Why does GC logging show events where the user time is greater than the real time?

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Issue

Can you explain the relationship of sys time, user time and real time in a GC log, and describe why the real time may less or more than the others summation?

[GC 111: [ParNew: 3757505K->419392K(3774912K), 7.7 secs] 4196811K->1193045K(12163520K), 7.7 secs] [Times: user=5.38 sys=1.02, real=4.2 secs] 

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  • Java

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