DIY FusionDrive extremely slow under Mavericks

Hi,
I have a self made FusionDrive on my MacBook Pro Late 2011 (Samsung SSD 840 PRO 256 GB + 750 GB Apple HD)
Since upgrading to Mavericks, it is EXTREMELY slow ! Black Magick shows 20-40 MB/s write speed !!!! I used to have 5 times more ! Read speed is also worse than before.
Anyone could help with this ?
Thanks
Rd

Did you ever figure this out?  I am experiencing a similar issue, detailed here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6063791

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    1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
    8 GB RAM
    Video Information:
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    Audio Plug-ins:
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    AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
    AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
    iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
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    Disk Information:
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    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
    XooS5 HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (189.85 GB free)
    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S 
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    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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    EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
    disk1s2 (disk1s2) <not mounted>: 2 TB
    Boot OS X (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 134.2 MB
    Thunderbolt Information:
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    Problem System Launch Agents:
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    [loaded] com.f-secure.fsavd.plist
    [loaded] com.f-secure.fsmac.firewall.plist
    [loaded] com.f-secure.fsmac.fsupdated_guts2.plist
    [loaded] com.f-secure.fsmac.licensetool.plist
    [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist
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    [loaded] com.f-secure.trasher.plist
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    [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
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    F-Secure Anti-Virus for MAC
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    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
    DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.1
    Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
    OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.8
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
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    Old applications:
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    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: YES
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    Total number of backups: 32
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    Last backup: 2013-12-07 12:48:45 +0000
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    5%          WindowServer
    3%          Finder
    3%          Dropbox
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    74 MB          Mail
    49 MB          softwareupdated
    49 MB          Dropbox
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    97 MB          Free RAM
    1.21 GB          Active RAM
    1.19 GB          Inactive RAM
    1.21 GB          Wired RAM
    1.83 GB          Page-ins
    36 MB          Page-outs
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              123 MB          softwareupdated
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              61 MB          Skype
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              1.23 GB          Active RAM
              1.14 GB          Inactive RAM
              502 MB          Wired RAM
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