Hardware test extended -- how long should it take?

Running an AHT on my iMac 21.5 Late 2009 (HD is about 300GB w/ 12GB RAM), and initial test was quick and no issues found. Decided to then do extended test (just to be safe & curious to see what difference there was), but 2hrs in it was still showing it had a long way to go before finishing.
Questions:
Would extended AHT tests reveal anything serious the basic AHT does not test?
How long should an extended AHT take? iMac seemed very hot at the time of the testing
I understand Apple Stores will do free 15min test; is the AHT basically same test store personnel would run?Without getting into detail (too convoluted to describe here as no real pattern to my issues w/ Imac), I basically want peace-of-mind that issues I'm having from difficulty ejecting volumes (system says disk is in use when doesn't appear to me it is) to Apple apps (iTunes, Safari, etc.) taking very long to open ever since I installed Mountain Lion. I'm going through separate tracks to determine if issues are software-related (not hardware) but while I'm at it, I'd also like to safely rule out HW problem(s).
Thanks in advance.

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3. Apple Hardware Test is different than that test. The test that Apple can do is more exact and it might detect problems you can't find in Apple Hardware Test. For example, problems with the graphic card or similar (Apple Hardware Test doesn't detect some problems)

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