diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/core/services/dashboard-utils.service.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/core/services/dashboard-utils.service.ts
index 9c7c5d28d6..b630811f93 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/core/services/dashboard-utils.service.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/core/services/dashboard-utils.service.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export class DashboardUtilsService {
     }
 
     if (isUndefined(dashboard.configuration.timewindow)) {
-      dashboard.configuration.timewindow = this.timeService.defaultTimewindow();
+      dashboard.configuration.timewindow = this.timeService.defaultTimewindow(true);
     }
     if (isUndefined(dashboard.configuration.settings)) {
       dashboard.configuration.settings = {};
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/core/services/time.service.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/core/services/time.service.ts
index eff06fbeeb..e8ee898ba1 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/core/services/time.service.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/core/services/time.service.ts
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ export class TimeService {
     return this.boundMaxInterval(max);
   }
 
-  public defaultTimewindow(): Timewindow {
-    return defaultTimewindow(this);
+  public defaultTimewindow(isDashboard = false): Timewindow {
+    return defaultTimewindow(this, isDashboard);
   }
 
   private toBound(value: number, min: number, max: number, defValue: number): number {
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
index 95f2095bad..91888d9b5a 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export class DashboardComponent extends PageComponent implements IDashboardCompo
     this.dashboardWidgets.parentDashboard = this.parentDashboard;
     this.dashboardWidgets.popoverComponent = this.popoverComponent;
     if (!this.dashboardTimewindow) {
-      this.dashboardTimewindow = this.timeService.defaultTimewindow();
+      this.dashboardTimewindow = this.timeService.defaultTimewindow(true);
     }
     this.gridsterOpts = {
       gridType: this.gridType || GridType.ScrollVertical,
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/models/time/time.models.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/models/time/time.models.ts
index f84a883235..646e7bdc64 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/models/time/time.models.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/models/time/time.models.ts
@@ -279,14 +279,14 @@ export const historyInterval = (timewindowMs: number): Timewindow => ({
   }
 });
 
-export const defaultTimewindow = (timeService: TimeService): Timewindow => {
+export const defaultTimewindow = (timeService: TimeService, isDashboard = false): Timewindow => {
   const currentTime = moment().valueOf();
   return {
     selectedTab: TimewindowType.REALTIME,
     realtime: {
       realtimeType: RealtimeWindowType.LAST_INTERVAL,
       interval: SECOND,
-      timewindowMs: MINUTE,
+      timewindowMs: isDashboard ? HOUR : MINUTE,
       quickInterval: QuickTimeInterval.CURRENT_DAY,
     },
     history: {
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ export const defaultTimewindow = (timeService: TimeService): Timewindow => {
       quickInterval: QuickTimeInterval.CURRENT_DAY,
     },
     aggregation: {
-      type: AggregationType.AVG,
-      limit: Math.floor(timeService.getMaxDatapointsLimit() / 2)
+      type: isDashboard ? AggregationType.NONE : AggregationType.AVG ,
+      limit: isDashboard ? timeService.getMaxDatapointsLimit() : Math.floor(timeService.getMaxDatapointsLimit() / 2)
     }
   };
 };
@@ -1271,6 +1271,16 @@ export const defaultTimeIntervals = new Array<TimeInterval>(
     translateParams: {hours: 5},
     value: 5 * HOUR
   },
+  {
+    name: 'timeinterval.hours-interval',
+    translateParams: {hours: 6},
+    value: 6 * HOUR
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'timeinterval.hours-interval',
+    translateParams: {hours: 8},
+    value: 8 * HOUR
+  },
   {
     name: 'timeinterval.hours-interval',
     translateParams: {hours: 10},