Scrolling is uneven and slow since I reloaded my system software (MacBook)

I used to be able to scroll quickly through a webpage. Now it scrolls as a cursor. This is slow and uneven.

As EtreCheck just provides a snapshot in time, it is not terribly useful for figuring out what is slowing the system down unless you have known bad actors running on your Mac that show up in the report.
You need to watch Activity Monitor when it slows down and see what is chewing up CPU and Memory.
If the Memory Pressure gets into the Red while using it, then it is likely not enough RAM for what you are trying to do. With the check you posted above, you weren't having any memory issues at that moment.
You've got a handful of startup items which I know nothing about. Try disabling them and see if things are better.
User Login Items:
    WBE Desktop Notifier
    WorkspaceUpdate
    iTunesHelper
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer
And
[loaded]    com.starfield.backupservice.plist 3rd-Party support link
You can test by booting into Safe Mode. If it works reasonable well there, it is likely one of the startup or login items.
If not, I would agree with others that it is the lack of RAM.

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iphone slow to type numbers and letters since downloading ios7
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