X230 mSATA working at SATA 2 speeds

I installed a MyDigitalSSD 256GB Smart Series SATA III but I only seem to be getting SATA 2 speeds.
Lenovo sales rep said that the x230 is SATA 3 for the mSATA slot, and CrystalDiskInfo seems to confirm this as it reports Transfer Mode as SATA/600, though HD Tune reports it as SATA 2.
Here are the results I get:
Link to image 1
while benchmarks from reviews look like this:
Link to image 2
I checked that the BIOS is set to AHCI.
Any other ideas what might be happening?
thanks
Vicentiu
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/forums/postpage/board-id/X_Series_Thinkpads
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The mSATA slot is SATA2.

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