Guys, it worked. The only two things I changed were disabling the Fast Boot and a different monitor.

Appreciate you taking the time to help out!

AddRam: I reformatted, reinstalled, read the posts provided, created the recovery USB for startup repair, etc. Install again went well. This time I shutdown vs having restarted earlier. It...

Z170-E (missed it typing) RAM gskill ripjaws 2x16GB

Can I do the start up repair from Windows? At this point, I have to go through the install process every time. It completes, but that is as...

Bios has been reset. Asus Z170. Forgot to mention, SSD 500GB Samsung EVO.

I built a desktop. Asus Z170, Intel I7 6700, Geforce GTX 1060. Everything appears to work, system boots to bios.
I did a clean install of Windows 10 pro from a USB stick, it installed and windows...