Disappointing disk performance on Spectre x360 14T

[lazerdriver]

Just got this a week ago. Saw a review here that has some disk benchmarks: "https://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Spectre-x360-14-Convertible-Review-An-Instant-Favorite.511009.0.htm...

Ran the same CrystalDiskMark benchmark and my numbers for Seq both R and W are about 1/2 what they got in the article. And my  Seq Q32T1 is lower by 1000 mb/s  compared to the article's numbers. I confimed I am in High Peformance mode like the reviewer and using all the same benchmark  parameters as the reviewer.

This laptop is the version with the Intel SSD w/32gb Octane, the reviewers version had the PCIe 3.0  NVMe SSD. Is the difference due to type of SSD? Is anyone getting better results on the Intel SSD?

Theirs:

Mine:

[lazerdriver]

OK, I think I understand the difference in benchmarks. And since HP doesn't seem to publish specifics on exactly which SSD's they use, I have drawn some conclusions based on the reviewer's results and mine.

I assume the reviewer's SSD is a Samsung evo 970. I base that on the that Samsung's specs which claim 3500mb/ reads and 3000 mb/s writes and the benchmark results the reviewer got.

The SSD in my laptop must be the new Intel H10 SSD w/32gb Optane. That is based on the specs Intel has on their website for that drive and the benchmark results I got.