diff --git a/sentinel-core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/csp/sentinel/util/TimeUtil.java b/sentinel-core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/csp/sentinel/util/TimeUtil.java
index a51276a087..e2ab57c3c2 100755
--- a/sentinel-core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/csp/sentinel/util/TimeUtil.java
+++ b/sentinel-core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/csp/sentinel/util/TimeUtil.java
@@ -15,38 +15,199 @@
  */
 package com.alibaba.csp.sentinel.util;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import com.alibaba.csp.sentinel.log.RecordLog;
+import com.alibaba.csp.sentinel.slots.statistic.base.LeapArray;
+import com.alibaba.csp.sentinel.slots.statistic.base.LongAdder;
+import com.alibaba.csp.sentinel.slots.statistic.base.WindowWrap;
+import com.alibaba.csp.sentinel.util.function.Tuple2;
 
 /**
  * Provides millisecond-level time of OS.
+ * <p>
+ * Here we should see that not all the time TimeUtil should 
+ * keep looping 1_000 times every second (Actually about 800/s due to some losses).
+ * <pre>
+ * * In idle conditions it just acts as System.currentTimeMillis();
+ * * In busy conditions (significantly more than 1_000/s) it keeps loop to reduce costs.
+ * </pre>
+ * For detail design and proposals please goto 
+ * <a href="https://github.com/alibaba/Sentinel/issues/1702#issuecomment-692151160">https://github.com/alibaba/Sentinel/issues/1702</a>
  *
  * @author qinan.qn
+ * @author jason
  */
-public final class TimeUtil {
+public final class TimeUtil implements Runnable {
+    private static final long CHECK_INTERVAL = 3000;
+    
+    public static enum STATE {
+        IDLE, PREPARE, RUNNING;
+    }
+    private static class Statistic {
+        private LongAdder writes = new LongAdder();
+        private LongAdder reads = new LongAdder();
+        public LongAdder getWrites() {
+            return writes;
+        }
+        public LongAdder getReads() {
+            return reads;
+        }
+    }
+    private static TimeUtil INSTANCE;
 
-    private static volatile long currentTimeMillis;
+    private volatile long currentTimeMillis;
+    private AtomicLong lastCheck = new AtomicLong();
+    private LeapArray<Statistic> statistics;
+    private STATE state = STATE.IDLE;
 
     static {
-        currentTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        Thread daemon = new Thread(new Runnable() {
+        INSTANCE = new TimeUtil();
+    }
+    
+    public TimeUtil() {
+        this.statistics = new LeapArray<TimeUtil.Statistic>(3, 3000) {
+
             @Override
-            public void run() {
-                while (true) {
-                    currentTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
-                    try {
-                        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(1);
-                    } catch (Throwable e) {
-
-                    }
-                }
+            public Statistic newEmptyBucket(long timeMillis) {
+                return new Statistic();
             }
-        });
+
+            @Override
+            protected WindowWrap<Statistic> resetWindowTo(WindowWrap<Statistic> windowWrap, long startTime) {
+                Statistic val = windowWrap.value();
+                val.getReads().reset();
+                val.getWrites().reset();
+                windowWrap.resetTo(startTime);
+                return windowWrap;
+            }
+        };
+        this.currentTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        Thread daemon = new Thread(this);
         daemon.setDaemon(true);
         daemon.setName("sentinel-time-tick-thread");
         daemon.start();
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        while (true) {
+            this.check();
+            if (this.state == STATE.RUNNING) {
+                this.currentTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                this.statistics.currentWindow(this.currentTimeMillis).value().getWrites().increment();
+                try {
+                    TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(1);
+                } catch (Throwable e) {
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (this.state == STATE.IDLE) {
+                try {
+                    TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(300);
+                } catch (Throwable e) {
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (this.state == STATE.PREPARE) {
+                RecordLog.info("TimeUtil switches to RUNNING");
+                this.state = STATE.RUNNING;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Current running state
+     * 
+     * @return
+     */
+    public STATE getState() {
+        return state;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Current qps statistics (including reads and writes request)
+     * excluding current working time window for accurate result.
+     * 
+     * @param now
+     * @return
+     */
+    public Tuple2<Long, Long> currentQps(long now) {
+        List<WindowWrap<Statistic>> list = this.statistics.listAll();
+        long reads = 0;
+        long writes = 0;
+        int cnt = 0;
+        for (WindowWrap<Statistic> windowWrap : list) {
+            if (windowWrap.isTimeInWindow(now)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            cnt ++;
+            reads += windowWrap.value().getReads().longValue();
+            writes += windowWrap.value().getWrites().longValue();
+        }
+        if (cnt < 1) {
+            return new Tuple2<Long, Long>(0L, 0L);
+        }
+        return new Tuple2<Long, Long>(reads / cnt, writes / cnt);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Check and operate the state if necessary.
+     * It deals concurrency.
+     */
+    private void check() {
+        long now = currentTime(true);
+        long last = this.lastCheck.get();
+        // every period
+        if (now - last < CHECK_INTERVAL) {
+            return;
+        }
+        // concurrent
+        if (!this.lastCheck.compareAndSet(last, now)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        Tuple2<Long, Long> qps = currentQps(now);
+        if (this.state == STATE.IDLE && qps.r1 > 1200) {
+            RecordLog.info("TimeUtil switches to PREPARE for better performance, reads={}/s, writes={}/s", qps.r1, qps.r2);
+            this.state = STATE.PREPARE;
+        } else if (this.state == STATE.RUNNING && qps.r1 < 800) {
+            RecordLog.info("TimeUtil switches to IDLE due to not enough load, reads={}/s, writes={}/s", qps.r1, qps.r2);
+            this.state = STATE.IDLE;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private long currentTime(boolean innerCall) {
+        long now = this.currentTimeMillis;
+        Statistic val = this.statistics.currentWindow(now).value();
+        if (!innerCall) {
+            val.getReads().increment();
+        }
+        if (this.state == STATE.IDLE || this.state == STATE.PREPARE) {
+            now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            this.currentTimeMillis = now;
+            if (!innerCall) {
+                val.getWrites().increment();
+            }
+        }
+        return now;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Current timestamp in milliseconds.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     */
+    public long getTime() {
+        return this.currentTime(false);
+    }
+    
+    public static TimeUtil instance() {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
 
