MSI Super Raid (Raid 0)

Hi I've got two sandisk-x110-128gb-mlc-sata-iii-sd6sf1m ssd disk in my MSI GE70 Apache Pro I have this disks in Raid 0= MSI Super Raid but i have only read about 650 and write about 500 I ask in sandisk  forum and they told me to upgrade firmware for this ssd I tried sandisk software for upgrade but software don't recognize ssd..also they told me these ssd is OEM manufactured..and MSI provide update of firmware.. How can I update firmware on these ssd? For better performance :-)

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Hi I've got two sandisk-x110-128gb-mlc-sata-iii-sd6sf1m ssd disk in my MSI GE70 Apache Pro I have this disks in Raid 0= MSI Super Raid but i have only read about 650 and write about 500
Test it with ATTO: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/ATTO-Disk-Benchmark.shtml
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