I was going to add more RAM but would it help?

I'm running a late-2011 15" MB Pro with 4GB of RAM. I use it all day in work, multiple pdfs open in preview, chrome with many tabs, terminal tabs, sublime text tabs etc. I have felt it going really slow lately, too many damned beachballs! I had decided to get 16GB of Crucial but just ran 'top' from terminal now and seeing the output below (it was turned on about 7 hours ago and put to sleep maybe twice since then), would I benefit from any more RAM?
PhysMem: 1000M wired, 1586M active, 1299M inactive, 3885M used, 188M free.
VM: 231G vsize, 1285M framework vsize, 1623950(9) pageins, 799503(0) pageouts.

check the links below - Amazon UK for both 8GB and 16GB for your Macbook Pro.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMSA16GX3M2A1333C9-Memory-1333MHz-So-Dimm/dp/B00 6ON5KZC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366731849&sr=8-1&keywords=Apple+RAM+16GB
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