddrive: external 500GB HDD 7200rpm via USB2.0 (TrekStor WD5000AAJB-00UHA)
480p:
clean 20
noise 5

1080p:
clean 5
noise 1

same with internal SD Card Reader & 3TB HDD

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Harddrive: internal 120GB SSD (Intel SSD SC2CT120A3 // SSD 330 series)
480p:
clean 20+
noise 20+

1080p
clean 5 (29,35fps)
noise 5 (28,63fps)


--> bottle neck with external USB2.0 harddrive @ 480p. performs best with internal SSD
--> almost no difference at 1080p with internal harddrive between clean & noisy clips (bottleneck GPU i guess)
--> interesting: with 6 clips 480p clean the framerate almost drops to 35fps, when starting another clips the fps get faster again. maybe then the GPU turns on?!
--> i usually use 800x600 clips or bigger. only a few old 480p clips have survived
--> not bad for a three year old 600€ consumer lappy

Comment from martie:

A xNotebooks.com notebook with 2 GPU's (integrated/dedicated)

Model: Xnotebooks Turbine
OS: Win7 Ultimate X64
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT650M - 2048MB DDR3, GDDR5
Harddisk: ST750LX003 Hybrid disk
CPU: Intel Core i7-3740QM CPU @2.7GHz
Memory: 8GB Ram
Resolume: 4.1.8
Output Setup: internal 1920x1080 and external 1920x1080

Integrated Intel HD graphics 4000
480: 8
480n: 8
1080: 2
1080n:2

Dedicated Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
480:14
480n: 15
1080: 5
1080n: 4

Comment from Zoltán:

Model: Dell vostro 3560
Operating System: windows 7 x64
Graphic card: ATI radeon 7670m 1GB
Harddisk: Kingston ssdnow V300 120GB
Processor: i7-3630QM
Memory: 8GB
Resolume: 4.1.8

Output Setup: internal 1920x1080, output to 1920x1080

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 7
Noise content: 7
(between 29.6-30.8 fps, 8 clips down to 26 fps.)

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

Comment from sleepytom:

Macbook Pro Unibody -Late 2011
2.5ghz i7
16GB Ram
Radeon HD 6770M 1GB
Samsung 750GB "evo" SSD. (internal in place of original boot drive)

Clean 1080p - 5 layers
Noise 1080p - 5 layers

didn't benchmark 640x480 as it is not 2003 any more.

I'm not quite sure what the bottleneck on this machine is, i guess GPU power to decode more? But logically we should be able to do some more on the CPU when the GPU is near capacity. Running activity monitor shows that Resolume is seriously under utilising the CPU. (50% useage - and it doesn't increase when we add some animation codec clips to the deck. I was hoping to see that I'd max out at 5 DXV but could then add 1 or two extra animation codec clips to make use of the CPU decode.) It looks like there could be some considerable gains from better CPU utilisation.

Cheers
Tom

Comment from dradutu:

Model: Custom build Gigabyte Ga-X58A-UD7 Mainboard & Antec Sonata III 500
Operating System: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
GPU: Asus nVidia GTX 275 896MB
Harddisk: 128 GB SSD OCZ Vertex 450
Processor:Intel I7 930 [Hyperthreaded Quad Core, 8 MB L3] & H50 Cooler
Memory: 24 GB RAM [3x8 GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX Blu]
Resolume: 4.1.8

1080 Noise 14 layers over 30fps [11 layers over 60fps, 20 layers over 21 fps]
All other tests ran at 60 fps
Tested at default settings, no overclock. I can do the benchmark with overclock or in Hackintosh mode on request.

Comment from lotech:

Heres a test of the same machine in both OS's. Windows makes a huge difference in FPS on the same hardware.

Model: Mac Pro Late 2013
Graphic card: 2x AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB (total 12288mb)
Harddisk: Apple Flash storage 1Tb
Processor: 3,0 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon E5
Memory: 32 GB 1867 MHz DDR3 ECC
Resolume 4.1.8

Output Setup: 1 Control monitor at 2560x1440, 1 Fullscreen output at 1920x1200

OS: Windows 8.1 Test with both CrossFire mode enabled (and forced) and disabled.
Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 22 layers
Noise content: 20 layers

OS: OS-X 10.9.2
Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 16 layers
Noise content: 10 layers

Comment from He2neg:

System :

• Model: XMG P503 Schenker Notebook
  System: Windows 7 Pro (64bit)
  Processor: i7-4800MQ @2,70 Ghz
  Memory: 16 GB GB DDR
  GPU: Nvidia GTX 770M 3GB (Single GPU)
  Harddisk: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB

Resolume 4.1.11

SetUp:
- Laptop Monitor ( 1920 x 1080)
-Output Projektor ( 1920x1080p)

(Composition 640x480)
480p (clean) : did not testet xD
480p (noise) : 20 ( 60fps) / Gpu Load 39%

(Composition 1920x1080)
1080p (clean): 20 (40 fps) / GPU load 90% ( Gpu Z)
1080p (noise) : 20 (32 fps) / Gpuload : 96% (gpu Z)

[Somehow i fixed the Problem, i guessed it was something with the Intel optimus or the energy stuff]
Extra test :
1080p Noise / 20 Layers + colerize (timeline hue) + Delay RGB on max(0/0,5 / 1) ---> 30fps / 90-99% Gpu load

Comment from cosmowe:

Notebook Model: DELL Alienware M18x R2
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970 M, 2048 MB
Harddisk: Plextor PX-256M3P SSD Raid-0 , 512 GB
Processor: Intel i7 3820QM @ 2,7 GHz
Memory: 8GB RAM
Resolume: 4.1.8

Output Setup: 1x GUI at 1920 x 1080 60Hz, 1x Fullscreen Output at 1920x1080 60Hz

Benchmark 1920x1080
Minimal content: 20+ layers (20 @ 46 fps)
Noise content: 20 layers (20 @ 31 fps)

Benchmark 640x480
Minimal content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

Output Setup: 1x GUI at 1920 x 1080 60Hz, 2x Fullscreen Output at 1920x1080 60Hz

Benchmark 1920x1080
Minimal content: 20+ layers (20 @ 45 fps)
Noise content: 20 layers (20 @ 30 fps)

Benchmark 640x480
Minimal content: 20+
Noise content: 20+


Greetings
cosmowe

Comment from jellobot:

Model: Alienware 18 (2014)

Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit
Graphic card: Dual NVIDIA GE Force GTX780
Harddisk: 80GB SSD
Processor: Intel Core i7 4900
Memory: 32 GB
Output Setup: Tested on 1 control monitor at 1920x1080 and two fullscreen outputs at 1920x1080


Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

I'm really very surprised at the outcome ! Thank you for the benchmark tests Joris, I've always wondered about this! I've primarily been working 640x480 all this time but will definitely now consider going the full HD route!

