i7 Builds - Specs and Results

[DIABLO-19]

Doing a lot of reading in this tread as well as a few others. What is the consensus on which drive to run pro tools on?

1) Same drive as the operating system?
2) Separate drive with samples/libraries, vst's, etc?

I read where a few people was saying they do not run pro tools on the same drive as the os.

As far as M.2 storage, ssd, and hdd drives are concerned.

[EGS]

For best performance, use three drives:

1. OS and program installs
2. Pro Tools session data
3. VI sample libraries

Three Samsung Evo 850 SSDs would be great.

[DIABLO-19]

Originally Posted by EGS

For best performance, use three drives:

1. OS and program installs
2. Pro Tools session data
3. VI sample libraries

Three Samsung Evo 850 SSDs would be great.

Thanks for the reply.

Yes this is what i was thinking. I was confused on the application and sessions.
Operating system, Pro tools on drive 1, drive 2 pro tools sessions and sample libraries, drive 3 recording.

[CME]

Originally Posted by DIABLO-19

Thanks for the reply.



Yes this is what i was thinking. I was confused on the application and sessions.

Operating system, Pro tools on drive 1, drive 2 pro tools sessions and sample libraries, drive 3 recording.

Drive 1. Would be OS with applications and plug-ins. Should the the default location for all installers.

Drive 2. Would be for the sessions and audio files. Keep each session and associated audio in the same folder. With a separate folder for each song. I actually organize my recording drive by artist/album/song. Don't try to keep sessions on one drive and audio on another. That gets messy in a hurry.

Drive 3. Would be for sample libraries. This is one thing you'll probably need to pay attention to when installing. You'll want the actual VI to still install on the OS drive. But there should be an option on where to install the "content/library". If not there is usually a way to move it later. Just read up, as different plug-in developers do it differently.

[The Weed]

And, to be clear, Drive 1/the Operating System and Programs drive must be Drive "C:"

[Bob Olhsson]

I strongly suggest using two system drives if you don't use a laptop. Rebooting into a second system SSD is stupid fast when something goes wrong.

[ulisauer]

Originally Posted by atticmike

Yeah but I'd still like to see a person from the board post their results.

Hi Atticmike, I just built a setuip with a 6850K, you can see the geekbench here:

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/314553

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/65022

BUT: we get errors 9171 all the time. In fact this is no stable system. Does anyone hav a similar setup that is working ok?

Details are:

System
Modell : ASUS All Series ASUS MB
Serialnummer : System Ser**********
Gehäuse : Default string Desktop
Mainboard : ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME
Serialnummer : 1605718********
System BIOS : AMI (OEM) 3301 06/28/2016
Intel vPro : 9.01.37.1002
Gesamtspeicher : 32GB DIMM DDR4

Prozessor(en)
Prozessor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6850K CPU @ 3.60GHz (6C 12T 3.6GHz, 3.6GHz IMC, 6x 256kB L2, 15MB L3)
Sockel/Slot : FC LGA2011

Chipsatz
Speichercontroller : Intel Xeon (Broadwell-E) DMI2 100MHz
Speichercontroller : Intel Xeon (Broadwell-E) Memory Controller 0 - Target Address/Thermal/RAS 100MHz, 2x 16GB DIMM DDR4 2.4GHz 128-bit
Speichercontroller : Intel Xeon (Broadwell-E) Target Address/Thermal/RAS 100MHz

Speichermodul(e)
Speichermodul : Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB16FAD 16GB DDR4 PC4-19200U DDR4-2400 (16-16-16-38 4-54-18-6)
Speichermodul : Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB16FAD 16GB DDR4 PC4-19200U DDR4-2400 (16-16-16-38 4-54-18-6)

Grafiksystem
Monitor : Dell Computer DELL U2515H
(2560x1440, 24.9")
Monitor : LG 34UM95
(3440x1440, 34.1")
Grafikkarte : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (15CU 1920SP SM5.2 1.5GHz/1.91GHz, 2MB L2, 2.9GB 8GHz 256-bit, PCIe 3.00 x16)
Grafikkarte : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (15CU 1920SP SM5.2 1.5GHz/1.91GHz, 2MB L2, 2.9GB 7.6GHz/8GHz 256-bit, PCIe 3.00 x16)

