How Can I Test The Health of my Mac?

Hello, I have a Mid-2012 13 inch MacBook Pro with 2.5 GHz, and an Intel Core i5 processor. I got this Mac about 14 months ago for Grade 8 high school work purposes (I'm in a special Digital Immersion program where all work is done on Macs). My Mac's performance and speed while using OS X has started to decline over the past few months, in a slow and gradual manner. I am not sure if this is something that I should be worried of, or not. I have 186 GB free from my 400 GB Mac OS X Mavericks partition, and 54 GB free out of 100 in my Windows partition. I use my Mac quite heavily for things like video editing with Final Cut Pro, photo editing with Photoshop, word processing, surfing the web, and the occasional game on Steam. I want to test the health of my computer to ensure it is okay. I used a Geekbench test and found with a single core my score is 2576, and with multi core 5177. The closest model I have found to mine is a Mid 2012 13 inch Macbook Pro, but with Intel core i7 instead of my i5, and this model on average scored about 2900. My hard drive in the past has failed which about 8 months ago required a wipe and reinstall of OS X. So, do I have anything to worry about? And what are some alternative methods to check the health of my Mac

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Report generated September 16, 2014 at 4:59:11 PM PDT
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 3 days 21:25:16
Disk Information: ?
APPLE HDD ST500LM012 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 399.25 GB (186.49 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 100 GB (54.19 GB free)
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS41N
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ?
/etc/hosts - Count: 20
Gatekeeper: ?
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ?
[loaded] com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9) Support
[loaded] com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9) Support
[loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.9) Support
[loaded] com.logmein.hamachi (1.0) Support
[not loaded] com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.init.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.uninstall.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.update.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.logmein.hamachi.plist Support
[running] com.memeo.WDMemeod.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.surfeasy.ShieldService.plist Support
[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist Support
[failed] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support
[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.userinit.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[failed] com.logmein.hamachimb.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[failed] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support
[failed] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.home.userinit.plist Support
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
[failed] com.Wondershare.TunesGoWatchDemo.plist Support
[running] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
uHD-Agent
Bartender
MyDriveConnect
iTunesHelper
VMware Fusion Start Menu
SurfEasy VPN
Inklet
Internet Plug-ins: ?
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 20 Check version
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.1.1r151 - SDK 10.6 Support
Safari Extensions: ?
wrc
Searchme-2
Amazon Shopping Assistant
Ebay Shopping Assistant
Slick Savings
AdBlock
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 ?
BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: Unknown
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ?
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 371.83 GB Disk used: 198.15 GB
Destinations:
My Passport- Harman [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.16 GB
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 931.16 GB > (Disk used 198.15 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      4% WindowServer
      4% CalendarAgent
      3% hidd
      1% PluginProcess
      1% Creative Cloud
Top Processes by Memory: ?
238 MB Safari
217 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
78 MB installd
66 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking
57 MB softwareupdated
Virtual Memory Information: ?
632 MB Free RAM
1.67 GB Active RAM
496 MB Inactive RAM
715 MB Wired RAM
2.77 GB Page-ins
177 MB Page-outs

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