# Threshold value
**URL:** https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/threshold-value/6042
**Category:** HADDOCK
**Tags:** biobb, haddock, support, tutorials, community
**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/threshold-value/6042 "2026-03-19T07:16:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@itsPriyanka](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/u/itsPriyanka)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/threshold-value/6042/1 "2026-03-19T07:16:23Z")
I have done the HADDOCK docking. I am getting the results for Cluster 1.
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HADDOCK score
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-100.5 +/- 2.7
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Cluster size
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62
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RMSD from the overall lowest-energy structure
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1.1 +/- 0.1
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Van der Waals energy
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-57.0 +/- 10.0
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Electrostatic energy
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-278.8 +/- 30.3
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Desolvation energy
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-4.8 +/- 5.8
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Restraints violation energy
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170.5 +/- 106.4
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Buried Surface Area
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1876.8 +/- 62.0
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Z-Score
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-1.1. .. I am getting this … I want to know if there is any threshold value for good docking results for the given parameter .. What do we consider this? . Help me out this. For general information about HADDOCK refer to [HADDOCK – Bonvin Lab](http://www.bonvinlab.org/software/haddock2.4)
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### Author:  [@VGPReys](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/u/VGPReys)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/threshold-value/6042/2 "2026-03-19T08:28:34Z")
Dear Priyanka,
Thanks for your interest in using HADDOCK for your research.
In general, there is not threshold values to consider a good docking result, as the HADDOCKscore depends on the size of the system and the amount of restraints.
To assess the quality of your run you can:
- see if the best clusters have similar scores (+/- overlapping standard deviations), or is there a clear ‘winner’
- if the models converged towards a given solution
- do they satisfy the input restraints
- can you identify classical interactions (hydrogen-bonds, pi-stacking, salt-bridges, etc…)
- check if the obtained conformation resemble something known from the literature
With the hope this answer is helping you deciding
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### Author:  [@itsPriyanka](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/u/itsPriyanka)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/threshold-value/6042/3 "2026-03-19T09:53:32Z")
Thank you for your reply. one more question is that how can i get the interaction? with my receptor and peptide..
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### Author:  [@VGPReys](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/u/VGPReys)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/threshold-value/6042/4 "2026-03-19T11:27:10Z")
You can:
- visually inspect your complex with your favorite molecular visualizing tool (e.g.: pymol, chimeraX, vmd)
- this can also be performed online with [Mol\*](https://molstar.org/viewer/) for example
- use tools that identify typical interactions (e.g.: [BINANA](https://durrantlab.pitt.edu/binana/), [PLIP](https://plip-tool.biotec.tu-dresden.de/plip-web/plip/index))