ASUS TUF Gaming A17 FA706

gaming 2021 17.3" dGPU ⏱ ~9h ⚖️ 2.60 kg ⚖️ balanced
LB Score
74
out of 100
Fit for you
57/100
✚ Strong: fit_value ⚠ Weak: fit_mobility
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CPU
72
GPU
78
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
RAM max
32 GB
DDR4
Battery
90 Wh
~9h
Price
~$590
estimate
Age
5 years
2021
📝 Our review

ASUS TUF Gaming A17 FA706 review

ASUS TUF Gaming A17 FA706 — from 2021, 2.6 kg, performance 72.

LB Score
74
/100
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📌 Quick verdict

Overall score 74/100. Strongest suit — Photo & design (96), weakest — Portability (8).

✓ Strengths

Photo & design (96) · Light office (84)

⚠ Weaknesses

Portability (8)

💰 Price trend

$1,800 $1,136 $472 2021: $1,800 2021 2022: $1,440 2023: $1,152 2024: $922 2025: $737 2026: $590 2026 2027: $472 (forecast) 2027
📉 Loses ~$242/year (13%). Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.

Specs in context

LB Score 74
CPU score 72 High tier
GPU score 78 High tier
RAM max 32 GB Professional
Weight 2.60 kg Heavy
Battery 90 Wh Huge

Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.

Full specifications

Brand
ASUS
Series
TUF Gaming/Dash
Type
Gaming≈
Release year
2021≈
Screen size
17.3"
Resolution
1920x1080
Panel type
ips
Color gamut (sRGB)
100%~
Processor
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H , AMD Ryzen 7 5800H , AMD Ryzen 7 4800H , AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
Graphics
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6GB , GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8GB , GeForce GTX 1660 Ti , GeForce RTX 2050 Laptop GPU , GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU , GeForce GTX 1650
RAM (max)
32 GB DDR4≈
Weight
2.60 kg
Ports
4
Backlit keyboard
✓
Webcam
✓
Battery
90 Wh

Performance metrics

Performance 72
Portability 8
Light office 84
Gaming 72
Creative 75
Energy efficiency 73
Connectivity 65
Value 80
Color accuracy —

Graphics (3 discrete + 0 integrated)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (dGPU)
6 GB · GDDR6
CUDA 7.5
64
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU (dGPU)
4 GB · GDDR6
60
GeForce GTX 1650 (dGPU)
4 GB · GDDR6
CUDA 7.5
53

