Mac freezes for a few seconds

Hello fellow Mac users,
since a few days my MacBook Pro is running slow. It doesn't matter what I do, sooner or later the mac freezes (just showing the spinning wheel) for a few seconds and that happens very often, about every 2 minutes. The system runs on 15% workload. Starting Apps takes very long as well. I hoped that the troubleshooting page for Software problems of the Apple support homepage would help, but it did not.
Additionally, the MacBook is not shutting down and if it does it takes very long.
It doesn't matter if I start on a different account or start with the safe boot.
I had this problem about a half a year ago. I just reinstalled OS X and it just worked fine. But I don't have time to do that again.
Specs:
Mac OS X 10.10.3
MacBook Pro 15" Early 2011
Intel Core i7 2 GHz
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256 MB
500 GB SATA hard drive
I would be very thankful for every kind of help.

Thanks  for the fas answer thomas_r
Here's the report
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
    1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
    16 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 145 - SN = D86113103D8DGDLAM
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 3000
    AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
        Color LCD 1680 x 1050
        SA300/SA350 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 0:6:57
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 disk0 : (500,11 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
        BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 100.00 GB (20.62 GB free)
        Conrad (disk1) / : 398.88 GB (283.40 GB free) - 9 errors
            Core Storage: disk0s2 399.25 GB Online
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Razer Razer Copperhead Laser Mouse
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/Toast 10 Titanium/Toast Titanium.app
    [not loaded]    com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.roxio.TDIXController (1.7) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl (1.0.0d1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.general.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.ipm.ui.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.notifications.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.odscan.default.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.scheduler.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.avira.antivirus.systray.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.telemetry.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.update.default.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.avira.antivirus.dbcleaner.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.avira.antivirus.ipm.loader.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.avira.helper.watchdox.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    Dropbox    Programm  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.9 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 45 Check version
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    AdBlock
    Turn Off the Lights
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player  [Click for support]
    Java  [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
        Conrad: Disk size: 398.88 GB Disk used: 115.48 GB
    Destinations:
        My Book [Local]
        Total size: 1.50 TB
        Total number of backups: 75
        Oldest backup: 2011-06-22 13:46:18 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-05-03 18:10:00 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 1.50 TB > (Disk size 398.88 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         6%    WindowServer
         2%    savapi
         1%    fontd
         1%    avguard-ondemand-mgmt
         0%    AV_Systray
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    804 MB    kernel_task
    344 MB    savapi
    328 MB    avguard.bin
    311 MB    mdworker(11)
    262 MB    Safari
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    9.08 GB    Free RAM
    6.92 GB    Used RAM
    0 B    Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    May 5, 2015, 02:31:14 PM    Self test - passed

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