Gfx.ReadbackImage Take a lot of CPU why?????????????

Hi guys, as you can see in this screenshot:

The profiler linked to the build(stand alone version) shows up that my game is running at 30 fps, now the problem is that i always get 60 fps but some times i get a 30 fps drop.
I don't know the problem but in the profiler Gfx.ReadbackImage take lot of cpu why?how can i solve this?

PS: I use unity 5.3.1f1

 

any help?

 

still there is no way to reduce Gfx.ReadbackImage ?

 

Hey Belva, I know it's an old thread but did you find a solution for this? We've got the same issue on our side.. Massive FPS drop (spikes) with Gfx.ReadBackImage.. Unity 2017.3.1f1

 

same. i made a custom reflection solution, but this takes like 60% of cpu usage

 

Is your solution more performant? Would you be willing to share it?

 

One of developers mentioned (first link) that this is due to the implementation of realtime GI. When it's enabled and you ask the engine to access the framebuffer, the CPU will wait for the GPU to finish everything up until the readback, copy the data, and then continue from there.

https://forum.unity.com/threads/gfx-readbackimage-slowness.574327/#post-3832666

One solution is to simply turn it off but that's a lousy solution. A better solution is to use an AsyncGPUReadbackRequest as it will handle it while allowing everything else to proceed normally. Below is a link to the scripting reference and an example of using it.

https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/Rendering.AsyncGPUReadbackRequest.html
https://github.com/keijiro/AsyncCaptureTest