NEW Mac Mini i7 SUPER SLOW

Question

I have been surfing the discussions for a while, and can not find a reason why. I have been using mac for about 10 years now, and I can not figure out why my new mac mini with the i7 chip is running deadly slow. I dont download anything that isnt on the iTunes library or the App store. It has loads of storage left.
Here are my specs:
OSx v 10.9.4
Proc: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Mem: 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3
I have 600GB left of storage
When I boot the computer it boots really slow. Like 4 or 5 minutes from the time i press the power button until I can log in.
After logging in, if I click to open a program I can literally sit 4 or 5 minutes before its open.
It has done this since I opened the box and fired it up for the first time.
Are mac mini's normally this poor of performance? It drives us nuts as our old iMac was WAY faster than this and it was nowhere near as "powerful" of a computer.
If someone out there can explain what I can do I would sure appreciate any help.

Answer 1

EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 4, 2014 at 7:14:06 PM MDT
Hardware Information: ?
    Mac mini (Late 2012) (Verified)
    Mac mini - model: Macmini6,2
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
    4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
    Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
        ASUS VN247 spdisplays_1080p
System Software: ?
    OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 10:40:2
Disk Information: ?
    APPLE HDD ST1000LM024 disk0 : (1 TB)
    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (595.55 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information: ?
    Western Digital My Book 1148 3 TB
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
        My Book for Mac (disk1s2) /Volumes/My Book for Mac: 3 TB (1.61 TB free)
    Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. SCX-3200 Series
    Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ?
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.9) Support
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.leapfrog.connect.shell.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
    [running]    com.sony.WirelessAutoImportLauncher.agent.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
    [running]    com.akamai.single-user-client.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
    WDDriveUtilityHelper
    WDSecurityHelper
    WDQuickView
Internet Plug-ins: ?
    DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.9r615 Support
    NPVirtools: Version: 4.0 Support
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 Support
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.4.1 Support
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
    DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.4 Support
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version
Safari Extensions: ?
    OpenIE
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 ?
    fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) Support
    Move_Media_Player: Version: npmnqmp 071801000001 Support
    CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.94 Support
    Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.5.5f1 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
    Akamai NetSession Preferences  Support
    DivX  Support
    Flash Player  Support
    Flip4Mac WMV  Support
    Java  Support
    MenuMeters  Support
Time Machine: ?
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 376.07 GB
    Destinations:
        My Book for Mac [Local] (Last used)
        Total size: 3 TB
        Total number of backups: 68
        Oldest backup: 2013-11-30 15:06:48 +0000
        Last backup: 2014-09-05 00:14:26 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 3 TB > (Disk size 930.71 GB X 3)
    Time Machine details may not be accurate.
    All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
         3%    WindowServer
         1%    Adobe Reader Updater Helper
         1%    SystemUIServer
         0%    fontd
         0%    notifyd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
    397 MB    firefox
    188 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    147 MB    mds_stores
    147 MB    com.apple.IconServicesAgent
    139 MB    softwareupdated
Virtual Memory Information: ?
    972 MB    Free RAM
    1.67 GB    Active RAM
    720 MB    Inactive RAM
    684 MB    Wired RAM
    818 MB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs