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.
{
    if (tx->vin.empty())
        return 0;
    CAmount debit = 0;
    if(filter & ISMINE_SPENDABLE)
    {
        if (fDebitCached)
            debit += nDebitCached;
        else
        {
            nDebitCached = pwallet->GetDebit(*tx, ISMINE_SPENDABLE);
            fDebitCached = true;
            debit += nDebitCached;
        }
    }
    if(filter & ISMINE_WATCH_ONLY)
    {
        if(fWatchDebitCached)
            debit += nWatchDebitCached;
        else
        {
            nWatchDebitCached = pwallet->GetDebit(*tx, ISMINE_WATCH_ONLY);
            fWatchDebitCached = true;
            debit += nWatchDebitCached;
        }
    }
    return debit;
}
CAmount CWalletTx::GetCredit(interfaces::Chain::Lock& locked_chain, const isminefilter& filter) const