**As noted by RenderRabbit Cosmowe, Resolume as of 4.1.8 does not yet take advantage of the dual graphics cards in this laptop, so this was based off of just one of the card's rendering...as you can see from either of our results the Alienwares seem to pair quite nicely with Resolume!

Cheers!

Comment from Virus:

Model: Schenker XMG 702 Pro

Operating System: Windows 7 professional 64 bit on 7200 rpm HD
Graphic card: NVIDIA GE Force GTX675M
Harddisk: Samsung 256GB SSD
Processor: Intel Core i7 2670QM 2.2 GHz
Memory: 8 GB
Output Setup: 1920x1080 Monitor, 1920x1080 Screen


Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 20+ (39 fps)
Noise content: 16

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

Comment from Oaktown:

Model: MacBookPro laptop, Late 2013
OS: Mac OSX 10.9.4
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB
Harddisk: APPLE 1TB SSD
CPU: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Resolume: 4.1.11

Setup: laptop as control monitor, 1 fullscreen output at 1920x1080 on HDMI output

Benchmarks 1920x1080
Clean: 13 layers
Noise: 10 layers

Benchmarks 640x480
Clean: 20+ layers at (47fps)
Noise: 20+ layers at (37fps)

Joris, any chance you guys could make a 4K benchmark file as well?

Comment from clanoue:

Model: Apple MacBoor Pro. Late 2013
Operating System: OSX 10.9.4
Graphic card: GT 750 M 2GB
Harddisk: 512GB PCI-E SSD
Processor: 2.3GHZ i7
Memory: 16GB ddr3 1600mhz
Resolume: 4.1.11

Output Setup: 1920x1080 via mini display port to VGA adaptor

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 8 at 30 FPS
Noise content: 7 at 30 FPS

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20 at 34-42FPS
Noise content: 20 at 34-42FPS

Comment from 0x80:

I've done a slightly different benchmark, because I am interested to know how the 750M card and the integrated Iris Pro graphics compare in terms of video performance. Mavericks won't let you switch the GPU manually anymore in its preferences, but I found this app called gfxCardStatus which seem to let you do it. You can't switch off the discrete graphics card if you have an external monitor attached, so that's why I left out the 2nd display measurements for the Iris graphics. Also I didn't test 640x480 since I figured it doesn't help for this comparison.


Model: MacBookPro laptop, Late 2013
Operating System: Mac OSX 10.9.4
Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB and Intel Iris Pro
Harddisk: 512Mb PCI-e Flash
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Resolume: 4.1.11

Only benchmarks for 1920x1080, but with different GPU and output configurations.

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GeForce 750M. Fullscreen output on 2nd display at 1920x1080

Clean content: 9 layers
Noise content: 9 layers

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GeForce 750M. Fullscreen output on laptop at 1440x900

Clean content: 9 layers
Noise content: 9 layers

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Iris Pro. Fullscreen output on 2nd display at 1920x1080

Clean content: N/A (no external display when switched to integrated)
Noise content: N/A (no external display when switched to integrated)

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Iris Pro. Fullscreen output on laptop at 1440x900

Clean content: 9 layers
Noise content: 9 layers

A few remarkable observations:
* Quite a bit slower than the benchmark of Oaktown, although the only difference is 2.3 vs 2.6gHz cpu.
* Outperformed by the MackBookPro Retina Mid 2012
* Different output and GPUs setups didn't really make a difference.

Comment from Oaktown:

0x80, this is all great information but what's the point of testing a system without external displays? Testing your system without any external display would be like taking a Ferrari for a test drive while it's on 4 jacks. Unless you're going to run a show on your 15" monitor, you need to use external displays.

If you want to test the Intel Iris Pro Graphics with external displays on a Macbook Pro, you need to use a lower end Macbook Pro without a discrete GPU. But if you have a Macbook Pro with a discrete GPU (GT 750M in your case), you'll need to use that card to output graphics to your external displays and that's a good thing. Trust me, there will be a big difference between the two systems especially as you try scaling up.

Comment from 0x80:

To avoid polluting this benchmark thread with discussions I've responded in this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11301&p=45353#p45353

Comment from 0x80:

Model: macbook pro late 2013
Operating System: 10.9.4
Graphic card: Iris Pro
Harddisk: 256Gb flash
Processor: 2.0GHz i7
Memory: 8Gb
Output Setup: Fullscreen to 1600x1200 TB > DVI
Resolume: 4.1.11

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 3
Noise content: 3

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+ (45fps)
Noise content: 20

Comment from 0x80:

Model: macbook pro late 2013
Operating System: 10.9.4
Graphic card: Nvidia 750M 2Gb
Harddisk: 512Gb flash
Processor: 2.3GHz i7
Memory: 16Gb
Output Setup: Fullscreen to 1600x1200 TB > DVI

## Resolume: 4.1.11

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 9
Noise content: 8

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+ (47fps)
Noise content: 20+ (45fps)

## Resolume: 4.1.8

Output Setup: Fullscreen to 1600x1200 TB > DVI

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 11
Noise content: 9

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+ (52fps)
Noise content: 20+ (42fps)

Comment from Yuckfou157:

ASUS G74SX-A1
Intel Sandy Bridge Quad Core i7-2630QM (2.0GHz) Processor,
17.3" Full HD (1920 x 1080) LED Display,
12GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory,
1.5TB (750GB 7200RPM x 2) Hard Drive,
Blu-Ray DVD Combo Drive,
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 3GB GDDR5 Graphics Card,
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit,
Resolume 4.1.7

I've only tested the HD benches, the 640x480 is not interesting anymore, in 4:3 I mainly use 1024x768, otherwise it's 16:9 and 1080P

Setup: laptop as control monitor 920x1080, 1 fullscreen output at 1920x1080 on HDMI output

Benchmark 920x1080

HD clean 10 layers
HD noise 10 layers

Model: MacBookPro laptop, Late 2013
OS: Mac OSX 10.9.4
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB
Harddisk: APPLE 1TB SSD
CPU: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Resolume: 4.1.11

Setup: laptop as control monitor, 1 fullscreen output at 1920x1080 on HDMI output

Benchmarks 1920x1080
Clean: 8 layers
Noise: 8 layers

So then I benched again with a different connection, not HDMI-DVI but Thunderbolt-DVI and it the results where slightly better:
Benchmarks 1920x1080
Clean: 9 layers
Noise: 9 layers


And again the Windows machine has won, all and all I am deeply disappointed with the whole macbook for it's performance, the only reason I 'm keeping it is because of it's weight and I am using max. 6/7 layers of content which is not all full HD.