🎮 Gaming performance

FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU

Game Medium (1080p) High (1080p) Verdict
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 302 291 ✓ Comfortable
FIFA 19 304 256 ✓ Comfortable
CS:GO — 240 ✓ Comfortable
Overwatch — 240 ✓ Comfortable
FIFA 22 224 215 ✓ Comfortable
FIFA 21 225 214 ✓ Comfortable
Rocket League 247 209 ✓ Comfortable
Valorant 209 209 ✓ Comfortable
Rainbow Six Siege — 201 ✓ Comfortable
FIFA 20 192 181 ✓ Comfortable
Star Wars Squadrons 219 159 ✓ Comfortable
World of Warships — 148 ✓ Comfortable
Counter-Strike 2 — 147 ✓ Comfortable
Resident Evil 7 281 147 ✓ Comfortable
Farming Simulator 19 182 145 ✓ Comfortable
Doom — 144 ✓ Comfortable
Prey 144 143 ✓ Comfortable
GTA V — 140 ✓ Comfortable
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) — 140 ✓ Comfortable
Forza Horizon 4 134 134 ✓ Comfortable
Monster Hunter Stories 2 135 134 ✓ Comfortable
Doom Eternal 148 133 ✓ Comfortable
Back 4 Blood 146 126 ✓ Comfortable
F1 2018 155 126 ✓ Comfortable
Grand Theft Auto V — 124 ✓ Comfortable
Vampire Bloodhunt 133 124 ✓ Comfortable
F1 2020 143 122 ✓ Comfortable
Dota 2 — 121 ✓ Comfortable
F1 2019 141 121 ✓ Comfortable
Farming Simulator 22 148 121 ✓ Comfortable
F1 2021 149 120 ✓ Comfortable
For Honor 126 120 ✓ Comfortable
Fortnite — 120 ✓ Comfortable
GRID Legends 139 118 ✓ Comfortable
Escape from Tarkov 117 117 ✓ Comfortable
F1 22 148 117 ✓ Comfortable
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 144 114 ✓ Comfortable
Diablo 4 129 113 ✓ Comfortable
Need for Speed Payback 127 113 ✓ Comfortable
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 129 112 ✓ Comfortable
Battlefield 5 111 111 ✓ Comfortable
F1 23 149 109 ✓ Comfortable
Dirt Rally 2.0 138 107 ✓ Comfortable
Forza Horizon 5 100 107 ✓ Comfortable
Rainbow Six Extraction 116 105 ✓ Comfortable
Counter-Strike 2 133 104 ✓ Comfortable
The Witcher 3 — 103 ✓ Comfortable
Apex Legends 120 102 ✓ Comfortable
Mirror's Edge Catalyst — 101 ✓ Comfortable
Ready or Not 106 101 ✓ Comfortable
Dishonored 2 — 100 ✓ Comfortable
Hitman 3 116 99 ✓ Comfortable
Resident Evil Village 105 99 ✓ Comfortable
The Finals 112 99 ✓ Comfortable
Star Wars Battlefront 2 110 95 ✓ Comfortable
Far Cry 5 248 93 ✓ Comfortable
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — 93 ✓ Comfortable
GRID 2019 116 91 ✓ Comfortable
ELEX 113 90 ✓ Comfortable
Gears Tactics 159 90 ✓ Comfortable
Ghostwire Tokyo 90 89 ✓ Comfortable
Middle-earth: Shadow of War 121 89 ✓ Comfortable
Call of Duty: Warzone 99 88 ✓ Comfortable
Death Stranding 99 88 ✓ Comfortable
Cyberpunk 2077 57 86 ✓ Comfortable
Dead Island 2 119 86 ✓ Comfortable
Rise of the Tomb Raider — 86 ✓ Comfortable
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 95 85 ✓ Comfortable
Outriders 99 84 ✓ Comfortable
Alan Wake Remastered 88 83 ✓ Comfortable
Days Gone 95 83 ✓ Comfortable
Hitman 2 89 82 ✓ Comfortable
Monster Hunter World 94 82 ✓ Comfortable
Total War Pharaoh 127 82 ✓ Comfortable
The Callisto Protocol 82 81 ✓ Comfortable
Need for Speed Heat 88 80 ✓ Comfortable
Deus Ex Mankind Divided — 79 ✓ Comfortable
Far Cry New Dawn 83 79 ✓ Comfortable
Ghost Recon Wildlands 85 79 ✓ Comfortable
Far Cry 6 89 78 ✓ Comfortable
