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.
{
        if (nLoadWalletRet == DBErrors::CORRUPT) {
            chain.initError(strprintf(_("Error loading %s: Wallet corrupted"), walletFile));
            return nullptr;
        }
        else if (nLoadWalletRet == DBErrors::NONCRITICAL_ERROR)
        {
            chain.initWarning(strprintf(_("Error reading %s! All keys read correctly, but transaction data"
                                          " or address book entries might be missing or incorrect."),
                walletFile));
        }
        else if (nLoadWalletRet == DBErrors::TOO_NEW) {
            chain.initError(strprintf(_("Error loading %s: Wallet requires newer version of %s"), walletFile, _(PACKAGE_NAME)));
            return nullptr;
        }
        else if (nLoadWalletRet == DBErrors::NEED_REWRITE)
        {
            chain.initError(strprintf(_("Wallet needed to be rewritten: restart %s to complete"), _(PACKAGE_NAME)));
            return nullptr;
        }
        else {
            chain.initError(strprintf(_("Error loading %s"), walletFile));
            return nullptr;
        }
    }
    int prev_version = walletInstance->GetVersion();
    if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-upgradewallet", fFirstRun))
    {
        int nMaxVersion = gArgs.GetArg("-upgradewallet", 0);
        if (nMaxVersion == 0)