Comment from pfelberg:

Model: Dell Inspiron 5000 Series
Operating System: Win 8.1
Graphic card: AMD Radeon R7M265 2 Gb
Harddisk: Kingston 480 Gb SSD
Processor: 2.60 GHz i7
Memory: 8 Gb
Output Setup: no specific - not connected

## Resolume: 4.1.11

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 5
Noise content: 5

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 11
Noise content: 11

Comment from lb2593:

Model : Dell M6700

OS: 64 Bit Windows Professional

Processor : Intel core i7 - 3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHZ

GPU : Nvidia Quadro K4000m

Memory : 24GB Ram

1st Hard drive (Programs) : 256 GB Samsung Evo SSD

2nd Hard drive (Clip Storage) : 1 TB Samsung Evo SSD

Resolume : 4.1.11



Output Setup :

1 Monitor full screen output at 1080p - 1920 x 1080

Benchmark 1920 x 1080:

7 x Clean
7 x Noise

Benchmark 640 x 480:

9 x Clean
9 x Noise

Comment from jinx:

About to attempt a gig with my old beast:

Model: Macbook Pro, mid 2010
Operating System: 10.9.5
Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512MB
Harddisk: Seagate 1TB SSHD / Ext WD 7200rpm 1TB 7200rpm (similar results with each)
Processor: 2.66GHz Dual-core i7
Memory: 4GB
Resolume: 4.1.11

Output Setup: Samsung 1280x800 (minidisplayport -> DVI)

External HDD 7200rpm (FW)
Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 2
Noise content: <1

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 10
Noise content: 8

Comment from dirtyjohn_lv:

Model: Zotac ZBOX EN760
OS: Windows 8 Pro
Processor : Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.6GHz, 2 Core
GPU : Nvidia GTX 860M
Memory : 8GB Ram
1st drive : 256 GB Sandisk SSD
Resolume : 4.1.11


Output Setup :
1 Control Monitor via DVI: 1600x900
1 TV via HDMI - 1080p

Benchmark 1920 x 1080:
9 x Clean
7 x Noise

Benchmark 640 x 480:
20+ x Clean
20+ x Noise

Comment from fruitygreen:

Model: Custom MSI Bigbang motherboard
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate
Graphic card: EVGA Hydro Copper GTX Titan
Harddisk: old Sata
Processor: i7
Memory: 16Gig
Resolume: Arena 4.1.11

Output Setup:

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 20
Noise content: 19

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20
Noise content: 20

According to my GPU monitor there seems to be a little stress from Arena. My Adobe products utilize more.

Anyways my stuff is good enough. Now to do some real world testing.

Comment from Oaktown:

Joris, compositions are getting bigger and bigger so any chance you guys could generate a set of 2K (2048x1536) & 4K (3840x2160) benchmark media so that we can start adding that to the benchmark results?

Comment from rawdesigns:

Is this real life?


Model: Origin EVO15-S
Operating System: Windows 8.1
Graphic card: NIVIDA GeForce GTX 970M 6gb DDR5
Harddisk: Dual 128GB M.2 SATA SSD in RAID0 (256GB Total)
Storage: 1TB 7200rpm
Processor: Intel Core i7-4710HQ Quad-Core 2.50GHz (3.50GHz TurboBoost), 6MB Cache
Memory: 16gb
Resolume: Arena 4.1.11

Output Setup:

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 20+
Noise content: 17

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

This is the thinnest most powerful laptop to handle Resolume so well (as far as I know). My Cinebench score was 100FPS and I've had 0 hickups while working with Resolume thus far.

Comment from dradutu:

dradutu wrote:Model: Custom build Gigabyte Ga-X58A-UD7 Mainboard & Antec Sonata III 500
Operating System: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
GPU: Asus nVidia GTX 275 896MB
Harddisk: 128 GB SSD OCZ Vertex 450
Processor:Intel I7 930 [Hyperthreaded Quad Core, 8 MB L3] & H50 Cooler
Memory: 24 GB RAM [3x8 GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX Blu]
Resolume: 4.1.8

1080 Noise 14 layers over 30fps [11 layers over 60fps, 20 layers over 21 fps]
All other tests ran at 60 fps

New benchmark using Intel 530 128GB SSD and MSI 680 Lightning and Arena 4.1.11, results are pretty much the same. i can't remember if i used an output when i first benchmarked, i think i didn't. i don't suspect the 680 to be the bottleneck, i'm still looking into it.

Comment from Benerman:

Model: ASUS Q550LF-BSI7T21 (Recently Discontinued Model from Best Buy)
Operating System: Windows 8.1
Graphic card: Nvidia Geforce 745M 2GB + Dual Outs(HDMI + MDP)
Harddisk: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz Dual-Core Turbo Boost to 2.4GHz
Memory: 8 GB
Resolume: 4.1.11

Output Setup: Control Display @ 1080p and 1 Out Via HDMI @ 1080p

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 6(5 @ 32Fps)
Noise content: 4 @ 29.9
I tested Out via MDP and it yielded same results.

Alternate Output Setup: Control Display @ 1080p and 2 Outs HDMI @ 1080p and MDP @ 1080

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 5
Noise content: 4

The second output setup is what I will actually be using consistently mainly in 720p though. I hope I can use Multi Stream Transport through the MDP. I think that this thing is great for what it is! A laptop with dual core, 2 outputs, 2 GB of graphics memory AND it has Nvidia Optimus. Best $1000 I have spent in a while(Includes 500GB SSD Upgrade)!

Comment from lb2593:

Model : Clevo p751zm
OS: Windows 8.1

Power supply: 230w

(Note Benchmark was done on just the Samsung XP941 alone)

Hard drives:
Samsung XP941 - 256gb M2 Sata (Programs)
Samsung Evo 840 1TB SSD (Clips)

Processor:
Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Processor Stock 4.0 GHz
(8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)

Memory:
32GB Hyper X Impact Ram @ 2133MHz

Graphics Card:
GTX 980m 8GB

Resolume 4.1.11

Output Setup:
Control display - 1080p Out to HDMI display @ 1080p

Benchmark for 1920x1080

Clean layers - 26-30 Layers
Noise Layers 22-24 Layers

Only received the laptop today but.....

I am really impressed by this machine and can't wait to test it at gigs, If you want hard hitting performance check out the Clevo p751zm. Not the slimmest laptop but certainly not the biggest, happy to sacrifice the room for the desktop CPU!

Idea of size comparison, a touch slimmer than the Dell M6700 and not as wide.

Overall the Clevo P751zm is the perfect machine IMO and if you are still in the process of buying a laptop keep an eye out for the new Samsung SM951 available around march time I believe but it has up to 2,150MB/s reads, 1,550MB/s writes speeds ! Mental stuff.

