if you have a m4, check and update the firmware (available on crucial's website) before you setup your computer too much.
Stuff about superfetch is a myth. Even if it's "enabled" it's really disabled.
All those tweaks, you don't really "need" to worry about. Windows does most of them automatically. Just get comfortable with your SSD, it for a bit, then go tweak. later All those "tweaks" can be postponed till later and nothing gets hurt if you leave things as default for the short term.
For space reasons, and on a new build, you probably should reclaim space by:
-limit page file to something reasonable like 1024mb minmax), unless you didn't buy enough RAM.
-disable hibernate (unless you REALLY need it). You can still use sleep, just close or save all your open docs before you hit sleep in case power does go out.
-limit system restore (already mentioned)
These are the big items. Everything else are minor tweaks that most people probably think make sense but never ran a benchmark to see if it practically makes a difference.
As far as backup; what you should do is not store"Data" on your SSD. most use it just for OS/Apps. So then you don't need to then do backup on your SSD drive. If it's destroyed, it is not a disaster.
Yes, the paranoid/prudent will backup their OS drive as an image when they have it setup and tweaked, but that is more an issue of convenience to restore. IF your OS/Apps drive goes kaput, it is not the end of the world to redo Windows and reinstall your Apps.
Unless you practice doing backup/restore of images, you probably will be safer doing a fresh install onto a new harddrive rather then trying to restore an image.