Precision 7960 Tower Workstation

Model: 7960
Featured at CAD $6,300.00
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Offer ID 7960tower_reg_01
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Powerful tower provides ultimate scalability and performance

A scalable tower that’s built to power your most demanding software. Features professional graphics and up to a 56 Core Intel® Xeon® processor.

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Intel® Xeon® w5-3423 (30MB Cache, 12 cores,24 threads, 2.1GHz to 4.2GHz Turbo 220W)
Intel® Xeon® w5-3525 (45MB Cache, 16 cores, 32 threads, 3.2GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 290W)
Intel® Xeon® w5-3535X (52.5MB Cache, 20 cores, 40 threads, 2.9GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 300W)
Intel® Xeon® w7-3545 (67.5MB Cache, 24 cores, 48 threads, 2.7GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 310W)
Intel® Xeon® w7-3555 (75MB Cache, 28 cores, 56 threads, 2.7GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 325W)
Intel® Xeon® w7-3565X (82.5MB Cache, 32 cores, 64 threads, 2.5GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 335W)
Intel® Xeon® w9-3575X (97.5MB Cache, 44 cores, 88 threads, 2.2GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 340W)
Intel® Xeon® w9-3595X (112.5MB Cache, 60 cores, 120 threads, 2.0GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 385W)
Intel® Xeon® w5-3423 (30MB Cache, 12 cores,24 threads, 2.1GHz to 4.2GHz Turbo 220W)
Intel® Xeon® w5-3425 (30MB Cache, 12 cores, 24 Threads, 3.2GHz to 4.6GHz Turbo 270W)
Intel® Xeon® w5-3433 (45MB Cache, 16 cores, 32 threads,2.0GHz to 4.2GHz Turbo 220W)
Intel® Xeon® w5-3435X (45MB Cache,16 cores, 32 threads, 3.1GHz to 4.7GHz Turbo 270W)
Intel® Xeon® w7-3445 (52.5MB Cache, 20 cores, 40 threads, 2.6GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 270W)
Intel® Xeon® w7-3455 (67.5MB Cache, 24 cores, 48 threads, 2.5GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 270W)
Intel® Xeon® w7-3465X (75MB Cache, 28 cores, 56 threads, 2.5GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 300W)
Intel® Xeon® w9-3475X (82.5MB Cache, 36 cores, 72 threads, 2.2GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 300W)
Intel® Xeon® w9-3495X (105MB Cache, 56 cores, 112 threads, 1.9GHz to 4.8GHz Turbo 350W)
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
Ubuntu 22.04 on Precision
Ubuntu 22.04 with DCA Enabler on Precision
Ubuntu Linux 24.04 LTS
English, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese
English, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese
Standard
Standard
Intel Management Engine with vPro
Intel Management Engine with vPro
Intel vPro Management Disabled
Precision 7960 Tower 2200W Chassis (FMX)
Precision 7960 Tower 2200W Chassis (FMX)
Precision 7960 Tower 1400W Chassis (FMX)
Precision 7960 Tower 1400W FB NVMe/SATA Chassis (FMX)
16 GB 1 x 16 GB DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC
16 GB 1 x 16 GB DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC
32 GB 2 x 16 GB DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC
32 GB 1 x 32 GB, DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
64 GB 4 x 16 GB DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC
64 GB 2 x 32 GB DDR5, up to 4800MT/s, RDIMM ,ECC
64 GB 1 x 64 GB, DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
96 GB 6 x 16 GB DDR5 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC
128 GB 8 x 16 GB, DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
128 GB 4 x 32 GB, DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
128 GB 2 x 64 GB DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC
192 GB 12 x 16 GB, DDR5, up to 5600MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
192 GB 6 x 32GB, DDR5, up to 5600 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
256 GB: 16 x 16 GB, DDR5, up to 5600 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
256 GB 8 x 32 GB DDR5 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC
256 GB 4 x 64 GB DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC
256GB 1 x 256 GB DDR5, up to 4800MT/s RDIMM ECC
384 GB 12 x 32 GB, DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
384 GB 6 x 64 GB DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC
512 GB 16 x 32 GB DDR5 up to 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC
512 GB 8 x 64 GB, DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
512 GB 2 x 256 GB, DDR5, up to 5600 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
768 GB: 12 x 64 GB, DDR5, up to 5600 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
1 TB 16 x 64 GB, DDR5, up to 4800MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
