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 : 1,722 old collections : 219 page allocations : 39,803 ALLOCATION STALLS : 32,442 total time threads spent stalled : 140,558 ms mean stall : 4.33 ms longest stall : 50.33 ms stalls by ZGC page type Small count=32,442 total=140,558 ms mean=4.33 ms ten longest stalls duration page size thread 50.33 ms Small 2097152 allocator-10 48.98 ms Small 2097152 allocator-5 48.96 ms Small 2097152 allocator-6 48.84 ms Small 2097152 allocator-7 48.79 ms Small 2097152 allocator-1 47.89 ms Small 2097152 allocator-0 47.33 ms Small 2097152 allocator-10 47.12 ms Small 2097152 allocator-3 46.96 ms Small 2097152 allocator-5 46.71 ms Small 2097152 allocator-1 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