Comment from cosmowe:

Clean layers - 26-30
Noise Layers 22-24

Hi lb2593,
may you explain your results 26-30 fps with 20 Clips....or 26-30 Clips to hit the 30 fps mark?

Greetings
cosmowe

Comment from lb2593:

cosmowe wrote:

Clean layers - 26-30
Noise Layers 22-24

Hi lb2593,
may you explain your results 26-30 fps with 20 Clips....or 26-30 Clips to hit the 30 fps mark?

Greetings
cosmowe

Greetngs Cosmowe!

It was 26-30 layered clips hitting 30fps!

Sorry should have stated that.

Comment from Zoltán:

Model: Dell vostro 3560
Operating System: windows 7 x64
Graphic card: Integrated Intel HD 4000
Harddisk: Kingston ssdnow V300 120GB
Processor: i7-3630QM
Memory: 8GB
Resolume: 4.1.11

internal display at 1920x1080, output to external 1920x1080

1080 noisy: 3 layers @ 34fps, 4 layers @26fps
1080 clean: 3 layers @ 35fps, 4 layers @26fps

480 noisy: 20 layers @30fps
480 clean: 20 layers @30fps

Comment from zelante:

Model: Lenovo Y510P
Operating System: Windows 8.1 x64
Graphic card: Geforce GT 755M x2 (SLI)
Harddisk: TS128GMTS400 [B937530953]
Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ
Memory: Ramaxel PC3-12800 (2x4gb) (RMT3170EB68F9W1600)
Resolume: 4.1.6

Output Setup: 1 hdmi out 1920x1080 (fullscreen)

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 10
Noise content: 9

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

Comment from Zoltán:

macbook pro mid 2012
2.6Ghz quad core i7
nvidia gt650m
gui @1920x1200, output to 1920x1080
osx yosemite, resolume 4.2:
SSD

1080p noise 7 layers @30fps, 8 layers @26fps
1080p clean 11 layers

480p clean 20+ layers @46fps
480p noise 20 layers

edit: just ran the benchmark on the same macbook - osx mavericks resolume 4.2:
1080p noise 6 layers @30fps, 7 layers @28fps
1080p clean 10 layers @30fps, 11layers @27fps

480p clean 20+ layers @57fps
480p noise 20+ layers @42fps

edit2: dxv3 benchmarks
4k clean 2 layers @33fps, 3 layers @25fps
4k noise 2 layers @30fps, 3layers @20fps

1080p noise 5 layers@30fps
1080p clean 9 layers@30fps

Comment from Joris:

Once we get out of release rush mode, we'll upload some DXV3 benchmark content, including 4K resolutions.

Comment from Esteban_Altered:

My computer:

Build
Gigabyte GA-7PESH3
Intel xeon E5-2620 2.10 ghz X2
32gb Ram DDR3
1 Revo Drive 350 250gb SSD
2 GPU Ati Fire Pro V7900 no SLI
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits

output setup: 3 DP-DVI outs on extended desk @ 1920*1080

Benchmark:

1080 clean layers 20+ @ 32.2fps
1080 noise layers 7 @ 29.6fps

480p clean layers 20+ @ 52fps
480p noise layers 20+ @48fps

I want some coments about to this test.

Comment from cosmowe:

This is the reason:

Greetings
cosmowe

Comment from Zoltán:

macbook pro mid 2012
2.6Ghz quad core i7
nvidia gt650m
gui @2880x1800, output to 1920x1080
Windows 7, resolume 4.2:
SSD

1080p noise 12 layers,
1080p clean 12 layers,
I noticed cpu/gpu? throttling after about 30 seconds and fps dropping to 27 with 12 layers

480p clean 20+ layers @60fps
480p noise 20+ layers @60pfs

edit: dxv3 benchmarks
1080p noise 11 layers,
1080p clean 12 layers,

4k clean 2 layers @39fps, 3layers @29fps
4k noise 2 layers @37fps, 3layers @27fps

Comment from daniel404:

Model: Macbook Pro (early 2011)
Operating System: 10.10.3
Graphic card: AMD Radeon HD 6750M (1gb ram)
Harddisk: Samsung 840 Pro
Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Quad Core i7
Memory: 16 GB
Resolume: 4.2

Output Setup: Control Display @ 1440x900 and 1 Out Via mini-DP @ 1080p

Benchmarks for 1080p
Clean content: 5
Noise content: 5

Benchmarks for 480p
Clean content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

Comment from Oaktown:

Joris wrote:Once we get out of release rush mode, we'll upload some DXV3 benchmark content, including 4K resolutions.

Promises, promises!

In addition to 4K resolutions (3840x2400 preferred), it'd be great to get some additional benchmark content in both 2560x1600 and 5120×2880.

Comment from Joris:

I've added two zips containing DXV3 files and comp for benchmarking 3840x2160. Also I've updated the 1080p folder with DXV3 encoded files.

Just did a quick test on the new 1080p DXV3 files and my 2008 Mac Pro went from 5 to 8 layers on clean and from 3 to 5 layers on noise. What a difference a codec can make.

Comment from cosmowe:

Thanks Joris for updating the Test! Here is my first 4k result.

4K Test

Computer: PC Rack-Server
Board: Asrock X99X Fatality
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit
GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970 4GB
Harddisk: Samsung SM951 SSD, PCIe M.2 Typ 2280-D3-M
RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2800
Processor: Intel i7 5930K
Resolume: 4.2

Output Setup: 1x GUI at 1920 x 1080 60Hz, 1x Fullscreen Output at 1920x1080 60Hz

Benchmark 3840x2160
Clean content: 13 @ 31 fps
Noise content: 10 @ 30 fps

Comment from Oaktown:

Model: Macbook Pro 15” Retina mid 2014
Operating System: OS X 10.10.3
Graphic card: NVidia GeForce GT 750M 2048MB
Harddisk: 1TB SSD
Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16GB 1600MHz DDR3
Resolume: Arena 4.2

Output Setup:
UI on Macbook Pro at 2880x1800@60Hz and output to second screen at 3840x2160@30Hz

• Benchmark for 3840x2160 DXV3
  • Clean content: 2 @ 30FPS and 3 @ 24FPS (24FPS is our cutoff FPS)
    Noise content: 2 @ 30 FPS and 3 @ 24FPS
  Benchmark for 3840x2160 with "global effects and blend modes" disabled (which is how I typically program our big compositions)
  • Clean content: 4 @ 30FPS and 6 @ 24FPS
    Noise content: 4 @ 30 FPS and 6 @ 24FPS

UI on Macbook Pro at 2880x1800@60Hz and output to second screen at 1920x1080@60Hz

• Benchmark for 1920x1080 DXV3
  • Clean content: 13 @ 30FPS
    Noise content: 11 @ 30 FPS
  Benchmark for 1920x1080 with "global effects and blend modes" disabled (which is how I typically program our big compositions)
  • Clean content: 23 @ 30FPS
    Noise content: 22 @ 30 FPS

It's pretty amazing to witness the performance increase with "global effects and blend modes" disabled!

