Hello @peq42
Thank you for your review.
The optimal W3 Total Cache configuration takes into account a number of factors: your theme, your plugins, the technologies available on the server, and the details you supply when placing your order. Since everyone’s site and traffic and theme are different, there is no one size fits all solution.
This means that the best configuration for your site might not involve enabling Minify, database caching, and other things that you might expect. As a matter of fact, it can actually hurt performance by implementing features for the wrong situation.
Unfortunately I am not seeing any topic opened for this or any emails from you so we can assist you with the configuration.
I am not sure what you mean by junk/paid options, since the W3 Total Cache is a free plugin, of course with a Pro version available after the upgrade.
Thanks!