Windows processes at 95 is about right
Background processes seem a bit high but that really depends on what you have running a quick check on mine indicates 43
What really matters are the CPU, Memory, Disk etc usage so if your CPU, Memory, Disk usage is high you could either have a single or multiple programmes hogging a lot of resources you can click on the individual columns and arrange them in order of usage
Remember if you stop a process in Task Manager it will most likely re start next time you boot up or if you re start the programme that created the background process
If you find high usage it would be a good idea to run MSCONFIG to see what non Microsoft services are running also check Startup to see if there are any non essential programmes running at start up
It really is difficult to advise on what you should have running without actually looking but I would advise leaving Microsoft services alone unless you know exactly what they are doing and yes there are a number of what appears to be duplicate processes running
The obvious things to look for in Startup are items like DropBox, Skype, Webcam software and Printer quick starts (If you don’t use them frequently) quite a lot of programmes have the belief that you only have a computer to run their software and install items at start up that are beneficial to running their programs at the expense of all else you may also have programmes set to start that have been deviously installed but obviously leave items such as antivirus alone
There again if you don’t have high usage and your computer is not slowing down and it’s just the “chuging” “ticking”it could just be the hard disk responding to antivirus or other system services doing what they should