Next up for testing will be one of our desktop servers and I'll test with one GTX980 4GB by itself and two in SLI.

Comment from Oaktown:

Model: Custom-made PC Desktop
Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
Operating System: Windows 8.1
Graphic card: NVidia GeForce GT 980GTX 4GB
Harddisk: OWC 240GB Mercury Accelsior_E2 PCI Express Solid State Drive
Processor: Intel Core i7-3820 Quad-Core Processor 3.6 GHz 10 MB Cache LGA 2011
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1866 MHZ
Resolume: Arena 4.2

Output Setup:
UI on HDMI monitor at 1920x1080@60Hz and output to second screen at 3840x2160@30Hz

• Benchmark for 3840x2160 DXV3
  • Clean content: 13 @ 30FPS and 16 @ 24FPS (24FPS is our cutoff FPS)
    Noise content: 10 @ 30 FPS and 13 @ 24FPS

• Benchmark for 3840x2160 with "global effects and blend modes" disabled (which is how I typically program our big compositions)
  • Clean content: 15 @ 30FPS and 19 @ 24FPS
    Noise content: 12 @ 30 FPS and 16 @ 24FPS

I also tested with the media on the OS Drive (PCIe SSD) or secondary drive (Samsung 850 EVO 250GB) and it made no difference in terms of FPS.

Comment from Zoltán:

Dell latitude e7240 12" ultrabook
i5 u4200
integrated intel HD 4400
8GB ram 128GB ssd
GUI@ 1388x768 , output to 1920x1080 external display via HDMI

480p clean 19 layers
480p niosy 18 layers

1080p clean 3 layers , 4@ 25fps
1080p niosy 3 layers , 4@ 25fps

1080p clean 5 layers , 6@ 26fps with global effects and blend modes disabled
1080p niosy 4 layers , 5@ 26fps with global effects and blend modes disabled

4k clean 1 layer @ 31fps
4k noisy 1 layer @ 33fps

Comment from AdevProjects:

Custom Desktop
Intel i5 4460 3.2GHz
Nvidia GTX 760
16GB RAM
128GB SSD for OS
256GB SSD for Content
Windows 7
Arena 4.20

GUI @1080p, 2x1080p outputs

1080p clean 20 at 46fps
1080p noise 19 at 34fps

4K clean 9 at 31fps
4K noise 8 at 30fps

Comment from AdevProjects:

t13swift wrote:Custom Desktop
Intel i5 4460 3.2GHz
Nvidia GTX 760
16GB RAM
128GB SSD for OS
256GB SSD for Content
Windows 7
Arena 4.20

GUI @1080p, 2x1080p outputs

1080p clean 20 at 46fps
1080p noise 19 at 34fps

4K clean 9 at 31fps
4K noise 8 at 30fps

Tested the same rig with a 980Ti, Arena 4.2.1:
4K clean 12@36fps, 13@19fps
4K noise 11@32fps, 12@28fps

Comment from dirtyjohn_lv:

Got around to installing the Titan X in my main machine. Running this with a couple display port splitters and 1 GTX 780 (until my Datapath x4 and extra screen get installed). It does quite well.

The Titan X only supports 4 monitors, hence the splitters and extra card. For some reason, adding the second card will only allow 5 monitors (when connected to second card). Once I installed the SLI bridge (even though SLI is turned off) I can connect a 6th screen.

Model: Custom Desktop
Operating System: Win 7 64
GPU: NVIDIA Titan X 12GB
Harddisk: Samsung SSD 840, 512 GB x 4 (RAID 0)
Processor: Core i7 4930k 3.4 GHz
Memory: 64GB RAM
Resolume: 4.2.1

Output Setup:
1 Control Monitor at 1600x900 (Touchscreen),
1 LED @ 1440x900
3 LED @ 1280x720
1 BMD DVI Extender @ 1080i

Benchmark 1920x1080 DXV2
Minimal content: 20 layers @ 50fps
Noise content: 20 layers @ 31fps

Benchmark 1920x1080 DXV3
Minimal content: 20 layers @ 100fps
Noise content: 20 layers @ 45fps

Benchmark 4k DXV3
Minimal content: 12 layers @ 31fps
Noise content: 10 layers @ 31fps


My NVIDIA 3D settings in case anyone is curious
Ambient Occlusion: Performance
Anisotropic filtering: Application Controlled
Antialiasing - FXAA: On
Antialiasing - Gamma Correction: On
Antialiasing - Mode: Application Controlled
Antialiasing - Setting: Application Controlled (greyed out disabled)
Antialiasing - Transparency: Multisample
CUDA - GPUs: All
DSR - Factors: Off
DSR - Smoothness: Off (greyed out disabled)
Maximum pre-rendered frames: Use 3D application setting
Multi-Frame Sampled AA (MFAA): On
Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration: Multiple display performance mode
Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance
Shader Cache: On
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization: On
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias: Allow
Texture filtering - Quality: High performance
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization: On
Threaded optimization: Auto
Triple buffering: Off
Vertical sync: Off
Virtual Reality pre-rendered frames: 1 (This used to be just pre-rendered frames on previous cards)


Also under "Configure Surround, PhysX" I have the PhysX Processor set to the primary card (no Auto)

Also under "Adjust desktop size and position" I have every screen set to No scaling and "Perform scaling" set to GPU

Comment from cosmowe:

You turned Vertical sync: Off....so, do you have visible tearing?

greetings
cosmowe

Comment from dirtyjohn_lv:

Edit: Made a topic in General Discussion so we dont clutter up benchmark

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12269



No visible tearing on any of the stuff I normally run, didn't really look to hard when running benchmark. I will run it again tomorrow and record my feed to my Tricaster for better analysis.

Turning Vsync off is part of the reason I get such high framerates. I have tried turning it on, but anything I load starts at 30fps

Comment from Zoltán:

dell inspiron 15, 5000 series
i7 5500u @ 2,4GHz
8GB RAM
output to 1080p.
1TB HDD

Intel HD graphics 5500

• 1080p
  • noise 3 layers
    clean 3 layers
  480p
  • clean 19 layers
    noise 18 layers

Nvidia GeForce 920M

• 1080p
  • noise 3 layers
    clean 8 layers
  480p
  • clean 20+ layers, 20layers @54 fps
    noise 20 layers @ 32 fps

Comment from cosmowe:

Brand new R5...new Laptop.......so it's time for a new Benchmark run.

