AVCHD and Premiere...slow going

Hey guys,
After some time I've managed to stabilize my computer (with some help ).
I'm having some trouble though...
I can't seem to get my AVCHD files to scrub smoothly in Pp5.5. I'm beginning to believe that the fault lies with Pp5.5 itself, not my hardware or settings.
My software is up-to-date v5.5.2.
I've gone through Harm's tune tips and have changed almost everything except creating a new page file.
I've searched the forums, but have not found a fix for this problem.
I'm also having issues with certain features when creating titles. Such as: slow feedback when changing the "degree" of the text (it takes sometime for the degree number to change onscreen...basically jumps around). When scrubbing the linear gradient option, I'm also seeing some lagging. I've circled the areas in RED on the image below.
I've included some screen shots in order to help you guys help me......let me know if you need any more info.
This is driving me bonkers.
Computer specs:
Adobe PP CS5.5
OS: Windows 7 Pro
CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K 3.2GHz
CPU cooling: intel liquid cooling solution
Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 Pro
Memory: 32GB Samsung 1.35v
GPU: ASUS GTX 570 1280mb
Boot Drive: 180GB corasir Force GT SSD
Storage: Seagate 7200rpm 1TB HDD x2 RAID 0
PSU: Cooler Master 1000w Pro Gold
Optical Drive: pioneer
Case: Fractal Designs Full Tower (1) 180mm fan + (3) 140mm fans + (1) 120mm fan

There is a lot on these forums where certain things have clogged performance that are not related to hardware: codec packages installed, MOV "wrappers" on some media, errant drivers, etc. I would suggest running the PPBM5 benchmark (www.ppbm5.com) to get a reality check regarding how your PC is performing against a known project. That way, you will know with certainty whether you need to keep chasing hardware or something else. Please report the individual "scores" back to this forum as well.
Another benchmark to consider, which is really easy to do, is running HD Tune Pro (30 day eval is free) with block size = 2MB to insure your RAID is up to snuff. You should be getting a nice smooth waterfall decay in performance from the first part of you array (fastest) to the last part (slowest) with no massive spikes down. With your 2x1TB you should see #'s around: max = 230, min = 110 MB/s.
One tweak to suggest if you have not done it alreay is for your RAID 0 array: Win7 drive properties, click Policies tab, check both boxes: "Enable write caching on the device" and "turn off windows write cache buffer flushing on the device". This may help your build which has a fast CPU, tons of RAM, and is really light on number of drives relative to your other components. I will assume too that ALL your files are on the RAID 0 array (projects, media, cache, scratch, etc.); if they are not, try that. SSDs are great boot / program drives, but they do not work so great for CS5 / CS5.5 work.
Finally, two tips to use in the meantime so you can get some work done: 1) leave MPE enabled and do a "Sequence / Render entire work area" (from the menu) and 2) play with playback resolution (right click on playback window / playback resolution) to get your scrubbing and playback to work well. On the playback resolution, do play with different options; sometimes "full" may even work better than the easier resolutions (1/2, 1/4, etc.).
Regards,
Jim

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