1 TB 4 x 256 GB DDR5, up to 4800MT/s RDIMM ECC
1.5 TB: 6 x 256 GB, DDR5, up to 5600 MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
2TB 8 x 128 GB DDR5, up to 4800MT/s RDIMM ECC
3 TB 12 x 256 GB, DDR5, up to 5600MT/s, RDIMM, ECC
4TB 16 x 256 GB DDR5, up to 4800MT/s RDIMM ECC
Nvidia RTX A400, 4GB GDDR6, 4 mDP
NVIDIA® T400, 4 GB GDDR6, 3 mDP to DP adapters, 7960T
NVIDIA® T1000, 8 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP adapters, 7960T
Nvidia RTX A400, 4GB GDDR6, 4 mDP
AMD Radeon Pro W6400, 4GB GDDR6, 2DP
AMD Radeon™ Pro W6600, 8 MB PCIe, Display Port
AMD® Radeon™ Pro W6800, 32 GB GDDR6, 6 mDP, 7960T
Nvidia RTX A1000, 8GB GDDR6, 4 mDP
NVIDIA® RTX™ A2000, 12 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP adapters
AMD Radeon™ Pro W7500, 8 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
AMD Radeon™ Pro W7600, 8 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
NVIDIA® RTX™ A4000, 16 GB GDDR6, 4 DP, 7960T
NVIDIA RTX A4500, 20 GB GDDR6, 4 DP, 7960T
NVIDIA® RTX™ 5000 Ada Generation, 32 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
NVIDIA® RTX™ A6000, 48 GB GDDR6, 4 DP, 7960T
Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada, 16 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP
NVIDIA® RTX™ 4000 Ada Generation, 20 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
NVIDIA® RTX™ 4500 Ada Generation, 24 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
NVIDIA® RTX™ A5500, 24 GB GDDR6, 4 DP, 7960T
Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada, 48GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada Generation, 48 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (70W), 16GB GDDR7 with ECC, 4 mDP to DP
NVIDIA RTX Pro 4000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (145W) 24GB GDDR7, 4 DP
NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Workstation Edition (200W), 32GB GDDR7 with ECC, 4DP
NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (300W), 48GB GDDR7 with ECC, 4DP
NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (300W) 72GB GDDR7, 4 DP
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition (300W), 96GB GDDR7, 4DP
NVIDIA® A800 Active, 40 GB HBM2, Headless + NVIDIA® A1000, 8 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP adapters
Dual NVIDIA T400, 4 GB GDDR6, 3 mDP to DP adapters, 7960T
Dual Nvidia RTX A400, 4GB GDDR6, 4 mDP
Dual NVIDIA® RTX™ A1000, 8 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP adapters
Dual AMD Radeon Pro W6400, 4 GB GDDR6, 2 DP, 7960T
Dual AMD Radeon Pro W7400, 8 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP
Dual AMD Radeon™ Pro W7500, 8 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Dual AMD Radeon™ Pro W7600, 8 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Dual Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada, 16 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP
Dual Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada, 48GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Dual Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada Generation, 48 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Dual Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
Dual NVIDIA® RTX™ 4500 Ada Generation, 24 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Dual NVIDIA® RTX™ 5000 Ada Generation, 32 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Dual NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (70W), 16GB GDDR7 with ECC, 4 mDP to DP
Dual NVIDIA RTX Pro 4000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (145W) 24GB GDDR7, 4 DP
Dual NVIDIA RTX Pro 4500 Blackwell Workstation Edition (200W) 32GB GDDR7, 4 DP
Dual NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (300W), 48GB GDDR7 with ECC, 4DP
Dual NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (300W) 72GB GDDR7, 4 DP
Dual NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition (300W), 96GB GDDR7, 4DP
Dual Nvidia A800 Active, 40 GB HBM2, Headless + Nvidia A1000, 8 GB GDDR6, 4mDP to DP
Triple Nvidia RTX A400, 4GB GDDR6, 4 mDP
Triple NVIDIA® RTX™ A1000, 8 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP adapters
Triple Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada, 16 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP
Triple NVIDIA® RTX™ 4000 Ada Generation, 20 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Triple NVIDIA® RTX™ 4500 Ada Generation, 24 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Triple NVIDIA® RTX™ 5000 Ada Generation, 32 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Triple Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada, 48GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Triple Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada Generation, 48 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Triple NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (70W), 16GB GDDR7 with ECC, 4 mDP to DP