Laptop: XMG Schenker U506
CPU: i7 6700K Skylake desktop CPU 4,2 Ghz
GPU: GTX 970M 6GB
RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2133 MHz
SSD: 512GB m.2 SSD Samsung SM951 PCI-Express x4
OS: Windows 10
SOFT: Resolume Arena 5.0.0

Output Setup: 1x GUI at 1920 x 1080 60Hz, 1x Fullscreen Output at 1920x1080 60Hz

1080p Benchmark
Minimal content DXV3: 20+ layers (20 @ 60 fps)
Noise content DXV3: 20+ layers (20 @ 55 fps)

4K Benchmark
Minimal content DXV3: 11 layers (11 @ 31 fps)
Noise content DXV3: 8 layers (8 @ 30 fps)

Extra info: Same results with R4 4.2.2

This small and light notebook went quite well I guess...*happy*...I can really recommend this XMG notebook especially because of the 3 video outputs. 2x Fullsize Displayport 1x HDMI


Greetings
cosmowe

Comment from Oaktown:

Hello Cosmowe.

Very impressive!

Do you have any way to test with 1 or 2 4K output(s)?

Comment from cosmowe:

Hi Oaky
nope...not yet.

submissively
cosmowe

Comment from Oaktown:

What! No Datapath X4 units in the top drawer of your A/V cabinet!

What did you pay for your little wonder? I read the review and it really sounds promising.

What made you choose the 970M 6GB over the 980M 8GB?

Comment from cosmowe:

What! No Datapath X4 units in the top drawer of your A/V cabinet!

No.....till now I don't need it.

What did you pay for your little wonder? I read the review and it really sounds promising.

2400€

What made you choose the 970M 6GB over the 980M 8GB?

Simply the price....my goal was to refund the notebook with a single job. And in mind that the technology will show up with something much more powerfull in two years than the 980m and the i7 skylake. How many 4k jobs do you have in a year?......I had one in 2015 which really really needs a 4 k output.....and i solved it with a pandoras box....... So.....thats the reason.
There will be much more in the future.....but at last in the vj business. I try to think a little bit about the money.

Comment from dirtyjohn_lv:

I'll be posting benchmark with an i7 Sager with a 980m soon, whenever they are done building it

Comment from dirtyjohn_lv:

Laptop: Sager NP8678
CPU: i7 6700HQ 2.6GHz
GPU: GTX 980M 8GB
RAM: 8GB
SSD: 2 x 250 Samsung 850 EVO m2 in RAID0 (OS)
1 x 512 Samsun 850 Pro (Storage)
OS: Windows 10 64bit
Setup: 1x GUI at 1920 x 1080@75Hz
1x mini displayport to DVI at 3840 x 2160@30Hz

1080p Benchmark
Minimal DVX3: 20+ layers
Noise DXV3: 17 layers

4K Benchmark
Minimal DXV3: 8 layers
Noise DXV3: 6 layers

Comment from synapse_gh:

Model: MBP Retina, mid-2012
Operating System: OSX 10.8.5
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, 1GB
Harddisk: Apple SSD SM512E, 512 GB
Processor: 2.6 GHz i7
Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Resolume: 5.0

Output Setup: 1 Control Monitor at 1920x1200, 1 Fullscreen Output at 1920x1080

Benchmark 1920x1080
Minimal content: 13 layers
Noise content: 7 layers

Benchmark 640x480
Minimal content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

Comment from itsgary:

Model: Custom Build
Operating System: Windows 8.1
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, 4GB
Harddisk: Samsung 850 EVO SSD 250 GB
Processor: 3.3 GHz i5
Memory: 16GB DDR4 2800 MHz
Resolume: 5.0

Output Setup: 1 Control Monitor at 1920x1200, 1 Fullscreen Output at 1920x1080

Benchmark 1920x1080
Minimal content: 20+ layers
Noise content: 20+ layers

Benchmark 640x480
Minimal content: 20+
Noise content: 20+

Comment from Zoltán:

Mac Pro late 2013, OSX 10.9.5
Dual AMD FirePro d700
6 core Xeon E5
16GB ram
resolume 5.0.2
gui at 2560x1440 via thunderbolt
one 1920x1200 output via thunderbolt to DVI adapter

4k clean: 6 layers
4k noise: 6 layers

but seeing the usual not smooth playback, 2 noise or 3 clean layers play smoothly.

Comment from cosmowe:

more benchmarks!

Comment from Oaktown:

Just posted these results on the Google spreadsheet but I think they're worth sharing:

Model: Custom-made PC Desktop
Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro
Graphic card: EVGA GeForce GT 980ti Hybrid 6GB
Harddisk: OWC 240GB Mercury Accelsior_E2 PCI Express Solid State Drive
Processor: Intel Core i7-3820 Quad-Core Processor 3.6 GHz 10 MB Cache LGA 2011
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 48GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1866 MHZ
Resolume: Arena 5

Output Setup:
UI on HDMI monitor at 1920x1080@60Hz and output to Datapath X4 at 3840x2160@30Hz

Benchmark for 3840x2160 DXV3
Clean content: 17 @ 30FPS
Noise content: 13 @ 30 FPS

Comment from Christoph:

Just tested my new machine:
Laptop: Custom Schenker XMG P507
CPU: i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
GPU: GTX 1070 8GB
RAM: 16 GB
SSD System & Arena: Samsung 950 256GB
SSD Content: Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB
OS: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Arena 5.1.1
Setup: GUI 1920x1080@60Hz
External Display for 480 & 1080 Benchmark: 1920x1080@60Hz
External Display for 4k Benchmark: 3840x2160@30Hz

480 Benchmark:
clean & noise: 20+

1080 Benchmark:
clean: 20+
noise: 17

4k Benchmark:
clean: 14
noise: 13

Comment from najrock:

*edit*...

answered my own question

Comment from A.P.E:

Model: Custom Desktop
Operating System: Windows 10
GPU: Dual Nvidia GTX 1080, 8GB
Harddisk: Hellfire SSD m2, 240 GB. SSHD 2 TB
Processor: Intel 6700k Skylake
Memory: 32GB RAM
Resolume: 5.1.3

Output Setup: 1 Control Monitor at 1366x768, 4 Fullscreen Outputs at 1920x1080

Benchmark 1920x1080
Minimal content: 20+ layers
Noise content: 20+ layers

Note:
Running on SLI gives more FPS. An additional 10 FPS on Clean contents and 5 FPS on Noise contents. Tested on Surround mode (7680 x 1080)

In my opinion, single GTX 1080 (non SLI) is more than enough to handle all the graphic process for resolume. I have tested for 6 outputs (mixed output resolutions 1024x768, 1920x1080) and 1 Control monitor (1920x1080) the compositions (1920x1080) was loaded with 10 layers of Full HD DXV contents with audio (and 6 effects on each clip), 20 effects on composition and still managed to get a stable 59-60 FPS without SLI enabled.

