AsMedia 106X + SSD

[LawlFish]

So basically here is the story. I have 2 WD Caviar Blacks running in RAID0 on the SATA ports (1-2) on the side of my ASUS Crosshair V Formula Motherboard (Latest BIOS). The problem is, as the SATA port assignments go 1-4 (AHCI, RAID, IDE) 5-6 (RAID, IDE) The problem is that you cannot run RAID on 5-6 while running AHCI on 1-4. (the BIOS locks that functionality out.) So I also have a Corsair Force GT with the 5.02 Firmware, and have it running on the single AsMedia 106X SATA port. Now from my understanding, if I moved the SSD to SATA port 3, and ran it UNLINKED from the RAID0 array, in technicality it would be running in ACHI (The AsMedia Controller is in ACHI) . The reason I ask this is because I am not getting proper Benchmarks out of the SSD, I have tested it in 3 different benchmarks, AS SSD, ATTO, HDTune, all fall short about 200 MB/s short on sequential Read.

 

[airdeano]

there looks to be two ASM1061 Storage options the main and the front. and
then OPROM on each 1061 option. but no schematic breakdown of the
ASM1061 bus (assumming the ports SATA6G_E1, SATA6G_E2, SATA6G_E3, SATA6G_E4)
without naming the eSATA (Z77 chip).
i believe the E1 and E2 ports are on the main as the E3 and #4 are the front ports.
are these available in your BIOS Onboard Device Configuration Menu?

airdeano