Will be upgrade to my old MacBook Pro of Mavericks in El Capitan speed things up? If this is not the case, how to restore?

My trusty old MBP (15-inch, mid 2009; Processor 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo; Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3; Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB / 9600M GT 512 MB; Software  OS X 10.9.5 (13F1134); positively ancient, I know!) is really gives me a hard time. And I don't even talking about video editing or other heavy work. No, simple processing, navigation, etc. ; the kind of things that NEVER used put any strain on the girl. But nowadays, JEEZ!

So, can anyone advise? Upgrade to El Capitan would make things better or worse?

I did several drive repairs and checks - recovery mode - even a defrag with iDefrag (for what it's worth, right?), but still no luck. So, I'm of a mind that an update of the OS would be some new life to my dear old steed before I finally retire him when I can afford next year.

I'm just dreading that I'll make things worse! So, I can back up with Time Machine and then just return to Mavericks if the proverbial poop hits the fan?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!

I think you need to check first on your system.   Download and install this application that will tell us something about what is happening to your system so slow.   http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

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