EA3500 slows down internet connection by half

I have a Win7 PC that is connected by ethernet cable to my EA3500; my other PC's run off the EA's wireless.
My provider is Cox and I subscribe to their Ultimate service which now gives 100+ Mbps down and 20+ up. When I connect my Cox modem directly to my PC, I get download speeds in excess 120 Mbps and upload over 20 Mbps.
My problem is when I connect my PC through my EA3500 router via ethernet, my PC's download speeds drop to 50 Mbps, though the upload speeds remain near 20 Mbps.
Wireless speeds to the other PC's are also in the 50 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload.
Why would my EA3500 choke down my ethernet connected PC's downloads to 50 Mbps when a direct connection with the Cox modem more than doubles the speeds to over 125 Mbps? Do I have some setting set up incorrectly in the EA3500?
Thanks in advance for any ideas and answers you may have.

What solved the issue for me was to go into my Linksys smart wi-fi browser app and select "Media Prioritization" and then the select "Settings" (it is there in a small link) and once in, I I entered 125000 in the Downstream Bandwidth window, which previously was set for 58227 for some reason. That opened up the throughput through my entire router, both wired and ethernet sides.

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