It is very possible some of your problems are related to the Upgrade Install rather than going the Custom Install route. Yes the Custom Install takes longer, but ultimately gives a more pristine installation.
On every PC I have read about, the Win 8 start up is quicker. My PC (with Fast Start enabled) on a conventional platter HD is about 15 secs. I have not found a problem at all with non UEFI, in fact just the opposite. The UEFI system secure boot can cause problems with Image restoration using Linux Rescue Boot Disks.
I can access my Bios as I could with Win 7. No problems at all.
I did go the long route and did a Custom Install from Media I created during the installation. I also formatted as part of the installation. From the moment I started by installation until I was complete was less than 5 hours, including all apps installed, all updates done, defrag done and 3 system Images created. 2 of the 3 Images were intermediate in case I ran into problems, which I did not so after creating the final, initial Image I deleted the first 2 Images. Installed were 29 apps plus Office 2010 Pro Plus.
I also did most of my basic customization's during this 5 hour time frame. I do not think that's bad from start to finish.
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