Triple NVIDIA RTX Pro 4000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (145W) 24GB GDDR7, 4 DP
Triple NVIDIA RTX Pro 4500 Blackwell Workstation Edition (200W) 32GB GDDR7, 4 DP
Triple NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (300W), 48GB GDDR7 with ECC, 4DP
Triple NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (300W) 72GB GDDR7, 4 DP
Triple NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition (300W), 96GB GDDR7, 4DP
Triple Nvidia A800 Active, 40 GB HBM2, Headless + Nvidia A1000, 8 GB GDDR6, 4mDP to DP
Quad Nvidia RTX A400, 4GB GDDR6, 4 mDP
Quad NVIDIA® RTX™ A1000, 8 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP adapters
Quad Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada, 16 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP
Quad NVIDIA® RTX™ 4000 Ada Generation, 20 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Quad NVIDIA® RTX™ 4500 Ada Generation, 24 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Quad NVIDIA® RTX™ 5000 Ada Generation, 32 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Quad Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada, 48GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Quad Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada Generation, 48 GB GDDR6, 4 DP
Quad NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (70W), 16GB GDDR7 with ECC, 4 mDP to DP
Quad NVIDIA RTX Pro 4000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (145W) 24GB GDDR7, 4 DP
Quad NVIDIA RTX Pro 4500 Blackwell Workstation Edition (200W) 32GB GDDR7, 4 DP
Quad NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (300W), 48GB GDDR7 with ECC, 4DP
Quad NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (300W) 72GB GDDR7, 4 DP
Quad NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition (300W), 96GB GDDR7, 4DP
No Graphics Card
F1 Flexbay Boot 2xNVME 2xSATA Front Flexbay Rear Flexbay optional Integrated 1400W
512GB M.2 2280 SSD with DRAM Gen4x4 TLC SED
None
512GB M.2 2280 SSD with DRAM Gen4x4 TLC SED
512GB M.2 2230 SSD Gen5x4 TLC SED
1TB M.2 2280 SSD with DRAM Gen4x4 TLC SED
1TB M.2 2280 SSD with DRAM Gen5x4 TLC SED
2TB M.2 2280 SSD with DRAM Gen4x4 TLC SED
4TB M.2 2280 SSD with DRAM Gen4x4 TLC SED
Front FlexBay NVME Boot(F1+R0/R2)
No SATA SAS RAID
No SATA SAS RAID
RAID0 for SATA SAS
RAID1 for SATA SAS
RAID10 for SATA SAS
RAID5 for SATA SAS
Filler - No Optical
Filler - No Optical
8x DVD+/-RW 9.5mm Optical Disk Drive
8x DVD-ROM 9.5mm ODD
SATA 2.5 Optical RW, NON ENCRYPTED
Virtual RAID on CPU software driver - Windows
None
Virtual RAID on CPU software driver and Standard license key - Windows
Virtual RAID on CPU software driver - Windows
Virtual RAID on CPU software driver and Premium license key - Windows
None
None
Qualcomm WCN6856-DBS, 2x2, 802.11ax, Bluetooth® wireless card
System Power Cord C13 (US 125V, 15A)
Jumper Cord - C19/C20, 0.6M, 250V, 16A (US, EU, TW, CN, APCC countries except ANZ)
Jumper Cord - C19/C20, 2.5M, 230V, 16A (EU, HKTW and APCC countries except ANZ)
System Power Cord, C19, 2.5m, 250V 20A, US
Jumper Cord, C19/C20, 0.6M, 250V, 16A (North America, Guam, North Marianas, Philippines, Samoa)
System Power Cord, C13, 1.8m, 250V 13A, US
System Power Cord C13 (US 125V, 15A)
System Power cord C19 (US 125V, 20A)
No Power Cord
System Power Cord, C19 US 125V 15A
Dell Pro 3 Wired Keyboard - KB216 - French Canadian - Black
Dell Pro 3 Wired Keyboard - KB216 - Canadian Multilingual - Black
Dell Wired Keyboard - KB216 - English-US
Dell Pro 3 Wired Keyboard - KB216 - French Canadian - Black
No Keyboard Selected
Dell Pro 5 Keyboard and Mouse - KM526 - English-US - Black
Dell Pro 5 Keyboard and Mouse - KM526 - French Canadian - Black
Dell Pro 5 Keyboard and Mouse - KM526 - Canadian Multilingual - Black
Mouse Included
Dell Pro 3 Wired Mouse - MS116 - Black
No Mouse Selected
Mouse Included
ENERGY STAR Qualified
None
ENERGY STAR Qualified
3 in 1 Packaging Label (DAO, APCC, China, Japan, KR, HK, BCC, EMEA)
3 in 1 Packaging Label (DAO, APCC, China, Japan, KR, HK, BCC, EMEA)
Dell Premier Color
None
Dell Premier Color
Regular - DAO Regulatory Label, 2200W
Regular - DAO Regulatory Label, 2200W
Regular - SERI for DAO : English/French
Basic Hardware Service with Onsite Support After Remote Diagnosis
Basic Hardware Service with Onsite Support After Remote Diagnosis
EPEAT Gold with Climate+
None
EPEAT Gold with Climate+
Commonly asked questions about tech specs

