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.
{
    {
        auto locked_chain = chain().lock();
        LOCK(cs_wallet);
        CWalletTx wtxNew(this, std::move(tx));
        wtxNew.mapValue = std::move(mapValue);
        wtxNew.vOrderForm = std::move(orderForm);
        wtxNew.fTimeReceivedIsTxTime = true;
        wtxNew.fFromMe = true;
        WalletLogPrintf("CommitTransaction:\n%s", wtxNew.tx->ToString()); 
        {