Grafikprozessor
CUDA GP-Prozessor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (1920SP 15C 1.5GHz/1.91GHz, 2MB L2, 8GB 7.6GHz/8GHz 256-bit)
OpenCL GP-Prozessor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (15SP 15C 1.5GHz/1.91GHz, 240kB L2, 8GB 7.6GHz/8GHz 256-bit)
Compute Shader Prozessor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (1920SP 15C 1.5GHz/1.91GHz, 2MB L2, 8GB 7.6GHz/8GHz 256-bit)
OpenGL Prozessor : GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 (8GB)
OpenGL Prozessor : GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 (8GB)

Physische Speichergeräte
Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB (256GB, PCIe) : 238GB (C:)
WDC WD2003FZEX-00SRLA0 (2TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 2TB (X:)
Areca ARC-1200-VOL#00 (2TB, RAID, SCSI-5, 10000rpm) : 2TB (D:)

Logischer Speichergeräte
Festplatte (C:) : 238GB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB (256GB, PCIe)
Video (X:) : 2TB (NTFS, 4kB) @ WDC WD2003FZEX-00SRLA0 (2TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
Data (D:) : 2TB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Areca ARC-1200-VOL#00 (2TB, RAID, SCSI-5, 10000rpm)
Wiederherstellung : 450MB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB (256GB, PCIe)

Peripherie
LPC Hub Controller 1 : ASUS Wellsburg LPC Controller
Audio Gerät : EVGA High Definition Audio-Controller
Audio Codec : nVidia 0083
Audio Gerät : AVID Tech Avid HDX
Serielle Port(s) : 1
Laufwerkscontroller : ASUS Wellsburg 6-Port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
Laufwerkscontroller : Samsung NVMe SSD Controller
Laufwerkscontroller : ASUS Asmedia 106x SATA Controller
Laufwerkscontroller : Areca Technology ARC-1200 2-Port PCI-Express to SATA II RAID Controller
USB Controller 1 : ASUS Wellsburg USB xHCI Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : ASUS Wellsburg USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
USB Controller 3 : ASUS Wellsburg USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
USB Controller 4 : ASUS ASM1042A USB 3.0 Host Controller
System SMBus Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus
System SMBus Controller 2 : Intel SNB/IVB/HSW-E XMB Ch 0 SMBus
System SMBus Controller 3 : Intel SNB/IVB/HSW-E XMB Ch 1 SMBus

Netzwerkdienste
Netzwerkadapter : Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V (Ethernet, 1Gbps)

Betriebssystem
Windowssystem : Microsoft Windows 10 Professionell 10.00.14393
Kompatibel mit Plattform : x64

[DIABLO-19]

Thanks for all the recent replies!

I'm currently running Pro Tools 12 on a windows 7 professional 64bit system. Is this the best OS for Pro Tools at the moment? I'm not really liking windows 10, but if its better overall for pro tools I'll go with it.

[JCBigler]

I'm running PT12.5.1 on a well tuned almost 6 year old laptop running Windows 7. The thing that I have noticed is the biggest draw back to running on Win7 is that the PT Control app on the iPad doesn't work with PT12.5.1 on Windows 7. And that it requires Windows 10 to be fully functional.

[ulisauer]

Hi,

we just installed a new hdx system and having trouble getting it into a productive system. AAE errors -9171 appearing randomly.
Specs are as follows:
Intel Core i7 6850K
Asus ROG Rampage V Extreme/U3.1 Intel X99
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
256GB Samsung 950 Pro M.2
2 x 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-2400 DIMM CL16 Single
Avid HDX 16x16 analog with Sync HD
Pro Tools HD 12.5.2
Blackmagic Decklink SDI 4K

Is there anyone with a similar system that is working properly?
Any hints?
Followed all optimization guidelines, turbo mode off, c-state off, etc.

We're really struggled.
Avid support just refers to the qualified pre-configured computers from HP and says that our system is not in the supported list.

Thanks