Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB USB flash drive

Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the USB flash drive Dual Drive D40E with 256GB (LJDD40E256G-BNSNG) from the brand Lexar.

Performance score 
56
Price/GB
0.20 $
Read
100 MB/s
 Write
no information
Connector
USB Typ A+C
Interface
USB 3.2 1x1
Technical specifications (manufacturer information)
Product image Product image Dual Drive D40E
Manufacturer Lexar  
Model number LJDD40E256G-BNSNG
Capacity 256 GB (231 GiB)
Read speed 100 MB/s
Write speed no information
Interface USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 (5 Gbit/s)
Connector USB Typ A+C
Controller n/a

  Current price
~ 50 $
(= 0.20 $ / GB)
Compare product Compared to the test winner*
Read speed
20 %
Write speed
10 %
*) Test result rated by AS SSD score within the same capacity.
Volume: E:
Controller: Unknown
Possible Memory Chip(s): Not available
VID: 21C4
PID: 0809
Manufacturer: Lexar
Product: USB Flash Drive
Query Vendor ID: Lexar   
Query Product ID: USB Flash Drive 
Query Product Revision:     
Physical Disk Capacity: 248145510400 Bytes
Windows Disk Capacity:  248084856832 Bytes
Internal Tags: 2C2F-QABL
File System: FAT32
Relative Offset: 32 KB
USB Version: 3.10
Declared Power: 304 mA

We put the 256 GB Lexar USB flash drive through a detailed test. You can find the test result / test report here:


AS SSD Benchmark

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 1 GB file. A total score of 56 points was achieved.

AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB USB flash drive
AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
183.05 MB/s
45.82 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
8.49 MB/s
1.32 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
7.77 MB/s
1.33 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0.608 ms
2.186 ms
Score
35
7
Total score 
56

Copy performance test

A common everyday scenario is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

  • ISO (folder with two large files)
  • Program (folder with many small files)
  • Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using the Windows copy command (cache remains enabled). The real-world test from 31 March 2025 shows performance during simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB USB flash drive
AS SSD Copy Benchmark Transfer rate: Duration:
ISO
two large files
47.41 MB/s
22.66 s
Program
typical program folder with many small files
20.36 MB/s
69.10 s
Game
a game folder with small and large files
36.22 MB/s
38.13 s

Compression performance test

Here, speed is measured depending on how compressible the data is.

AS SSD TEST: Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB USB flash drive

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are carried out here and the write and read speed (manufacturer specs: 100 MB/s) the Lexar USB flash drive is measured.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB USB flash drive
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
183.82
82.21
SEQ1M
Q1T1
193.09
82.26
RND4K
Q32T16
16.34
2.47
RND4K
Q1T1
14.10
1.70

IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)

CDM Read [IOPS] Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
175.30
78.40
SEQ1M
Q1T1
184.10
78.50
RND4K
Q32T16
3,988.80
603.00
RND4K
Q1T1
3,442.40
416.00

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
45,366.90
100,675.00
SEQ1M
Q1T1
5,425.69
12,738.30
RND4K
Q32T16
97,794.10
234,177.00
RND4K
Q1T1
290.27
2,401.05

HD Tune Pro long-term test

A long-term test was performed to fully utilize the storage. You can see at what point the cache (if present) becomes full and write performance drops. A test file of 4 GB was written to the medium.

HD Tune endurance test TEST: Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB USB flash drive

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 1 GB file to the 256 GB Lexar USB flash drive. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The measured access time and burst rate are also shown.

HD Tune TEST: Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB USB flash drive

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written to the 256 GB Lexar USB flash drive multiple times. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster writing and reading usually becomes.

ATTO Disk Benchmark TEST: Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB USB flash drive

SSD-Z Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the 256 GB Lexar USB flash drive here. The transfer data is displayed. The more consistent the line, the better. Unfortunately, the tool no longer works correctly from around 4,000 MB/s and no line is displayed (and sometimes incorrect min/max data is shown).

SSD-Z TEST: Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB USB flash drive

Power consumption

The following screenshot shows the USB flash drive's power consumption at idle (standby) and during a read operation followed by a write operation. The drive consumes approx. 0.26 watts at idle. Maximum consumption was approx. 0.39 watts.

Power consumption TEST: Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB USB flash drive

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