I think it is the provided cable. I swapped cables and now receive much better performance.
Order a usb-c to a usb-A 3.1 gen 2 cable from Amazon and will test again.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07213D35X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Performance with different USB-c to USB-A cable. I am thinking this is only a USB 3.0 cable…so performance is not max.