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.
* externally and came in through the network or sendrawtransaction RPC.
     */
    char fFromMe;
    int64_t nOrderPos; 
    std::multimap<int64_t, CWalletTx*>::const_iterator m_it_wtxOrdered;
    
    mutable bool fDebitCached;
    mutable bool fCreditCached;
    mutable bool fImmatureCreditCached;
    mutable bool fAvailableCreditCached;
    mutable bool fWatchDebitCached;
    mutable bool fWatchCreditCached;
    mutable bool fImmatureWatchCreditCached;
    mutable bool fAvailableWatchCreditCached;
    mutable bool fChangeCached;
    mutable bool fInMempool;
    mutable CAmount nDebitCached;
    mutable CAmount nCreditCached;
    mutable CAmount nImmatureCreditCached;
    mutable CAmount nAvailableCreditCached;
    mutable CAmount nWatchDebitCached;
    mutable CAmount nWatchCreditCached;
    mutable CAmount nImmatureWatchCreditCached;
    mutable CAmount nAvailableWatchCreditCached;
    mutable CAmount nChangeCached;
    CWalletTx(const CWallet* pwalletIn, CTransactionRef arg) : CMerkleTx(std::move(arg))
    {
        Init(pwalletIn);
    }
    void Init(const CWallet* pwalletIn)