well. the first link shown on google search has one that does give you the backup times - no duration as that is not available on msdb.
For duration you...

have you even bothered googling for the answer?

https://www.google.ie/search?q=sql+server+restore+history+mssqltips

Both BIDS/SSDT and the gui are 32 bit - server is running 64 bit so this is most likely the issue
install the 64 bit version of that component -...

Take in consideration that the Express limit is per database - you can have 100 databases all with 10 GB each.

Depending on your application you may be able...

Most likely the issue is on the application side and how the data is being split/processed.
Adding to the fact that you said you could not do parallel processing this...

Yes.

Just copy the packages or the ispac file to a location that your scheduler software (or SQL Server Agent user) has access to and then use the command...

on your catch block output the error exception (and inner exception if any) to your log file and see exactly what the error is.

One thing that is likely...

have  you tried setting Delayed Durability? just to see the impact - and permanent setting if it improves and the DB can leave with it on (or at least the...

install SQL Server 2017 express and make sure the path for its executables is on your path variable

select convert(decimal(10,2), replace(replace('"6,789.01"', '"', ''), ',',''))
would do the trick - but if using SSIS or other tools those sometimes handle that on their own without any...