7075 aluminium alloys has two soluble phases MgZn2, (with aluminum and copper substituting for some zinc) and Al2CuMg. The latter phase is very slow to dissolve. Local concentrations of this phase can produce a nonequilibrium melting between 485 and 490 °C if brought to this or a higher temperature too rapidly. So you must hold your specimen longer time and there is a recomendation on plots depending metallurgical condition on Aluminum Properties and Physical Metallurgy John E. Hatch editor, p 134-199 DOI: 10.1361/appm1984p134, Chapter 5, good luck
you would need to to check at higher magnification and take the chemical composition of the black spots in your micrograph to see what particles these are. You have two families of particles, so you need to reveal their distribution and size. Simple hardness testing can also reveal whether your heat treatments are on the right path; in combination with EDS analysis.