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.
{
    AssertLockHeld(cs_wallet);
    auto iter = mapTxSpends.lower_bound(COutPoint(txid, 0));
    return (iter != mapTxSpends.end() && iter->first.hash == txid);
}
void CWallet::Flush(bool shutdown)
{
    database->Flush(shutdown);
}
void CWallet::SyncMetaData(std::pair<TxSpends::iterator, TxSpends::iterator> range)
{
    
    
    
    int nMinOrderPos = std::numeric_limits<int>::max();
    const CWalletTx* copyFrom = nullptr;
    for (TxSpends::iterator it = range.first; it != range.second; ++it) {
        const CWalletTx* wtx = &mapWallet.at(it->second);
        if (wtx->nOrderPos < nMinOrderPos) {