That's the crazy part, I'm getting ~400 MB/s with this enclosure on a drive capable of 525-550 MB/s when connected directly to the sata controller. I don't have any enclosures with the 1153 chip to test. So yes, the interface BW is there... someplace, but is not being achieved. The...
I'm using an ssd (840 pro) inside the enclosure. You're right for spinners it won't make a bit of difference. If I was using nvme, it'd be going into a gen 2 enclosure (10gbps) which is still not enough.
I picked up the Ugreen enclosure as linked in the OP. However I have some concerns about what's actually inside.
Under device mgr properties, it's coming back with a VID of 174C, PID 55AA. Researching this comes back to an asm1153 chip, not asm235cm. The enclosure is sealed tightly and...