HT204452 What to consider BEFORE an OSX reinstall?

My iMac (late 2009; 4GB memory, OS X 10.9.4) quite often seems to be slower than it used to be. I assume that one of the reasons for this slowness is that over the years whenever I updated the OS X (from OS X 10.4 or so) or got a new computer, I always took over the settings from earlier versions. Hence I thought a totally fresh re-installation of OS X (Maverick) would possibly speed things up again.
Is this assumption correct?   And if correct, what issues do I have to consider such that I do not loose my data (which i backup through TimeMachine and much of it is in the cloud).
Or are there other methods to get back to "old speeds"?  
Thanks in advance for your advice. Cheers, Veit

T's great to see you around, Old Toad, a trusted "helper" for many years!
Yes, I have Sophos Anti-Virus installed;   I do NOT have MacKeeper and CleanMyMac (been warned against them).
There are three items in the EtreCheck diagnostics below, other than DynSysUpdater, which I do NOT recognize and which do NOT show up under SystemPreferences > User > LoginItems (hence I would not know how to delete them).
Here are the diagnostics:
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EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated 24 Juli 2014, Donnerstag 22:43:01 MESZ
Hardware Information:
  iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009) (Verified)
  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
  iMac 1920 x 1080
System Software:
  OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:52:22
Disk Information:
  ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
  EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
  VB Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999,35 GB (204,13 GB free)
  Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
  HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GA11N 
USB Information:
  Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
  Western Digital Ext HDD 1021 2 TB
  VB WD-HD 2TB (disk1s1) /Volumes/VB WD-HD 2TB: 2 TB (21,85 GB free)
  Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
  Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
  Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper:
  Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
  [loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) Support
  [not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.2) Support
  [not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchAfaTech (1.1) Support
  [not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergy450 (1.1) Support
  [not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergyXS (1.1) Support
  [not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchEmpia (1.1) Support
  [not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchVoyager (1.1) Support
  [not loaded] com.markspace.iokit.IOMissingSyncMassStorage (199) Support
  [not loaded] com.markspace.missingsync.palmos.classicseize (1) Support
  [loaded] com.sophos.kext.sav (9.0.61 - SDK 10.7) Support
  [loaded] com.sophos.nke.swi (9.0.53 - SDK 10.8) Support
  [loaded] com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3 - SDK 10.8) Support
  [loaded] com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.8 - SDK 10.8) Support
  [not loaded] com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1) Support
Startup Items:
  DynDNSUpdater: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DynDNSUpdater
  HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
  HP Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
  MissingSyncMounting: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MissingSyncMounting
Launch Daemons:
  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
  [running] com.elgato.EyeConnect.plist Support
  [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
  [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
  [loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
  [not loaded] com.robohippo.HippoConnectDaemon.plist Support
  [loaded] com.sharpcast.xfsmond.plist Support
  [running] com.sophos.autoupdate.plist Support
  [running] com.sophos.configuration.plist Support
  [running] com.sophos.intercheck.plist Support
  [running] com.sophos.notification.plist Support
  [running] com.sophos.scan.plist Support
  [running] com.sophos.sxld.plist Support
  [running] com.sophos.webd.plist Support
  [loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist Support
  [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support
Launch Agents:
  [running] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist Support
  [not loaded] com.cooliris.SetLaunchArch.plist Support
  [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
  [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
  [running] com.robohippo.HippoConnectAgent.plist Support
  [running] com.sophos.uiserver.plist Support
  [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support
  [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
  [not loaded] 3DataManager
  [running] ca.indev.MailTagsHelper.agent.plist Support
  [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
  [running] com.ecamm.printopia.plist Support
  [failed] WebToGo.BOB-100.plist Support
  [running] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist Support
User Login Items:
  FreeSpace
  HardwareGrowler
  Skype
  iTunes
  Dropbox
  iAntiVirus
Internet Plug-ins:
  Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support
  Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
  Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 Support
  CoolirisWebKitPlugin: Version: (null) Support
  Loki: Version: 3.4.2.20 Support
  AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
  OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
  Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
  iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
  CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 3.1.0.2 Support
  GoogleOneClickPluginDeluxe: Version: 1.0 Support
  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 65 Check version
Safari Extensions:
  Save to Pocket: Version: 1.9.1
  Evernote Web Clipper: Version: 6.1.3
  Clip to DEVONthink: Version: 1.2.1
  Ghostery: Version: 5.3.0
  Awesome Screenshot: Version: 1.4.3
  1Password: Version: 3.9.20
  SafariKeywordSearch: Version: 2.2.5
  AdBlock: Version: 2.7.8
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:
  Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
  Flash Player  Support
  Flip4Mac WMV  Support
  FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)  Support
  Growl  Support
  Java  Support
  MacFUSE  Support
  Perian  Support
  Printopia  Support
Time Machine:
  Skip System Files: NO
  Mobile backups: OFF
  Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
  Volumes being backed up:
  VB Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 740.60 GB
  Destinations:
  VB WD-HD 2TB [Local] (Last used)
  Total size: 2 
  Total number of backups: 14
  Oldest backup: 2013-02-21 12:14:36 +0000
  Last backup: 2014-06-26 09:43:15 +0000
  Size of backup disk: Too small
  Backup size 2  < (Disk used 740.60 GB X 3)
  VB Proworx 3TB [Local]
  Total size: 3 
  Total number of backups: 2
  Oldest backup: 2014-06-28 21:02:21 +0000
  Last backup: 2014-06-29 08:01:15 +0000
  Size of backup disk: Excellent
  Backup size 3  > (Disk size 930.71 GB X 3)
  Time Machine details may not be accurate.
  All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
      4% backupd
      2% WindowServer
      1% iPhoto
      0% mds
      0% FreeSpace
Top Processes by Memory:
  156 MB Safari
  139 MB SophosScanD
  135 MB iPhoto
  119 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
  98 MB backupd
Virtual Memory Information:
  47 MB Free RAM
  1.37 GB Active RAM
  1.34 GB Inactive RAM
  625 MB Wired RAM
  1.47 GB Page-ins
  115 MB Page-outs
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