diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5880655..2370e47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ To install the package, create an env with python `3.9` with conda
 conda create -n fedeca python=3.9
 conda activate fedeca
 ```
-
+This should take under 20 seconds with a reasonably good connexion.
 Within the environment, install the package by running:
 
 ```
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ git clone https://github.com/owkin/fedeca.git
 cd fedeca
 pip install -e ".[all_extra]"
 ```
+The cloning should take less than 5 seconds and the pip install
+should take around 1 min and 30 seconds.
 
 If you plan on developing, you should also install the pre-commit hooks
 
@@ -40,10 +42,16 @@ pre-commit install
 
 This will run all the pre-commit hooks at each commit, ensuring a clean repo.
 
+All estimated runtimes computations use as reference machine a Mac M3 Pro with 18G of RAM
+and an internet connexion at 120Mbps as measured by fast.com.
+
 ## Quickstart
 
 Go [here](./quickstart/quickstart.md).
 
+Copy-pasting all cells of the tutorial into a regular python script gives a runtime of approximately 1 minute,
+with less than 2 seconds spent on each run of the FedECA algorithm in-RAM.
+
 ## <a name="citation"></a>Citing FedECA
 
 ```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d3e6f75..0a66360 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,22 +31,24 @@
     install_requires=[
         # We cannot use the git+https / git+ssh syntax here because of docker
         # build issues related to git not being installed
+        # Commented pinned versions are only there as references but should
+        # not matter as long as the versions are compatible with the ones
+        # uncommented. 
         "substrafl==0.46.0",
-        "argparse",
         "numpy==1.26.4",
-        "pandas",
-        "pre-commit",
-        "scipy",
-        "seaborn",
-        "opacus",
-        "lifelines",
-        "git-python",
-        "build",
+        "pandas",#==2.2.3
+        "pre-commit",#==4.0.1
+        "scipy",#==1.13.1
+        "seaborn",#==0.13.2
+        "opacus",#==1.4.0
+        "lifelines",#==0.29.0
+        "git-python",#==1.0.3
+        "build",#==1.2.2.post1
         "torch==1.13.1",
         "scikit-learn==1.2.1",
-        "pydantic",  # Need to be updated to > 2.0 to use latest Substra
+        "pydantic", #==2.23.4
         "indcomp==0.2.1",
-        "hydra-core",
+        "hydra-core",#==1.3.2
     ],
     extras_require={
         "all_extra": all_extra,