Can I bootcamp Windows on SSD instead of Fusion Drive?

Hi guys,
I have a base retina iMac which I have boot camp Windows 8.1 on it. However, I would like to know if I can improve the performance of Windows 8.1, like installing Windows 8.1 on SSD part instead of HDD?
If not, how can I improve the performance of windows 8 on fusion drive?
thanks

Hi, Sorry for the late reply...
Here's what I got...
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         121.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         441.5 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                557.8 GB   disk1s4
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *557.0 GB   disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2
                                 4AF164C1-45E3-48A3-93CA-51CE5DF7011A
                                 Unencrypted Fusion Drive
diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group E97FFD32-8648-4CA3-B8E8-44589594E6F8
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         562498494464 B (562.5 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 474F7386-3E05-4500-ADAB-5F91269183B6
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 7ACB35A3-83FA-4572-99C2-16F1FA925A48
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     441509642240 B (441.5 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family BA6AFD64-62E4-4230-ACD5-D3256A3D0347
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 4AF164C1-45E3-48A3-93CA-51CE5DF7011A
            Disk:                  disk2
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          557000032256 B (557.0 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

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