max heap : 512 MB target live set : 281 MB (55% of heap) threads : 12, duration: 20 s filling live set ... live set filled: 4,505 chunks x 64 KB now allocating hard for 20 s -- expect stalls allocation phase done ======================================================================== JFR summary (C:\Users\Ankur\allocation-stalls.jfr) ======================================================================== young collections : 1,771 old collections : 217 page allocations : 39,796 ALLOCATION STALLS : 32,200 total time threads spent stalled : 139,439 ms mean stall : 4.33 ms longest stall : 48.32 ms stalls by ZGC page type Small count=32,200 total=139,439 ms mean=4.33 ms ten longest stalls duration page size thread 48.32 ms Small 2097152 allocator-3 47.99 ms Small 2097152 allocator-10 46.39 ms Small 2097152 allocator-1 46.23 ms Small 2097152 allocator-0 46.19 ms Small 2097152 allocator-7 46.18 ms Small 2097152 allocator-5 45.11 ms Small 2097152 allocator-6 44.85 ms Small 2097152 allocator-7 44.68 ms Small 2097152 allocator-10 44.49 ms Small 2097152 allocator-0 Compare against your pause-time chart: none of the above is a pause. Inspect the raw events, including the stack that was stalled, with: jfr print --events ZAllocationStall allocation-stalls.jfr