Here's my 6 x 280X GPU RIG with 4 x HIS IceQ X2 Boost + 2 x Sapphire Toxic running on Win 8.1 Preview.
[img ]http://i.imgur.com/gfTV0tp.jpg[/img]
[img ]http://i.imgur.com/7YEIf0w.jpg[/img]
[img ]http://i.imgur.com/3M2W4lM.jpg[/img]

Why are two of them running so much slower? You identified which two it is? What I mean by that is the order doesn't make sense, but you have 4 of one brand and two of another. Are the Sapphire ones the slow ones? I know those are capable of much more than that.