High On Life 96 78 ✓ Comfortable
The Division 2 98 78 ✓ Comfortable
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 98 77 ✓ Comfortable
Lies of P 90 77 ✓ Comfortable
Spider-Man Miles Morales 81 76 ✓ Comfortable
Darksiders III 83 75 ✓ Comfortable
Resident Evil 4 Remake 56 75 ✓ Comfortable
Atlas Fallen 81 74 ✓ Comfortable
Yakuza Like a Dragon 77 74 ✓ Comfortable
Anthem 75 73 ✓ Comfortable
Just Cause 4 102 73 ✓ Comfortable
Guardians of the Galaxy 74 72 ✓ Comfortable
Battlefield 2042 83 71 ✓ Comfortable
Watch Dogs Legion 82 71 ✓ Comfortable
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 79 70 ✓ Comfortable
Halo Infinite 83 70 ✓ Comfortable
Horizon Zero Dawn 83 70 ✓ Comfortable
Rage 2 82 70 ✓ Comfortable
Anno 1800 90 69 ✓ Comfortable
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80 69 ✓ Comfortable
Hunt Showdown 89 69 ✓ Comfortable
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War 83 68 ✓ Comfortable
Mafia Definitive Edition 77 67 ✓ Comfortable
Need for Speed Unbound 84 67 ✓ Comfortable
Serious Sam 4 69 67 ✓ Comfortable
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 100 67 ✓ Comfortable
Assassin's Creed Mirage 70 66 ✓ Comfortable
Deathloop 82 66 ✓ Comfortable
Armored Core 6 68 64 ✓ Comfortable
Total War: Three Kingdoms 102 64 ✓ Comfortable
X-Plane 11.11 76 64 ✓ Comfortable
Borderlands 3 88 62 ✓ Comfortable
Call of Duty Vanguard 73 60 ✓ Comfortable
The Crew 2 60 60 ✓ Comfortable
Immortals Fenyx Rising 73 59 ⚠ Playable
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 75 57 ⚠ Playable
Elden Ring 58 57 ⚠ Playable
Dirt 5 75 56 ⚠ Playable
New World 58 56 ⚠ Playable
The Quarry 69 56 ⚠ Playable
Crysis Remastered 100 55 ⚠ Playable
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 78 55 ⚠ Playable
Palworld 70 55 ⚠ Playable
Riders Republic 69 55 ⚠ Playable
Skull & Bones 71 55 ⚠ Playable
Sons of the Forest 56 55 ⚠ Playable
Baldur's Gate 3 63 54 ⚠ Playable
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 68 54 ⚠ Playable
Metro Exodus 64 54 ⚠ Playable
Elex 2 61 53 ⚠ Playable
Company of Heroes 3 89 52 ⚠ Playable
EA Sports WRC 57 52 ⚠ Playable
God of War 66 52 ⚠ Playable
Returnal 59 52 ⚠ Playable
The Crew Motorfest 59 52 ⚠ Playable
Control 69 51 ⚠ Playable
Red Dead Redemption 2 75 51 ⚠ Playable
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection 55 51 ⚠ Playable
Atomic Heart 81 50 ⚠ Playable
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66 49 ⚠ Playable
Hogwarts Legacy 62 48 ⚠ Playable
Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 57 47 ⚠ Playable
A Plague Tale Requiem 54 45 ⚠ Playable
Immortals of Aveum — 44 ⚠ Playable
The Witcher 3 v4 101 43 ⚠ Playable
The Last of Us 48 42 ⚠ Playable
Dead Space Remake 47 40 ⚠ Playable
Dying Light 2 47 40 ⚠ Playable
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 50 40 ⚠ Playable
Flight Simulator 2020 57 39 ⚠ Playable
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 42 39 ⚠ Playable
Enshrouded 41 34 ⚠ Playable
Alan Wake 2 31 30 ⚠ Playable
Lords of the Fallen 41 30 ⚠ Playable
Starfield 38 30 ⚠ Playable
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 36 28 ✗ Low
💡 156 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).

