Mac OS X Mavericks - Slow!

Question

Hey guys,
I updated to Mavericks a while ago and I have been experiencing hangs and slowdowns across the system.
The beachball is very common for relatively mundane tasks and things just take a lot longer to complete.
Here is the Etrecheck run:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
          1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:15:35
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD HTS727575A9E362 disk0 : (750.16 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 649 GB (337.52 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
                    BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 100.3 GB (23.52 GB free)
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Logitech USB Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
          com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring          (9.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist
          [loaded] com.cloudpath.maccmd.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.facebook.videochat.Rahul.plist
          [loaded] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist
          [loaded] com.hp.printerAgent.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
          [loaded] net.optimum.iptv.optimumapp.agent.v3.plist
          [loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
          gfxCardStatus
          iTunesHelper
          Bowtie
          Caffeine
          ClipMenu
          Fantastical
          Android File Transfer Agent
          Box Sync
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          RCDefaultApp
          Flash Player
          Java
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
          o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Mobile backups: ON
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 649 GB Disk used: 311.48 GB
          Destinations:
                    Time Machine [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 1.4 TB
                    Total number of backups: 20
                    Oldest backup: 2013-05-10 06:10:22 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-03-01 19:40:04 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Adequate
                              Backup size 1.4 TB > (Disk used 311.48 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          WindowServer
               2%          iTunes
               1%          coreaudiod
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          Last.fm Scrobbler
               1%          Microsoft Word
               0%          fontd
               0%          OneDrive
               0%          notifyd
               0%          softwareupdated
Top Processes by Memory:
          238 MB             mds_stores
          197 MB             Safari
          188 MB             iTunes
          164 MB             com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          123 MB             Evernote
          98 MB              WindowServer
          90 MB              Mail
          90 MB              mdworker
          90 MB              OneDrive
          82 MB              mds
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          85 MB              Free RAM
          3.36 GB            Active RAM
          3.70 GB            Inactive RAM
          871 MB             Wired RAM
          547 MB             Page-ins
          96 KB              Page-outs
Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.