Hardrive failing? Time to replace?

So I'm pretty sure I already know the answer, but is it time to chuck my mac? It's a mid 2010 macbook pro. It doesn't seem worth investing in a new battery (soon) and a new hard drive (immediately) for so old a computer. It's been running quite slowly for the last year and I finally did a DriveDx report and things look bad. Should I just replace and feel amazingly lucky that my computer lasted me this long? I've got 1,426 load cycles on the battery (which wasn't recognized twice last month for about 2 days, but now is working fine at 89.9% capacity) and 968,6623 load cycles on the hard drive. Should I not count on the same performance if I replace with a new MacbookAir?
### SYSTEM INFORMATION ###
Report Timestamp                    :April 20, 2015 9:57:36 AM MDT
Report Timestamp (ISO 8601 format) :2015-04-20T09:57:36
Application Name                    :DriveDx
Application Version                 :1.3.0.444
AppSubBuild                        :0
Application Edition                 :1
DriveDxKnowledge Base Revision     :1/1
Computer Name                       :Hunter’s MacBook Pro
Host Name                           :Hunters-MacBook-Pro-2
IP Address                          :192.168.0.2
Computer Model                      :MacBookPro7,1
OS Boot Time                        :2015-04-19T15:05:03
Time Since Boot                     :18h 52m 33s
OS Name                             :Mac OS X
OS Version                          :10.10.3
OS Build                            :14D136
OS Kernel Version                   :Darwin 14.3.0
ATA Command Support Tolerance       :verypermissive
N of drives with S.M.A.R.T support :1
### DRIVE 1 OF 1 ###
Last Checked                        :April 20, 2015 9:49:50 AM MDT
Last Checked (ISO 8601 format)      :2015-04-20T09:49:50
Advanced SMART Status               :FAILING
Overall Health Rating               : ??? 100%
Overall Performance Rating          :GOOD 100%
Issues found                        :2
Serial Number                       :60CHF30IS
WWN Id                              :5 000039 296f832f3
Volumes                             :Macintosh HD
Device Path                         :/dev/disk0
Total Capacity                      :250.1 GB (250,059,350,016 Bytes)
Model Family                        :Toshiba 2.5" HDD MK..55GSX
Model                               :TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF
Firmware Version                    :FH405B
Drive Type                          :HDD 5400rpm
Power On Time                       :14,078 hours (19 months 16 days 14 hours)
Power Cycles Count                  :10,144
Current Power Cycle Time            :18.9 hours
=== DEVICE CAPABILITIES ===
S.M.A.R.T.supportenabled          :yes
DriveDxActive Diagnostic Config    :Base config [hdd.default]
Sector Logical Size                 :512
Sector Physical Size                :512
Physical Interconnect               :SATA
Removable                           :no
Ejectable                           :no
ATA Version                         :ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version                        :SATA 2.6, 1.5Gb/s
Attributes Data Structure Revision :16
SMART Command Transport (SCT) flags :0x39
SCT Status supported                :yes
SCT Feature Control supported       :yes
SCT Data Table supported            :yes
Error logging capabilities          :0x1
Self-tests supported                :yes
Offline Data Collection capabilities:0x5b
Offline Data Collection status      :0x0
Auto Offline Data Collection flags :0x0
Bay #                               :1
I/O Path                            :IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@A/AppleMCP89AHCI/P RT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice
[Known device                      ]: yes
[Drive State Flags                 ]: 0x42000100
[Last State Change Timestamp       ]: 2015-04-20T09:19:56
[Last State Change Flags           ]: 0x42000100
[Last State Change Diff Flags      ]: 0x1
=== CURRENT POWER CYCLE STATISTICS ===
Data Read                          :32.1 GB
DataWritten                       :15.3 GB
Data Read/Write Ratio              :2.10
Average Throughput (Read)          :1.7 MB/s
Average Throughput (Write)         :1.6 MB/s
Operations (Read)                  :1,016,723
Operations (Write)                 :330,335
Operations Read/Write Ratio        :3
Throughput per operation (Read)    :33.1 KB/Op
Throughput per operation (Write)   :48.5 KB/Op
Latency Time (Read)                :0ns
Latency Time (Write)               :0ns
Retries (Read)                     :0
Retries (Write)                    :0
Errors (Read)                      :0
Errors (Write)                     :0
=== PROBLEMS SUMMARY ===
Failed Indicators (life-span/ pre-fail) :0 (0 / 0)
Failing Indicators (life-span/ pre-fail):1 (0 / 1)
Warnings (life-span/ pre-fail)          :1 (1 / 0)
Recently failed Self-tests (Short / Full):0 (0 / 0)
I/O Errors Count                         :0 (0 / 0)
=== IMPORTANT HEALTH INDICATORS ===
ID NAME                                         RAW VALUE            STATUS
5 Reallocated Sector Count                     8                    100% Failing
197 Current Pending Sectors Count                0                    100% OK
198 Offline Uncorrectable Sector Count           0                    100% OK
