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Question PC freezes and restarts for unknown reasons

Rally0078

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My PC started freezing and restarting since yesterday. It randomly freezes and restarts a few minutes after starting the PC and it does the same thing for the 2nd time and never does it again until I turn off the PC and turn it on. I don't get a bluescreen when it freezes. I checked out the CPU,GPU,HDD and SSD temperatures and they look normal to me. The PC is about a year old.
PC Spec:
CPU : Intel Core i7 6700K 4.0GHz (stock)
MB: Asus Prime Z270-AR
PSU: EVGA Supernova P2 650
GPU: Zotac Nvidia GTX 660 2 GB (factory overclocked)
RAM: 1x Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR4 LPX 2400MHz C16
SSD: Samsung 970 Pro 512 GB (Boot Drive)
HDD: WD Blue 2 TB
Could this happen due to an overheating chipset?
 
I found this log entry on event viewer

WHEA logger event 17
A corrected hardware error has occurred.
Component: PCI Express Root Port Error
Source: Advanced Error Reporting (PCI Express)
Bus: Device:Function: 0x0:0x1C:0x4
Vendor ID: Device ID: 0x8086:0xA294
Class Code: 0x30400

The device is "Intel(R) 200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5"
What does this mean?
 
I found this log entry on event viewer

WHEA logger event 17
A corrected hardware error has occurred.
Component: PCI Express Root Port Error
Source: Advanced Error Reporting (PCI Express)
Bus: Device:Function: 0x0:0x1C:0x4
Vendor ID: Device ID: 0x8086:0xA294
Class Code: 0x30400

The device is "Intel(R) 200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5"
What does this mean?
Did you resolve this issue? I have the same thing happening to me and I can't figure out what to do.