Mid 2017 iMac too slow
Hi,
I've been having a problem with my mid 2017 iMac for around 2-3 years, which is that is running too slow for its time, especially after startup. I have ran both CPU and GPU tests on Geekbench 6, and the results look normal for this iMac gen (CPU Single-Core: 1196; Multi-Core: 3372; GPU Metal score: 38844), and it is still very slow.
I have also ran Clean My Mac X on this computer, and no problems were found. Every time I start it up, the applications open very difficultly, and are very slow upon startup. I mainly use it for coding (Xcode) and browsing and some reading. This problem popped up immediately after my brother downloaded Fortnite onto it.
Another problem that has popped up is that every time I close it, start the screensaver, or put it to sleep, it logs out after 2-3 hours of inactivity. It is on MacOS 13.5.1, it has an 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel core i5 processor with 24GB of RAM, of which only 16GB are used, and the CPU averages around 70% while idle.
The time when it is slowest is when I'm compiling even a very simple code after startup, not of the computer but of the application (10-15 lines of Swift, like declaring variables and condition statements), it takes it a couple of seconds to build it, but running takes around 2-3 minutes. When it is running the code, the RAM is not yet maxed out.
Could someone please help me?
Thank you.
iMac (2017 – 2020)
