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.
{
    WalletBatch batch(*database);
    batch.WriteBestBlock(loc);
}
void CWallet::SetMinVersion(enum WalletFeature nVersion, WalletBatch* batch_in, bool fExplicit)
{
    LOCK(cs_wallet);
    if (nWalletVersion >= nVersion)
        return;
    
    if (fExplicit && nVersion > nWalletMaxVersion)
            nVersion = FEATURE_LATEST;
    nWalletVersion = nVersion;
    if (nVersion > nWalletMaxVersion)
        nWalletMaxVersion = nVersion;
    {
        WalletBatch* batch = batch_in ? batch_in : new WalletBatch(*database);
        if (nWalletVersion > 40000)
            batch->WriteMinVersion(nWalletVersion);
        if (!batch_in)
            delete batch;
    }
}
bool CWallet::SetMaxVersion(int nVersion)