Dell Inspiron Dell Inspiron 3671 Desktop Gaming Desktop, Intel Review

This Dell desktop has integrated graphics in the 97th percentile, but its ancient CPU is in the 8th percentile, creating a massive bottleneck. Our gaming score for it is a dismal 22.4/100. You're paying $1408 for a machine that's fundamentally unbalanced and mislabeled as a gaming PC.

Let's get the headline number out of the way: this Dell Inspiron 3671 is a desktop with a 97th percentile GPU. That's genuinely impressive, putting its graphics power in the elite tier for all towers we track. But here's the twist: that GPU is integrated, not a discrete card, and it's paired with a CPU that lands in the 8th percentile. That's a wild imbalance. You're getting a massive 32GB of RAM and a solid 2TB of combined storage (a 1TB SSD and a 1TB HDD), which lands in the 79th percentile. It's a machine built on a foundation of extremes, both good and baffling.

Performance is a story of two halves. The AMD integrated graphics, with its 48GB of allocated VRAM, scores in the 97th percentile. For basic display output, multi-monitor setups, and very light media tasks, it's overkill in the best way. But that's where the party ends. The Intel Core i7-9700 processor is a dated 8-core chip, and its performance lands it in the 8th percentile. That means for any CPU-intensive task—gaming, video editing, compiling code—this system will be a significant bottleneck. Our overall gaming score for it is a low 22.4 out of 100. The 32GB of DDR4 RAM (71st percentile) and fast PCIe SSD help keep general multitasking feeling snappy, but you can't outrun that old CPU.

At $1408, the value proposition is confusing. You're paying a premium for components that don't align with a modern workload. That money gets you elite integrated graphics you probably don't need and a CPU that will hold you back in everything that isn't web browsing. For the same price, you could build or buy a system with a modern mid-range CPU and a dedicated entry-level GPU that would run circles around this in every meaningful task, especially gaming.

Stack this up against actual gaming desktops like the HP Omen 45L or a Corsair Vengeance system, and the gap is a chasm. Those competitors pair modern CPUs (like Intel's Core Ultra 7) with actual dedicated graphics cards. Even a budget gaming tower with an RTX 4060 and a current-gen i5 would deliver 5x the gaming performance for a similar price. Compared to a Lenovo Legion Tower, this Dell's CPU is two generations behind. The only area it might 'win' is in raw port selection and the included OS, but that's a pyrrhic victory when the core silicon is so slow.

Gamers should run, not walk, away from this. Our 22.4/100 gaming score doesn't lie. Content creators, streamers, and anyone doing software development should also skip it, as the 8th percentile CPU will make those tasks painfully slow. Basically, if your work or hobby involves anything more intense than spreadsheets and web browsing, this CPU will be a constant source of frustration.

We can't recommend this as a gaming desktop, or really as a primary desktop for any demanding user. The 97th percentile GPU score is a technical marvel for an integrated solution, but it's solving a problem nobody has while ignoring the massive CPU problem everyone will face. The data is clear: the 8th percentile CPU cripples this system's potential. It's a spec sheet anomaly, not a sensible purchase.