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.
int& nChangePosInOut, std::string& strFailReason, const CCoinControl& coin_control, bool sign)
{
    CAmount nValue = 0;
    int nChangePosRequest = nChangePosInOut;
    unsigned int nSubtractFeeFromAmount = 0;
    for (const auto& recipient : vecSend)
    {
        if (nValue < 0 || recipient.nAmount < 0)
        {
            strFailReason = _("Transaction amounts must not be negative");
            return false;
        }
        nValue += recipient.nAmount;
        if (recipient.fSubtractFeeFromAmount)
            nSubtractFeeFromAmount++;
    }
    if (vecSend.empty())
    {
        strFailReason = _("Transaction must have at least one recipient");
        return false;
    }
    CMutableTransaction txNew;
    txNew.nLockTime = GetLocktimeForNewTransaction(chain(), locked_chain);
    FeeCalculation feeCalc;