--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/CommandLine/OptionsValidation/TestOptionsWithRanges.java	Wed Mar 21 16:00:41 2018 +0100
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/CommandLine/OptionsValidation/TestOptionsWithRanges.java	Wed Mar 21 11:27:29 2018 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
         excludeTestMinRange("MallocMaxTestWords");
 
         /*
+         * Exclude CMSSamplingGrain as it can cause intermittent failures on Windows
+         */
+        excludeTestRange("CMSSamplingGrain");
+
+        /*
          * Exclude below options as their maximum value would consume too much memory
          * and would affect other tests that run in parallel.
          */