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);
    fFirstRunRet = false;
    DBErrors nLoadWalletRet = WalletBatch(*database,"cr+").LoadWallet(this);
    if (nLoadWalletRet == DBErrors::NEED_REWRITE)
    {
        if (database->Rewrite("\x04pool"))
        {
            setInternalKeyPool.clear();
            setExternalKeyPool.clear();
            m_pool_key_to_index.clear();
            
            
            
        }
    }
    {
        LOCK(cs_KeyStore);
        
        fFirstRunRet = mapKeys.empty() && mapCryptedKeys.empty() && mapWatchKeys.empty() && setWatchOnly.empty() && mapScripts.empty()
            && !IsWalletFlagSet(WALLET_FLAG_DISABLE_PRIVATE_KEYS) && !IsWalletFlagSet(WALLET_FLAG_BLANK_WALLET);
    }
    if (nLoadWalletRet != DBErrors::LOAD_OK)
        return nLoadWalletRet;
    return DBErrors::LOAD_OK;
}
DBErrors CWallet::ZapSelectTx(std::vector<uint256>& vHashIn, std::vector<uint256>& vHashOut)