Should I upgrade from 10.7.5 to a newer version? If so, which?

I own a 2011 15" Macbook Pro 2.2GHz Intel Core i7 currently running 10.7.5 with 16 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM. ( I recently upgraded the RAM )
I'm wondering if I should upgrade my OS X ?
Should I keep 10.7? upgrade to 10.8? 10.9? or 10.10?
My main question is how will each of these perform on my mac? Will browsing the internet, running pages, numbers, or iphoto be slower or faster? Those are the main things that I use on my macbook pro. I do occasionally try to use more intensive programs but not that often.
Thanks.

You can no longer get Mavericks, unless you downloaded the installer and stashed it before Yosemite was released. So the choices are Mountain Lion and Yosemite. ML costs $20, Yosemite is free. However, Yosemite is not to everyone's liking. The user interface has taken a big step backward. Newer versions of Pages and Numbers are reported to lack some of the features and capabilities that older versions had. You might want to read some of the discussions in the Yosemite section before deciding. If you want to try it, install it clean on an external drive and work with it for a while to see if you can stomach the interface, and whether your apps work as you want them to. Don't just let it "upgrade" your existing system, unless you have first made a complete clone of your current system on another drive that you can restore if something goes wrong with the upgrade, or if you just hate it.
Mountain Lion is still getting security updates, but there's no telling when Apple will decide to cut off Mountain Lion users from further updates.

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