Mac Mini 2014 short freezes

Hello
Recently I purchased a brand new Mac Mini 2014 and sometimes I have this weird issue. Sometimes my mac has short freezes, i can't move cursor or type anything.
when I reboot my issue is solved but I find it quite annoying that this is happening.
I googled this issue but didn't really find anything simular to my issue.
It's like it running something very huge to process because if i move my mouse during the freeze it does move my mouse after the freeze.
I monitored my memory but I haven't noticed anything strange (is it normal I only have 5-10% of my 8GB RAM left?)
Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this issue?
Kind regards
Mathias

Sorry for the late response
here it is:
Problem description:
Recently I purchased a brand new Mac Mini 2014 and sometimes I have this weird issue. Sometimes my mac has short freezes, i can't move cursor or type anything.
when I reboot my issue is solved but I find it quite annoying that this is happening.
I googled this issue but didn't really find anything simular to my issue.
It's like it running something very huge to process because if i move my mouse during the freeze it does move my mouse after the freeze.
I monitored my memory but I haven't noticed anything strange (is it normal I only have 5-10% of my 8GB RAM left?)
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated 21 Dec 2014 14:48:42 CET
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
Mac mini (Late 2014) (Verified)
Mac mini - model: Macmini7,1
1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel Iris
BenQ GW2760 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
27EA53 spdisplays_1080p
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:3:58
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 998.98 GB (945.21 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 999.35 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Startup Items: ℹ️
TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper: Path: /Library/StartupItems/TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Spotify Application (/Applications/Spotify.app)
Google Chrome ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.6 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Java [Support]
Tuxera NTFS [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      4% mds
      3% WindowServer
      2% mds_stores
      1% loginwindow
      0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
198 MB Google Chrome
129 MB Finder
94 MB Xcode
94 MB ocspd
86 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
3.75 GB Free RAM
3.31 GB Active RAM
644 MB Inactive RAM
883 MB Wired RAM
1.66 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Dec 21, 2014, 02:45:19 PM Self test - passed
EDIT: Not sure but I noticed that it happens after it goes idle and shows me the screensaver. Maybe I should try and disable the screensaver (you never know).

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