パフォーマンスを向上させるために、マウスの位置に基づいて継続的に変化するグラフィックスを描画するために Java コードを最適化するにはどうすればよいですか?

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

public class ZoomPanel extends JPanel {

    private static final int STEP = 40;
    private int iter = 0;
    private long cumulativeTimeTaken = 0;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Image zoom");

        final ZoomPanel zoomPanel = new ZoomPanel();
        frame.getContentPane().add(zoomPanel);
        final Ticker t = new Ticker(zoomPanel);

        frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we) {
                t.done();
                frame.dispose();
            }
        });
        t.start();

        frame.setLocation(new Point(640, 0));
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    private final Color[][] model = new Color[8][8];

    public ZoomPanel() {
        setSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
        setMinimumSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
        setOpaque(true);
    }

    private void setColorAt(int x, int y, Color pixelColor) {
        model[x][y] = pixelColor;
        repaint(40 + x * STEP, 45 + y * STEP, 40 + (x * STEP) - 3, 45 + (y * STEP) - 3);
    }

    private Color getColorAt(int x, int y) {
        return model[x][y];
    }

    public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        if (!SwingUtilities.isEventDispatchThread()) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Repaint attempt is not on event dispatch thread");
        }
        final Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
        g2.setColor(getBackground());
        try {

            for (int x = 0; x < 8; x++) {
                for (int y = 0; y < 8; y++) {
                    g2.setColor(model[x][y]);
                    Ellipse2D e = new Ellipse2D.Double(40 + x * STEP, 45 + y * STEP, STEP - 3, STEP - 3);
                    g2.fill(e);
                    g2.setColor(Color.GRAY);
                    g2.draw(e);
                }
            }

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        iter++;
        g2.setColor(Color.black);
        long stop = System.currentTimeMillis();
        cumulativeTimeTaken += stop - start;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append(iter)
                .append(" frames in ")
                .append((double) (cumulativeTimeTaken) / 1000)
                .append("s.");

        System.out.println(sb);
    }

    private static class Ticker extends Thread {

        private final Robot robot;

        public boolean update = true;
        private final ZoomPanel view;

        public Ticker(ZoomPanel zoomPanel) {
            view = zoomPanel;
            try {
                robot = new Robot();
            } catch (AWTException e) {
                throw new RuntimeException(e);
            }
        }

        public void done() {
            update = false;
        }

        public void run() {
            int runCount = 0;
            while (update) {
                runCount++;
                if (runCount % 100 == 0) {
                    System.out.println("Ran ticker " + runCount + " times");
                }
                final Point p = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation();

                Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(p.x - 4, p.y - 4, 8, 8);
                final BufferedImage capture = robot.createScreenCapture(rect);

                for (int x = 0; x < 8; x++) {
                    for (int y = 0; y < 8; y++) {
                        final Color pixelColor = new Color(capture.getRGB(x, y));

                        if (!pixelColor.equals(view.getColorAt(x, y))) {
                            final int finalX = x;
                            final int finalY = y;
                           SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
                                public void run() {
                                    view.setColorAt(finalX, finalY, pixelColor);
                                }
                            });
                        }
                    }
                }

            }
        }

    }

}