Performing the following (note the range of 10,000):

`importmulti '[{"desc": "sh(wpkh([aeee1e6a/49h/1h/0h]tpubDC5bVdaveQYxGFztMShFAjU637kKjrs9FD8ne1oHR7z8tLeQJExsaxWRVeSpcCcYMdp5ecf2LQhuVaeYFZ7YEpvWTJr4nDGUJrmuvLuTSsp/1/*))", "keypool": true, "timestamp": "now", "watchonly": true, "internal": true, "range": {"end": 1000}}]' '{"rescan": false}'`

takes many minutes. @achow101 reports a similar import taking 6 minutes on his machine.
{
    return database->Backup(strDest);
}
CKeyPool::CKeyPool()
{
    nTime = GetTime();
    fInternal = false;
    m_pre_split = false;
}
CKeyPool::CKeyPool(const CPubKey& vchPubKeyIn, bool internalIn)
{
    nTime = GetTime();
    vchPubKey = vchPubKeyIn;
    fInternal = internalIn;
    m_pre_split = false;
}
CWalletKey::CWalletKey(int64_t nExpires)
{
    nTimeCreated = (nExpires ? GetTime() : 0);
    nTimeExpires = nExpires;
}
void CMerkleTx::SetMerkleBranch(const uint256& block_hash, int posInBlock)