Comment from Schmackofatz:

Model: Lenovo Thinkpad W530
OS: Windows 10 64 Bit
CPU: i7-3840QM @ 2,8 GHz
RAM: 32 GB
GPU: Quadro K2000M + Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Opteron)
SSD (OS and Arena 5.0.2): Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250 GB
SSD (Content): Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250 GB (Second one)

Monitors:
Internal @ 1920x1080
External @ 1920x1080 HDMI

Results:

HD 4000
480p - Clean 20+ Noise 20+
1080p - Clean 2 Noise 2

Quadro K2000M:

480p - Clean 20+ Noise 20+
1080p - Clean 8 Noise 6

(Sidenote: I've seen Thinkpads with Quadro GPUs which had far worse results, maybe they ran Resolume with the internal graphic chip?)

Comment from najrock:

Just tested a brand new 2016 macbook pro


no monitor in play... but I do think the high res screen sucks up some of your juice. I am going to test it with a datapath inline and some UHD content streaming out eventually just for shits n giggles

4k got 3 layers before hovering around 30

HD got around 11 or 12 before it started plunging

not the greatest for almost $4000

while I was fantasizing about something a bit better I can not say I am surprised... I was really hoping to be able to snag one for this summers festival season... the keyboard and the touch swipe I gotta say I really love... but I'll stick to the PC's for now

maybe the next go will have proper graphics. also this is totally useable for guys running around with 1920x1080 and busking stacks of two or three clips or a synced DJ show... honestly I never use more than 4 layers really

so I guess its on the user to decide if form beats function in the apple world this year

Comment from Zoltán:

Asus ROG g551
nvidia GTX960m, i76700HQ @26GHz
windows 10
HDD
Arena 4.2.2.

gui at 1920x1080, output to 1920x1080 HDMI
HD clean : 20+layers @ 34fps
HD noise: 11 layers @ 32 fps

4k clean: 5 layers @32 fps
4k noise: 3 layers

Comment from Arvol:

Posted update to the spreadsheet for the Razer Blade & Razer Blade Pro

Comment from cosmowe:

Also filled this into the spreadsheet...

4K Test

Computer: Midi Tower PC
Board: Asrock X99X Fatality
Operating System: Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit
GPU: Asus Strix GTX 1080 Ti 11gb
Harddisk: Samsung SM951 SSD, PCIe M.2 Typ 2280-D3-M
RAM: 32 GB DDR4 2800
Processor: Intel i7 5930K @ 4,5 GHz
Resolume: 5.1.4

Output Setup: 1x GUI at 3440 x 1440 60Hz, 1x Fullscreen Output at 3840x2160 60Hz

Benchmark 3840x2160
Clean content: 20 @ 30 fps
Noise content: 18 @ 30 fps

Comment from lw200293:

@cosmowe this might be a stupid question

I'm looking at building a system similar to yours, i found your input in the spreadsheet and can see the cost was 3500, is that EUR?

Thanks!

Comment from cosmowe:

hey lw200293,
yes...that are euros....if you build it now...it will get cheaper i guess

best wishes!

Comment from SiNiSon:

Did you spec it with the Radeon video as well? If you disable switching it will use the more powerful card all the time.

najrock wrote:Just tested a brand new 2016 macbook pro


no monitor in play... but I do think the high res screen sucks up some of your juice. I am going to test it with a datapath inline and some UHD content streaming out eventually just for shits n giggles

4k got 3 layers before hovering around 30

HD got around 11 or 12 before it started plunging

not the greatest for almost $4000

while I was fantasizing about something a bit better I can not say I am surprised... I was really hoping to be able to snag one for this summers festival season... the keyboard and the touch swipe I gotta say I really love... but I'll stick to the PC's for now

maybe the next go will have proper graphics. also this is totally useable for guys running around with 1920x1080 and busking stacks of two or three clips or a synced DJ show... honestly I never use more than 4 layers really

so I guess its on the user to decide if form beats function in the apple world this year

Comment from crv74:

MSI GS40 GTX 970m, i7, 16gb RAM, m.2 System, SSD Data

FullHD 20+
4K 10+

Real test in real world:
3 Full HD Blending feed configured as this:
Laptop local monitor FullHD for control
mDP output to 3840x1080 (L+C)
HDMI 1920x1080 (R)
Feed to Ascender32

Flawless playback for all content at 60 fps

Not bad for a 1400€ Laptop

Comment from crv74:

Custom Media Server:

i7 6700K (no OC)
32 Gb RAM
m.2 Sysyem
1Tb Raid 0 SSD Media storage/data
MSI GTX 1080Ti

FullHD 20+
4K 20+

Real world test:

4K mapped for 4xFullHD 7680x1080 Backgrounds
Flawless playback of content and dedicated video.

Not bad for a 2500€ Build, also super portable because fits on a Thermaltake Core v1

Comment from barryc:

@crv74
what version of software did you use to perform the last two tests (above)?

Comment from DHoude:

Prostar P775TM1-G3 (Clevo)
Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) b 1903 fully updated,
Intel i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz,
32GB RAM,
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Mobile), Studio drivers 431.70
500GB OS SSD, 4TB Content SSD
Christie Boxer 4K30 projector

Resolume 6.13 - 4K fullscreen output activated and connected

4K test only, all 20 layers ending at 29.97 fps - 19 layers at 31 fps.

Depending on what you call a win. I would say 29.97 still qualifies and it kept bouncing just over 30 fps.

Comment from Zoltán:

Custom Desktop
Windows 10 pro 64 bit 1903
AMD Threadripper 1920x, stock speeds,
32GB RAM,
GTX 1080Ti

Arena 7
GUI @ 1080p
4k clean @ 58FPS to 2x 4k outputs.
4k noise @ 48FPS to 2x 4k ouptuts.

Comment from frankfunk:

I can't open the compositions in Resolume 7 on my MacBook Pro 2019 16", so I just added the video clips to 20 layers. Is this all that is happening in the composition, or are there any transformations / automations / effects going on?

