Why is my Mac running slow? I have my Etresoft findings.

Hardware Information:
          iMac (27-inch, Late 2009)
          iMac - model: iMac10,1
          1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 1:0:45
Disk Information:
          ST31000528ASQ disk0 : (1 TB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (910.14 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H 
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          HP Officejet 6700
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Logitech USB Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.silex.driver.sxuptp          (1.10.5 - SDK 10.6)
Launch Daemons:
          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          Jawbone Updater
          Google Drive
          uTorrent
          Dropbox
          Android File Transfer Agent
          Caller ID
          Launch Nikon Message Center 2
          USB Control Center
          Google Chrome
          Launch Nikon Message Center 2
          ConnectService
Internet Plug-ins:
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: Version 1.1.6 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
          Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.1.5f1 3rd-Party support link
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
          BrowserPlus_2.9.8: Version: 2.9.8 3rd-Party support link
          Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071706000001 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          BrowserPlus  3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link
          Growl  3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
          /Applications/Nikon Software/ViewNX 2
                    ViewNX 2:          Version: 2.8.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Nikon Transfer 2:          Version: 2.8.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          SLLauncher:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
          UninstallCenter:          Version: 1.4.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Nikon/Uninstaller/UninstallCenter.app
          Nikon Message Center 2:          Version: 2.1.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Nikon Software/Nikon Message Center 2/Nikon Message Center 2.app
          RockMelt:          Version: 0.16.91.367 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Users/[redacted]/Downloads/RockMelt.app
          Picture Control Utility:          Version: 1.4.13 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Nikon/Picture Control Utility/Picture Control Utility.app
          Spotify:          Version: 0.8.4.107.g4fa0003f - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Amazon MP3 Downloader:          Version: INFO_PLIST_VERSION - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
          HP Photo Creations:          Version: 1.0.0.11792 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          RockMelt 2:          Version: 0.16.91.483 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               4%          HP Scanner 3
               3%          HP Device Monitor
               2%          WindowServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          mdworker
Top Processes by Memory:
          139 MB          mds_stores
          135 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          127 MB          Google Chrome
          94 MB          Finder
          82 MB          WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
          1.52 GB          Free RAM
          1.77 GB          Active RAM
          176 MB          Inactive RAM
          547 MB          Wired RAM
          599 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

Hello & Welcome!
FIrst,
Completely uninstall ALL Google software per the instructions on Google's website. Currently, all Google apps, especially Google Chrome AND Drive are not playing well and are NOT 100% compatible/compliant with OS X Mavericks. Until Google releases an "official" fix or update for OS X Mavericks, completely uninstall all Google apps.
If you do not like Apple's Safari Web browser, as an alternative, try using Mozilla FireFox. Mozilla constantly updates FireFox and just released a new update recently.
You you have too many user startup/login items in your startup list. Having this many apps launching and running in the background can really cause a performance hit on your Mac.
You REALLY NEED to examine which items you truly need have absolutely have launch and run at Mac startup and/or login.
Add or remove automatic items
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
Select your user account, then click Login Items.
Do one of the following:
Click Add below the list on the right, select an app, document, folder, or disk, then click Add.If you don’t want an item’s windows to be visible after login, select Hide. (Hide does not apply to servers, which always appear in the Finder after login.)
Select the name of the item you want to prevent from opening automatically, then click Delete below the list on the right.
You need to update all of your third party software if there are OS X Mavericks updates that can be applied.
You may need to, ACTUALLY, go to the third party developers' websites if there are no updates through the Mac App Store.
Update all of your Web browser Internet plugins, extensions and add-ons as needed,also.
Also, if you have any connected, third party devices, like non-Apple keyboards, mice, drawing tablets, hubs, card  readers, etc, you need to go to each device maker's website and update the drivers for these devices to OS X Mavericks compatible versions, if available and applicable.
Good Luck!

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