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.
bool reserve()
    {
        assert(!m_could_reserve);
        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_wallet->mutexScanning);
        if (m_wallet->fScanningWallet) {
            return false;
        }
        m_wallet->fScanningWallet = true;
        m_could_reserve = true;
        return true;
    }
    bool isReserved() const
    {
        return (m_could_reserve && m_wallet->fScanningWallet);
    }
    ~WalletRescanReserver()
    {
        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_wallet->mutexScanning);
        if (m_could_reserve) {
            m_wallet->fScanningWallet = false;
        }
    }
};
int64_t CalculateMaximumSignedTxSize(const CTransaction &tx, const CWallet *wallet, bool use_max_sig = false) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(wallet->cs_wallet);
int64_t CalculateMaximumSignedTxSize(const CTransaction &tx, const CWallet *wallet, const std::vector<CTxOut>& txouts, bool use_max_sig = false);
#endif