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.
{
    LOCK(cs_wallet);
    
    
    
    CHDChain newHdChain;
    newHdChain.nVersion = CanSupportFeature(FEATURE_HD_SPLIT) ? CHDChain::VERSION_HD_CHAIN_SPLIT : CHDChain::VERSION_HD_BASE;
    newHdChain.seed_id = seed.GetID();
    SetHDChain(newHdChain, false);
    NotifyCanGetAddressesChanged();
    UnsetWalletFlag(WALLET_FLAG_BLANK_WALLET);
}
void CWallet::SetHDChain(const CHDChain& chain, bool memonly)
{
    LOCK(cs_wallet);
    if (!memonly && !WalletBatch(*database).WriteHDChain(chain))
        throw std::runtime_error(std::string(__func__) + ": writing chain failed");
    hdChain = chain;
}
bool CWallet::IsHDEnabled() const
{
    return !hdChain.seed_id.IsNull();
}
bool CWallet::CanGenerateKeys()