New iMac very slow? why?

Hi,
I have recently bought brand new iMac 21,5" 2,7 Ghz i5 with 8GB ram and 1 TB memory. I have transfered all data from Time Machine backup. And my computer is very very slow with apps, expecialy when it wakes up from sleep. I turn on safari, illustrator and photoshop and it takes 10 minutes to became normal. If I open mail it is very very slow. Also, twitter app. I don't know where the problem is. It is brand new computer. It has all the power. I have checked "verify disk" and everything is ok. I have repaired all permissions, and still nothing. iPhoto is extremely slow but its just iPhoto, very bad program.
But after 5-10 minutes after wakeup iMac starts to behave normal. When Photoshop is turned on (after 5-10 min) it starts to act normal. Sometimes excel doesn't won't to turn on. Mouse icon turns rainbow circle and nothing. I force quit it and start again and after 2-3 minutes it opens.
Does anybody have an idea what should i do?

Thank you. Here are info:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated 24. jun 2014. 20.01.32 GMT+2
Hardware Information:
  iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) (Verified)
  iMac - model: iMac14,1
  1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
  8 GB RAM
Video Information:
  Intel Iris Pro - VRAM: (null)
  iMac 1920 x 1080
System Software:
  OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 8 days 12:39:22
Disk Information:
  APPLE HDD ST1000LM024 disk0 : (1 TB)
  EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
  Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999,35 GB (294,02 GB free)
  Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
  A4TECH USB Device
  Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
  Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
  Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
  Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
Thunderbolt Information:
  Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
  Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
  [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.2.32) Support
  [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.2.32) Support
  [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.2.32) Support
  [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.2.32) Support
  [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.2.32) Support
  [not loaded] com.iospirit.driver.RBTSRPlugin (1.18 - SDK 10.6) Support
  [loaded] com.iospirit.driver.rbiokithelper (1.21 - SDK 10.6) Support
  [loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.97) Support
  [not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.97) Support
  [not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Support
  [not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Support
Startup Items:
  CandelairPrefsTool: Path: /Library/StartupItems/CandelairPrefsTool
  HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
  HP USB EWS Gateway: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP USB EWS Gateway
  HPlaserjet Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HPlaserjet Trap Monitor
Problem System Launch Daemons:
  [failed] com.apple.AOSNotificationOSX.plist
  [failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Daemons:
  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
  [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
  [loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist Support
  [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
  [loaded] com.iospirit.candelair.daemon.plist Support
  [loaded] com.iospirit.candelair.sync.plist Support
  [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
  [invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
  [running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
Launch Agents:
  [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
  [loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
  [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
  [invalid] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
  [running] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist Support
  [running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
  [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
  [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
  [loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist Support
  [running] com.plexapp.helper.plist Support
  [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items:
  iTunesHelper
  iTunesHelper
  Vuze
  Skype
  Mail
  Dropbox
  Messages
  Safari
  Google Drive
  Viber
  Dropbox
  HP Utility
  Calendar
  Slack
  Twitter
  fuspredownloader
  HPEventHandler
Internet Plug-ins:
  o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
  Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 5.2 Support
  Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
  Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.2.4 Support
  OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
  DFusionWeb: Version: (null) Support
  AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.10 Support
  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Support
  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
  Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Support
  iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
  googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
  OnLiveGameClientDetector: Version: OnLiveGameClientDetector 1.0.0 Support
  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.10 Support
  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
  ViewRightWebPlayer: Version: 3.5.2.0 Support
  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
  GMail Counter: Version: 0.9.3
  Slick Savings: Version: 1.0
  Slick Savings: Version: 2.0
  DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>: Version: 2.1.2.182
  Amazon Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1
  Searchme: Version: 1.3
  Ebay Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1
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
  fbplugin_1_0_1: Version: (null) Support
  fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
  Adobe Version Cue CS4  Support
  Candelair  Support
  Flash Player  Support
Time Machine:
  Skip System Files: NO
  Auto backup: YES
  Volumes being backed up:
  Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 656.88 GB
  Destinations:
  Data [Network] (Last used)
  Total size: 2 
  Total number of backups: 62
  Oldest backup: 2013-12-05 23:05:33 +0000
  Last backup: 2014-06-24 15:11:21 +0000
  Size of backup disk: Too small
  Backup size 2  < (Disk used 656.88 GB X 3)
  Time Machine details may not be accurate.
  All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
      18% Twitter
      14% Viber
      3% WindowServer
      2% Console
      1% JavaApplicationStub
Top Processes by Memory:
  672 MB Adobe Illustrator
  410 MB Finder
  254 MB Viber
  246 MB Safari
  172 MB JavaApplicationStub
Virtual Memory Information:
  53 MB Free RAM
  3.12 GB Active RAM
  3.04 GB Inactive RAM
  1.18 GB Wired RAM
  18.21 GB Page-ins
  2.35 GB Page-outs

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