199 UDMA CRC Error Count                         1,016                100% Warning
=== DRIVE HEALTH INDICATORS ===
ID   | NAME                                        | TYPE      | UPDATE | RAW VALUE        | VALUE | THRESHOLD | WORST | STATUS
   1   Raw Read Error Rate                           Pre-fail    online          0x0           100          50    100     100% OK
   2   Throughput Performance                        Pre-fail    offline          0            100          50    100     100% OK
   3   Spin Up Time                                  Pre-fail    online         1,025          100           1    100     100% OK
   4   Start Stop Count                              Life-span online         17,989         100           0    100     100% OK
   5   Reallocated Sector Count                      Pre-fail    online           8            100          50    100     100% Failing
   7   Seek Error Rate                               Pre-fail    online          0x0           100          50    100     100% OK
   8   Seek Time Performance                         Pre-fail    offline          0            100          50    100     100% OK
   9   Power On Hours                                Life-span online         14,078          65           0     65    65.0% OK
10   Spin Retry Count                              Pre-fail    online           0            253          30    100     100% OK
12   Power Cycle Count                            Life-span online         10,144         100           0    100     100% OK
191   G-Sense Error Rate                            Life-span online          878           100           0    100     100% OK
192 Power-Off Retract Count                      Life-span online         6,778           87           0     87    87.0% OK
193   Load Cycle Count                              Life-span online        968,623           4           0      4     4.0% OK
194   Temperature (Celsius)                        Life-span online           37           100           0    100     100% OK
196   Reallocated Event Count                      Life-span online           5            100           0    100     100% OK
197   Current Pending Sectors Count                Life-span online           0            100           0    100     100% OK
198   Offline Uncorrectable Sector Count            Life-span offline          0            100           0    100     100% OK
199   UDMA CRC Error Count                          Life-span online         1,016          200           0    200     100% Warning
220   Disk Shift                                    Life-span online           81           100           0    100     100% OK
222   Loaded Hours                                  Life-span online         11,037          73           0     73    73.0% OK
223   Load Retry Count                              Life-span online           0            100           0    100     100% OK
224   Load Friction                                Life-span online           0            100           0    100     100% OK
226   Load-in Time                                  Life-span online          353           100           0    100     100% OK
240   Head Flying Hours                             Pre-fail    offline          0            100           1    100     100% OK
254   Free Fall Sensor                              Life-span online         6,089          100           0    100     100% OK
=== DRIVE ERROR LOG ===
#   | TIME OCCURRED | ERRORS                                     | PRIOR COMMAND
5     11254 hours      UNC                                          READ DMA EXT
4     11254 hours      UNC                                          READ DMA EXT
3     8580 hours       ICRC, ABRT                                   WRITE DMA EXT
2     8577 hours       ICRC, ABRT                                   WRITE DMA EXT
1     8574hours      ICRC, ABRT                                   WRITE DMA EXT
=== DRIVE SELF-TEST LOG ===
#   | LIFETIME (H)   | TEST TYPE         | PROGRESS | STATUS                          | LBA of 1st error
1         14078        Short offline         100%     Completed without error             -

I have a 2010 MBP and its performance is better than the day I first took it out of the box. I recently installed a Crucial SSD and yes, it does have 8 GB RAM.
Here are a couple of links that may be of interest to you.
For RAM and SSD:
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Apple/macbook-pro-%2815-inc h%2C-mid-2010%29
This is for the battery:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/BAP15MBU78N/
I installed a replacement battery in my 2010 MBP with one of these.
Under no circumstances would I purchase a battery on ebay. Every vendor is going to tell you that it is a genuine Apple battery. Apple will only sell their batteries on the condition that their personnel install it. If you search these forums, you will find many tales of woe from users who bought inexpensive 'Apple' batteries. Some last a month, a week, a day and some don't even work on arrival.
Until I see independent test documentation that a third party vendor is indeed selling a genuine Apple battery, they are all suspect and should be avoided..
Ciao.

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