Quote Originally Posted by Bloody_Sorcerer
docking time is definitely not a decent way to judge anything; i have an average docking time of 7 minutes 58 seconds, but only average 26 candies a day. Yesterday, my machine was on all day doing pretty much nothing but crunching (a bit of background use, such as surfing the net, and a few VMs running) but I only did 59 candies, which would imply an average docking time of 25 minutes. not all is as it appears.
Docking time is the average time it takes to complete a candidate. The more candidates a node has completed since it was created, the more accurate the average docking time is. If you turn off D2OL or the computer for 10 hours, it does not affect your average docking time. For example, my node 117891, which completed 3 candidates since it was created on March 20, 05, using a total docking time of 44 mins 54 secs, has an average docking time of 14 mins 58 secs. Put another way, the average docking time is directly related to the processor used, as we know D2OL production is mainly determined by processor type and MHz speed. It can be affected short term by the candidates you are assigned to crunch, but over the long run it is quite stable for each machine.

You can increase your average docking time by using your computer more for other functions while D2OL is running, or by slowing down your cpu, etc.

BUT YOU CANNOT DECREASE YOUR AVERAGE DOCKING TIME TO BEYOND YOUR SYSTEM'S CAPABILITIES.

If you have further questions regarding this topic, please feel free to ask.

DDTUNG