Dips in the download speed graph

[friendlytherapist]

Hi, sorry if this is a stupid question but im wondering if these recurring dips in my download speed graph are normal or a problem. Thanks for the time

[KitKat]

Looks normal since its a small deviation drop and picking up again and not a flatline at 0 which would indicate a connectivity/choke problem.

Probably ping related to a fast seed you're connected to.
More than likely the latency period between you completing a piece and asking for the next one.

That or you're maxing your bandwidth out on shared internet and someone is watching youtube, 200kb/s drop is about the speed needed to watch youtube in 480px without delays.

[Switeck]

I've seen settings cause similar speed graphs in uTorrent.
What are your settings in qBT?

Also, about how many connected seeds and peers on those torrents? If there's very few, then a single one that's "acting funny" can have a huge influence on your speed graph.

[friendlytherapist]

Hmm, as far as I know im the only one using the internet right now. QBT should have been the only drain on bandwidth during that above mentioned screenshot. Here is a speed test I just did with no bandwidth use (as I know of). As you can see my ping is decent and speeds are ok, but I never can break past 1000 KiB/s. But that's probably a problem for another post. (settings also posted)

[Switeck]

7.9 Mbps at the speed test translates into about 900-1000 KiloBYTES/second possibly usable download speed in qBitTorrent.
Transport overheads are no doubt flooding out your lower upload while downloading >500 KB/sec.
If you add transport overheads to the rate limits it might download and upload a little smoother.

[friendlytherapist]

Wow, thats embarrassing! For some reason I though 1000 KiB/s == 1 Mbps. Thats why I thought my speed was so low.. I made the mistake of confusing it with Megabytes and Kilobytes 

How would you suggest adding transport overheads to my rate limits?

Thanks

[Switeck]

There's a checkbox for counting transport overheads in the limit under Options, Speed, Rate Limit Settings.