diff --git a/stl/inc/chrono b/stl/inc/chrono
index 9c430dcc4e7..1eb85bd4beb 100644
--- a/stl/inc/chrono
+++ b/stl/inc/chrono
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <ratio>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <utility>
+#include <xatomic.h>
 #include <xtimec.h>
 
 #pragma pack(push, _CRT_PACKING)
@@ -609,8 +610,40 @@ namespace chrono {
         static constexpr bool is_steady = true;
 
         _NODISCARD static time_point now() noexcept { // get current time
+#if (defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM64)) && !defined(_M_CEE_PURE)
+            // Implement atomics avoiding <atomic> header dependency
+            static volatile long long _Cached_freq        = LLONG_MAX;
+            static volatile long long _Cached_ctr_base    = LLONG_MAX;
+            static volatile long long _Cached_result_base = LLONG_MAX;
+
+            const long long _Freq_from_cache = _Atomic_load_ll_relaxed(&_Cached_freq);
+            const long long _Ctr_base        = _Atomic_load_ll_relaxed(&_Cached_ctr_base);
+            const long long _Result_base     = _Atomic_load_ll_relaxed(&_Cached_result_base);
+            if (_Freq_from_cache != LLONG_MAX && _Ctr_base != LLONG_MAX && _Result_base != LLONG_MAX) {
+                // Fast path
+                const long long _Ctr = _Query_perf_counter();
+                return time_point(duration(_Result_base + (_Ctr - _Ctr_base) * period::den / _Freq_from_cache));
+            }
+            // Calculate with two divisions to prevent overflow
+            const long long _Freq   = _Query_perf_frequency();
+            const long long _Ctr    = _Query_perf_counter();
+            const long long _Result = _Scale_large_counter(_Ctr, _Freq);
+            if (_Atomic_compare_exchange_strong_ll_seq_cst(&_Cached_freq, _Freq, LLONG_MAX)) {
+                // This is the first result, save current result as base for fast path
+                _Atomic_compare_exchange_strong_ll_seq_cst(&_Cached_ctr_base, _Ctr, LLONG_MAX);
+                _Atomic_compare_exchange_strong_ll_seq_cst(&_Cached_result_base, _Result, LLONG_MAX);
+            }
+            // if _Result is not saved as first, it is still compatible with fast result
+            return time_point(duration(_Result));
+#else // ^^^ known hardware && !defined(_M_CEE_PURE) / unknown hardware || defined(_M_CEE_PURE) vvv
             const long long _Freq = _Query_perf_frequency(); // doesn't change after system boot
             const long long _Ctr  = _Query_perf_counter();
+            return time_point(duration(_Scale_large_counter(_Ctr, _Freq)));
+#endif // (defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM64)) && !defined(_M_CEE_PURE)
+        }
+
+    private:
+        _NODISCARD static long long _Scale_large_counter(const long long _Ctr, const long long _Freq) noexcept {
             static_assert(period::num == 1, "This assumes period::num == 1.");
             // Instead of just having "(_Ctr * period::den) / _Freq",
             // the algorithm below prevents overflow when _Ctr is sufficiently large.
@@ -619,7 +652,7 @@ namespace chrono {
             // but the initial value of _Ctr could be large.
             const long long _Whole = (_Ctr / _Freq) * period::den;
             const long long _Part  = (_Ctr % _Freq) * period::den / _Freq;
-            return time_point(duration(_Whole + _Part));
+            return _Whole + _Part;
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/stl/inc/xatomic.h b/stl/inc/xatomic.h
index 6af55a96696..970d2fd4340 100644
--- a/stl/inc/xatomic.h
+++ b/stl/inc/xatomic.h
@@ -104,6 +104,27 @@ _NODISCARD volatile _Integral* _Atomic_address_as(_Ty& _Source) noexcept {
     return &reinterpret_cast<volatile _Integral&>(_Source);
 }
 
+// FUNCTION TEMPLATE _Atomic_load_ll_relaxed
+#if (defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM64)) && !defined(_M_CEE_PURE)
+_NODISCARD inline long long _Atomic_load_ll_relaxed(volatile long long* _Mem) noexcept {
+    // Copy from _Atomic_storage<_Ty, 8>::load
+#if defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_ARM64)
+    return __iso_volatile_load64(_Mem);
+#elif defined(_M_X64)
+    return *_Mem;
+#else // _M_ARM
+    return __ldrexd(_Mem);
+#endif // hardware
+}
+
+// FUNCTION TEMPLATE _Atomic_compare_exchange_strong_ll_seq_cst
+inline bool _Atomic_compare_exchange_strong_ll_seq_cst(
+    volatile long long* _Mem, long long _Value, long long _Comparand) noexcept {
+    // Copy from _Atomic_storage<_Ty, 8>::store
+    return _InterlockedCompareExchange64(_Mem, _Value, _Comparand) == _Comparand;
+}
+#endif // (defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM64)) && !defined(_M_CEE_PURE)
+
 _STD_END
 
 #pragma pop_macro("new")