I have almost the same setup as yours and have the same problem as yours. The only difference with my build and yours is I got 32gb g.skill 2400 rams and asus rog gtx 1080.
So have almost identical software with the exact same issue with the software.
Guess I'm not alone after all.
Try leave the software on and play a game. Your pc will crash. Like shutdown crash. I download and uninstall atleast 50 times for the past 5-6 days. And I also tried the way you try. Coz we are took the same suggestions from the same forum lol
What a stupid control software.