diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/hudson/plugins/folder/computed/ThrottleComputationQueueTaskDispatcher.java b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/hudson/plugins/folder/computed/ThrottleComputationQueueTaskDispatcher.java
index 9754102d..66f03747 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/hudson/plugins/folder/computed/ThrottleComputationQueueTaskDispatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/hudson/plugins/folder/computed/ThrottleComputationQueueTaskDispatcher.java
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ public class ThrottleComputationQueueTaskDispatcher extends QueueTaskDispatcher
      */
     static int LIMIT = Math.max(1,
             Math.min(
-                    Integer.getInteger(ThrottleComputationQueueTaskDispatcher.class.getName() + ".LIMIT", 5),
-                    Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 4
+                    Integer.getInteger(ThrottleComputationQueueTaskDispatcher.class.getName() + ".LIMIT", 16),
+                    Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2
             )
     );
     /**