Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA706

  • Launched: January 2021
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~76.9%
  • Dimensions: 399.2 x 268.9 x 24.8 mm (15.72 x 10.59 x 0.98 inches)
Select the laptop configuration that you are interested in
Display:
CPU:
GPU:
RAM:

Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA706
Performance
57
Gaming
51
Display
31
Battery Life
64
Connectivity
67
Portability
45
BestCheck Score
53

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA706

Case

Weight 2.6 kg (5.73 lbs)
Dimensions 399.2 x 268.9 x 24.8 mm 15.72 x 10.59 x 0.98 inches
Area 1073 cm2 (166.5 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~76.9%
Side bezels 8.1 mm
Colors Black, Gray
Material Plastic
Transformer No
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Number of fans 2

Display

 
Size 17.3 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz
PPI 127 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No
Sync technology G-Sync
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Ambient light sensor No

Battery

Capicity
Battery type Li-Ion
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Left
Charge power 200 W

CPU

 
Base frequency 3.3 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.2 GHz
Cores 6
Threads 12
L3 Cache 16 MB
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
Fabrication process 7 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6982
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1459
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
10334

Graphics Card

 
TGP 90-95 W
Nvidia Optimus Yes
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 8 nm
GPU base clock 1215 MHz
GPU boost clock 1567 MHz
FLOPS 12 TFLOPS
Memory size 6 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 192 bit
Memory speed 14 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 3840
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 120
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
GPU performance
12 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 1x8 GB
Clock 3200 MHz
Type DDR4
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
Max. ram size 32 GB

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 1
NVMe Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0
Power 2x2W
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6
Bluetooth v5.2
Fingerprint No
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 3x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
SD card reader No
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Backlight Yes
Touchpad
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes