Periodic freezing problem

Hey everyone,
     So, I've got a problem here. I've got a mid 2012 13" Macbook Pro that suddenly started doing this weird thing where applications will freeze on me for 10-25 seconds, give me the spinning beach ball, and then resume back to normal. I ran hard drive tests and nothing was found, I've got plenty of hard drive space (688GB) left. I tried uninstalling my internet browser, that didn't help, I tried running the computer in safe mode and found nothing. Theres no real rhyme or reason to what freezes up, it just seems like anytime I'm using any amount of my CPU over a few % it stops and I ran tests and I constantly have 80+% of my CPU free. I'm lost here and was wondering if someone could help?
Here's the hardware specs:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro9,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:          2.9 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
L3 Cache:          4 MB
Memory:          8 GB
Boot ROM Version:          MBP91.00D3.B08
SMC Version (system):          2.2f44
Serial Number (system):          C02HXQ9ZDTY4
Hardware UUID:          6CDC365D-BC3B-529F-8130-41559754B161
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:          Enabled

kcsigi,
if you have a bootable external drive, try running from it using Startup Manager and see if you still get the freezing that way. If your MacBook Pro works well when booted from the external disk, but freezes when it runs from the internal disk, then a possible cause of the problem could be its internal SATA cable.

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