Lion running on base 2011 MacBook Pro afraid of: upgrade to "El Capitan."

I have a base 2011 MacBook Pro running Lion 10.7.5. It becomes kind of slow, but I just had it looked at. No problems. I'm afraid of a free upgrade to El Capitan as it may run more slowly. I have much stored and not in the game. Think to pay shop install for $30 Mountain Lion. Thoughts?

There should be a reason why a Mac starts running slow.  First find the reason (s) and then upgrade.

A good starting point is a download and publishing a report Etrecheck:

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