If that's all, here's my results:

Apple MacBook Pro 2019 16"
MacOS Catalina 10.15.2
CPU 2,3 GHz 8-Core i9
RAM 32 GB 2667 DDR4
Graphics AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8 GB

Resolume Arena 7.1.0
GUI at default resolution 3072x1920px

Composition 1920x1080, output windowed 1920x1080
1080p clean 20 layers @ 60 fps
1080p noise 20 layers @ 60 fps

Composition 3840x2160, output windowed 3840x2160
4k clean 14 layers @ 30fps
4k noise 12 layers @ 30fps

Comment from Zoltán:

Thanks for posting your results!

frankfunk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2020 13:01 I can't open the compositions in Resolume 7 on my MacBook Pro 2019 16"

Yeah, the original compositions are from v4, which can't be opened directly in v7. Adding the files manually to a new 1080p / 4k, 20 layer composition should be fine. There are no additional effects or transforms in the originals.

Comment from Oaktown:

It's been a long time since I ran a test using the 4K Benchmark composition but I just built a new EC2 instance so here it is:

AWS EC2 g4dn.4xlarge with 16 vCPUs, 64GB Ram, 1 Tesla T4 GPU with 15360MB GDDR6

32 layers of 4K clean at 30fps
18 layers of 4k clean at 30fps
30 layers of 4K noise at 30fps
16 layers of 4K clean at 60fps

Comment from Zoltán:

levono ideapad gaming 3
i5-10300H CPU @ 2.50GHz 2.50 GHz
nvidia gtx 1650Ti
512GB SSD

Composition 3840x2160, 1080p UI, output to Full screen 4k
4k clean 20 layers @ 35fps
4k noise 14 layers @ 30fps

Comment from cosmowe:

Nice one Zoltán!
And so much more cost effective!

Comment from cosmowe:

Hey there,
I've hunted down an older laptop for a really good price.
I already mentioned it in another thread but for completion I post the results here too.

Alienware 15 R3 (Model from 2018)
i7 6700HQ
GTX 1070 6GB
32GB RAM
2x 500GB m.2 nvme

Result (Resolume 7.8.0)
17x 4K Noise Content WITH 3 Outputs attached and running till it drops down to 30fps
10x 4K Noise Content WITH 3 Outputs attached and running till it leaves the 60fps

Best wishes
cosmowe

Comment from theacbh:

Model: Lenovo X250
OS: Windows 10 Enterprise Build 19042
Graphic card: Intel HD5500
Harddisk: Samsung SSD 860 Evo 1TB
Processor: 2,3 GHz 2-Core Intel Core i5-5300U
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
Resolume 7.1.0

Output Setup: 1 Control monitor at 1920x1080, 1 Fullscreen output at 1024x768

Benchmark for 3840x2160
Clean content: 1 Layer
Noise content: 1 Layer

Benchmark for 1920x1080
Clean content: 5 layers
Noise content: 4 layers

Benchmark for 640x480
Clean content: 20+ layers
Noise content: 20+ layers

Tbh, I thought this small business laptop would struggle more! Does the job at a small rave cave with some friends and an old 2500 Lumen projector

Comment from Zoltán:

16" Macbook pro M1 max
10‑Core CPU, 32‑Core GPU, 32 GB RAM

Arena 7.8

UI at 2056x1329 HiDPI (3456 x 2234 Retina)
1x 4k output to external display,
2x 1080p outputs to external display

4k clean: 40layers @ 58FPS
4k noise: 40layers @ 50FPS
4k 30FPS real world footage: 40layers @ 55FPS

loaded for 30 minutes, FPS stayed the same, fans @3500 RPM (66%)

Same 4k footage files, composition switched to 8k, FPS dropped to 30 with 20 layers playing.

Comment from cosmowe:

Impressive Butter smooth before dropping?

Comment from Zoltán:

cosmowe wrote: ↑Sun Jan 30, 2022 20:22 Impressive Butter smooth before dropping?

Looks great, yes.

Comment from daan.hzndnk:

Mac Studio (2022) M1 Max 10-core CPU w/ 24-core GPU (cheapest model EUR 2330,-)

macOS Montery 12.3.1
Resolume 7.7.0

UI @ 1920x1080@75
OUTPUT @ 1920x1080@60

8k running 20 layers @ ~33 fps
8k running 13 layers @ 60 fps stable

Next I would love to test with 4x 4k output, running 10 layers of 4k content per output but I need output machinery first
I guess 16x FULL-HD with 4x Datapath FX4 must be absolutely no problemo, right?

Comment from Grimm90:

any one tested the m1 / pro / max in hot summer dusty environments, u know them places which computers hate ?

Comment from zaniz:

I am using a MBP M1 Max on a festival here in a hot Rio de Janeiro. On Resolume, the mbp rarely goes over 62 Celsius, the fans never pass the 1.200 rpm. No bugs, lags or drop frames.
Only in c4d 3d rendering, the machine pass the 70 Celsius (this occurs on cool environments too).

Comment from Grimm90:

thx ! i got myself one too , first show tomrrow lets see , anything else to be weary off ?

Comment from L4dYma2yp44:

Model: MacBook Pro(14 inch, 2021)
Operating System: macOS 12.6.7
CPU: Apple M1 Pro 8-core CPU
GPU: 14-core GPU
Harddisk: 512GB
Memory: 16GB
Resolume Arena: 7.13.2
Test Date: 2023/07/19

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Output Setup: 1 Control Monitor at 1512x982(Retina), 1 Fullscreen Outputs at 3840x2160

Benchmark 4k
Clean content: 52 layers at 30 FPS / 26 layers at 60 FPS
Noise content: 50 layers at 30 FPS / 25 layers at 60 FPS

Benchmark 8k
Clean content: 11 layers at 30 FPS / 6 layers at 60 FPS
Noise content: 10 layers at 30 FPS / 5 layers at 60 FPS

Comment from L4dYma2yp44:

Model: MacBook Air(13 inch, 2020)
Operating System: macOS 13.4
CPU: Apple M1 8-core CPU
GPU: 7-core GPU
Harddisk: 256GB
Memory: 8GB
Resolume Arena: 7.13.2
Test Date: 2023/07/19

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Output Setup: 1 Control Monitor at 2560x1600, 1 Fullscreen Outputs at 3840x2160

Benchmark 4k
Clean content: 13 layers at 30 FPS / 17 layers at 60 FPS
Noise content: 12 layers at 30 FPS / 5 layers at 60 FPS

Comment from L4dYma2yp44:

Model: MacBook Air(13 inch, 2020)
Operating System: macOS 13.4
CPU: Apple M1 8-core CPU
GPU: 7-core GPU
Harddisk: 256GB
Memory: 8GB
Resolume Arena: 6.1.2
Test Date: 2023/07/19

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Output Setup: 1 Control Monitor at 2560x1600, 1 Fullscreen Outputs at 3840x2160

Benchmark 4k
Clean content: 12 layers at 30 FPS / 5 layers at 60 FPS
Noise content: 9 layers at 30 FPS / 4 layers at 60 FPS