Okay here's the report.
I opened both After Effects and Premiere and a project I'm presently working on, to give an accurate sense for the type of demand I'm putting on the computer. I hope that was the right way to go.
EtreCheck version: 3.0.3 (307)
Report generated 2016-09-14 19:13:28
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Runtime 1:35
Performance: Excellent
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Problem: Computer is too slow
Description:
New iMac.
Underwhelming performance so far.
Appears to be performing below spec.
Needed to video editing.
Hardware Information: ⓘ
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
iMac - model: iMac17,1
1 4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
Empty
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
Empty
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Video Information: ⓘ
AMD Radeon R9 M390 - VRAM: 2048 MB
iMac 5120 x 2880
System Software: ⓘ
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G1004) - Time since boot: less than an hour
Disk Information: ⓘ
APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk2) / : 1.02 TB (960.86 GB free)
Core Storage: disk1s2 23.55 GB Online
Core Storage: disk0s2 999.35 GB Online
APPLE SSD AP0032H disk1 : (24 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 315 MB
Boot OS X (disk1s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB
Macintosh HD (disk2) / : 1.02 TB (960.86 GB free)
Core Storage: disk1s2 23.55 GB Online
Core Storage: disk0s2 999.35 GB Online
USB Information: ⓘ
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2 TB
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
EQD_Akron (disk3s2) /Volumes/EQD_Akron : 2.00 TB (958.39 GB free)
Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
iLok iLok
Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ⓘ
Mac App Store and identified developers
System Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] 6 Apple tasks
[loaded] 160 Apple tasks
[running] 72 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[not loaded] 47 Apple tasks
[loaded] 153 Apple tasks
[running] 90 Apple tasks
Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-09-12) [Support]
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (2016-09-12) [Support]
Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[running] com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist (2016-09-12) [Support]
[running] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (2016-09-12) [Support]
User Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-09-12) [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-09-12) [Support]
Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-07-08)
AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 (2016-09-12) [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-07-08)
3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ
None
Time Machine: ⓘ
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ
10% Google Chrome Helper(8)
9% Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015
7% kernel_task
6% WindowServer
2% After Effects
Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ
3.26 GB Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015
1.38 GB After Effects
1.21 GB kernel_task
1.14 GB Google Chrome Helper(8)
524 MB aerendercore
Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ
98 MB Free RAM
16.00 GB Used RAM (4.74 GB Cached)
1.19 GB Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ⓘ
Sep 14, 2016, 07:02:52 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015_2016-09-14-190252_[redacted].crash
com.adobe.PremierePro.CC10 - /Applications/Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015.3/Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015
Sep 14, 2016, 06:44:54 PM Self test - passed