💻 Software compatibility

Counter-Strike 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
114%
RAM
400%
Grand Theft Auto V ✓ Runs well
CPU
361%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
Cyberpunk 2077 ✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Minecraft ✓ Runs well
CPU
722%
GPU
785%
RAM
800%
Fortnite ✓ Runs well
CPU
131%
GPU
491%
RAM
400%
Valorant ✓ Runs well
CPU
481%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ✓ Runs well
CPU
241%
GPU
314%
RAM
533%
Elden Ring ✓ Runs well
CPU
131%
GPU
164%
RAM
267%
Red Dead Redemption 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
241%
GPU
280%
RAM
400%
Apex Legends ✓ Runs well
CPU
131%
GPU
196%
RAM
533%
Hogwarts Legacy ✓ Runs well
CPU
160%
GPU
262%
RAM
200%
Dota 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
481%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
Baldur's Gate 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
131%
GPU
224%
RAM
400%
Starfield ✓ Runs well
CPU
103%
GPU
114%
RAM
200%
Call of Duty: Warzone ✓ Runs well
CPU
131%
GPU
224%
RAM
400%
League of Legends ✓ Runs well
CPU
722%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Sims 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
481%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
Helldivers 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
103%
GPU
121%
RAM
400%
Battlefield 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
160%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Far Cry 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
180%
GPU
357%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
436%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
160%
GPU
224%
RAM
400%
Metro Exodus ✓ Runs well
CPU
180%
GPU
253%
RAM
400%
Overwatch ✓ Runs well
CPU
289%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
PUBG: Battlegrounds ✓ Runs well
CPU
180%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil 4 Remake ✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
191%
RAM
400%
Escape from Tarkov ✓ Runs well
CPU
241%
GPU
314%
RAM
400%
God of War ✓ Runs well
CPU
328%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Horizon Zero Dawn ✓ Runs well
CPU
328%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Death Stranding ✓ Runs well
CPU
289%
GPU
253%
RAM
400%
Control ✓ Runs well
CPU
241%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Doom Eternal ✓ Runs well
CPU
328%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Batman: Arkham Knight ✓ Runs well
CPU
401%
GPU
392%
RAM
533%
Hitman 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
328%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Flight Simulator 2020 ✓ Runs well
CPU
258%
GPU
314%
RAM
400%
Watch Dogs Legion ✓ Runs well
CPU
258%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Borderlands 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
289%
GPU
280%
RAM
533%
Anno 1800 ✓ Runs well
CPU
241%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Rainbow Six Siege ✓ Runs well
CPU
601%
GPU
785%
RAM
533%
The Division 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
328%
GPU
314%
RAM
400%
Gears Tactics ✓ Runs well
CPU
289%
GPU
523%
RAM
400%
Hunt Showdown ✓ Runs well
CPU
258%
GPU
392%
RAM
533%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands ✓ Runs well
CPU
241%
GPU
191%
RAM
400%
Mafia Definitive Edition ✓ Runs well
CPU
328%
GPU
392%
RAM
533%
Days Gone ✓ Runs well
CPU
328%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Ghostwire Tokyo ✓ Runs well
CPU
172%
GPU
327%
RAM
267%
Returnal ✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
196%
RAM
200%
Dying Light 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
241%
GPU
191%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil Village ✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
224%
RAM
400%
The Callisto Protocol ✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
196%
RAM
400%
Atomic Heart ✓ Runs well
CPU
226%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Alan Wake 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
172%
GPU
121%
RAM
200%
Black Myth Wukong ✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
327%
RAM
200%
Ghost of Tsushima ✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
The Last of Us Part 1 ✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
196%
RAM
200%
Diablo 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
328%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Spider-Man Miles Morales ✓ Runs well
CPU
241%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor ✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
143%
RAM
400%
Dead Space Remake ✓ Runs well
CPU
226%
GPU
191%
RAM
400%
Lies of P ✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Sons of the Forest ✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
171%
RAM
267%
Rise of the Tomb Raider ✓ Runs well
CPU
481%
GPU
785%
RAM
800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider ✓ Runs well
CPU
401%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey ✓ Runs well
CPU
361%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla ✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
F1 24 ✓ Runs well
CPU
401%
GPU
191%
RAM
400%
Need for Speed Heat ✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
224%
RAM
400%
Civilization 6 ✓ Runs well
CPU
481%
GPU
785%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order ✓ Runs well
CPU
401%
GPU
654%
RAM
400%

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Configuration options

Available model options · 19 variants across 6 categories

🖥 Displays (2)
1920 x 1080 (60Hz) 1920 x 1080 (144Hz)
⚙ Processors (4)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
🎮 Graphics (6)
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6GB GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8GB GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GeForce RTX 2050 Laptop GPU GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU GeForce GTX 1650
🔲 Memory (3)
8GB 16GB 32GB
💾 Storage (3)
512GB 1024GB 1 TB SSD M.2 PCIe
🔋 Batteries (1)
90 Wh

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