Tech Specs

  • Processor

    Intel® Xeon® w5-3423 (30MB Cache, 12 cores,24 threads, 2.1GHz to 4.2GHz Turbo 220W)

  • Operating System

    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

  • Graphics Card

    Nvidia RTX A400, 4GB GDDR6, 4 mDP

  • Memory *

    16 GB 1 x 16 GB DDR5, up to 4800 MT/s RDIMM ECC

  • Optical Drive

    Filler - No Optical

  • Storage

    512GB M.2 2280 SSD with DRAM Gen4x4 TLC SED

  • Product Variant

    Standard

  • Premier Color

    Dell Premier Color

  • Energy Star

    ENERGY STAR Qualified

  • Microsoft Office

    Activate Your Microsoft 365 For A 30-Day Trial

  • Intel VROC Software and License

    Virtual RAID on CPU software driver - Windows

  • Operating System Languages

    English, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese

  • Systems Management

    Intel Management Engine with vPro

  • Hardware Support Services Upgrades

    ProSupport with Onsite Service After Remote Diagnosis

  • Base Warranties

    Basic Hardware Service with Onsite Support After Remote Diagnosis

  • Keyboard

    Dell Pro 3 Wired Keyboard - KB216 - French Canadian - Black

  • Mouse

    Mouse Included

  • Ports

    Front:
    2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
    1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C® port with PowerShare
    1 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C® port
    1 Universal audio port
    1 SD-card slot

    Rear:
    3 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C® ports
    2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
    1 USB 3.2 Gen 1 port with Smart Power On
    1 RJ45 Ethernet port, 1GbE
    1 RJ45 Ethernet port, 10GbE
    1 RJ45 Ethernet port, 2.5GbE(option)
    2 RJ45 Ethernet port, 10GbE(option)
    1 Line-out port
    1 Serial port
    2 PS2 ports

  • Slots

    2 full-height Gen5 PCIe x16 slots
    2 full-height Gen4 PCIe x16 slots
    2 full-height Gen4 PCIe x8 slots
    2 half-height, half-length Gen4 PCIe x8 slots wired as x4 electrically
    8 Externally facing (4 front and 4 rear) storage flexbays with optical drive configuration
    10 Externally facing (6 front and 4 rear) storage flexbays without optical drive configuration
    Up to 8 M.2 NVMe drives (4 front and 4 rear)

  • Dimensions & Weight

    Height: 430.70 mm (16.90 in.)
    Width: 218.00 mm (8.60 in.)
    Depth: 538.30 mm (22.30 in.)
    Starting weight: 21.04 kg (46.39 lbs.)

  • Power Cord

    System Power Cord C13 (US 125V, 15A)

Reviews

Ratings & Reviews are provided by verified users through email, My Account, or at events.
What customers are saying
Customers praise the Dell Precision 7960 Tower for its strong performance, ample memory bandwidth, and flexible storage options that boost demanding workloads. Some customers note the machine’s large size, heavy weight, and inadequate default cooling, which can lead to high temperatures and occasional return‑process frustrations. Overall, most reviews highlight the system’s ability to dramatically speed up tasks like molecular dynamics and LLM training, while a minority point out practical concerns about space, heat, and support delays.
This AI-generated summary reflects customer review from the past two years and is updated weekly.
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