     public static long currentTimeMillis() {
-        return currentTimeMillis;
+        return INSTANCE.getTime();
     }
 }
diff --git a/sentinel-core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/csp/sentinel/util/TimeUtilTest.java b/sentinel-core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/csp/sentinel/util/TimeUtilTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56d42d11ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentinel-core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/csp/sentinel/util/TimeUtilTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2020 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.alibaba.csp.sentinel.util;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.alibaba.csp.sentinel.log.RecordLog;
+import com.alibaba.csp.sentinel.util.function.Tuple2;
+
+/**
+ * @author jason
+ *
+ */
+public class TimeUtilTest {
+    @Before
+    public void initLogging() {
+        System.setProperty("csp.sentinel.log.output.type", "console");
+    }
+    
+    private void waitFor(int step, int seconds) throws InterruptedException {
+        for (int i = 0; i < seconds; i ++) {
+            Tuple2<Long, Long> qps = TimeUtil.instance().currentQps(TimeUtil.currentTimeMillis());
+            RecordLog.info("step {} qps: reads={}, writes={}", step, qps.r1, qps.r2);
+            Thread.sleep(1000);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void test() throws InterruptedException {
+        final AtomicInteger delayTime = new AtomicInteger(10);
+        final AtomicBoolean shouldShutdown = new AtomicBoolean();
+        new Thread(new Runnable() {
+            
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                long last = 0;
+                while (true) {
+                    if (shouldShutdown.get()) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    long now = TimeUtil.currentTimeMillis();
+                    int delay = delayTime.get();
+                    if (delay < 1) {
+                        if (last > now) {
+                            System.err.println("wrong value");
+                        }
+                        last = now;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    try {
+                        Thread.sleep(delay);
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    }
+                    if (last > now) {
+                        System.err.println("incorrect value");
+                    }
+                    last = now;
+                }
+            }
+        }).start();
+        Tuple2<Long, Long> qps;
+        waitFor(1, 4);
+        // initial state
+        assertEquals(TimeUtil.STATE.IDLE, TimeUtil.instance().getState());
+        qps = TimeUtil.instance().currentQps(TimeUtil.currentTimeMillis());
+        assertTrue(qps.r1 < 1000);
+        assertTrue(qps.r2 < 1000);
+        
+        // to RUNNING
+        delayTime.set(0);
+        // wait statistics to be stable
+        waitFor(2, 8);
+        qps = TimeUtil.instance().currentQps(TimeUtil.currentTimeMillis());
+        assertEquals(TimeUtil.STATE.RUNNING, TimeUtil.instance().getState());
+        assertTrue(qps.r1 > 1000);
+        assertTrue(qps.r2 <= 1000);
+        
+        // back
+        delayTime.set(100);
+        // wait statistics to be stable
+        waitFor(3, 8);
+        qps = TimeUtil.instance().currentQps(TimeUtil.currentTimeMillis());
+        assertEquals(TimeUtil.STATE.IDLE, TimeUtil.instance().getState());
+        assertTrue(qps.r1 < 1000);
+        assertTrue(qps.r2 < 1000);
+        shouldShutdown.set(true);
+    }
+    
+}