High End PC - BF1 freezes, forces shutdown or game crash consistantly

System info:

i7 7700k (4.2ghz)

GTX 1080 (liquid cooled, so thermal throttling isn't an issue)

16gb ddr4 Ram

z270 Stinger MOBO

Samsung 500gb M.2

144hz 1440p Dell G-Sync Monitor

Windows 10 Pro

I play BF4 with no issues, high FPS.

I got BF1 and only started playing it a few days ago.

I let the Nvidia Experience optimize it. It runs great on Ultra, 1440p, and around 70fps or so. Then out of nowhere it will freeze the screen. If I am lucky, I get the little "Battlefield has stopped working...Windows is searching for a solution to the problem..." Dialog so that I at least can just go to desktop. If I am not lucky, the system needs a hard reboot to exit the freeze.

I have tried:

• Repairing install via Origin
• Turning off Origin In-Game option
• Running DX12 instead of 11 - interesting development: when I did this, I also turned on V-sync for kicks; and I would get little micro-freezes and hard fps stutters (like, from 60 down to 1-17 fps) around once every minute or so of gameplay. Although it was super annoying, I thought I could live with it since it wasn't freezing. After about 4 games though, it did the same screen freeze.
• Running DX12 WITHOUT V-Sync - Got higher FPS obviously, and the little micro-freezes disappeared; but it just went back to hard freezing the system.
• Limiting the GPU (in-game setting)
• Running programs as Administrator (I was just curious)
• Re-installed Nvidia Drivers - running latest. 

I feel like this is a game issue, since I can play BF4 perfectly. But I am definitely no expert.

Attached is my DxDiag file 

What else can I try?

Any help would be extremely appreciated.