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The MSI GS73 6RF ‘Stealth Pro' is partially overclockable. The Intel Core i7 6700HQ is locked so you can't enhance clock speeds, however the Nvidia GTX1060 can be adjusted in either the MSI software, or with a dedicated GPU tweaking program such as MSI Afterburner.
We managed to push the core to 1,555MHz (1,719MHz boost) and the memory to 2,152MHz before artifacting would occur. We found that by modestly increasing the last two states of the GPU fan that the GTX1060 would hold a higher real world boost clock speed. We increased state 5 from 80% to 90% fan speed and state 6 from 80% to 110%. This increases noise a little, but it's not too bad.
A small increase to the CPU fan speeds in state 5 and 6 also helped reduce temperatures a little under load.
The core and memory increase pushes the graphics score from 11,306 to 11,875 points. With this clock increase many game engines were running 3-4 frames per second faster at 1080p.
Still think the Auros X7 DT v6 with its 1440p 120hz g-sync screen, a 1080, and being under an inch (25.4mm) thick is the best laptop on the market
Do not buy any MSI products until read how they treat their customers: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/gt72-gt72s-and-gt80-gt80s-owners-gpu-upgrade-discussion.795236/