So all those 1/2 CPU Xeon servers with 16+ cores running Windows and which don't crash are just an anomaly? I wouldn't be so quick to judge. I would guess that

So all those 1/2 CPU Xeon servers with 16+ cores running Windows and which don't crash are just an anomaly? I wouldn't be so quick to judge. I would guess that your case is the anomaly. Anecdotally speaking, as admin to several 12 and 24 core dual CPU systems running Windows 7/10, my first guess would be that you have some other issue e.g. faulty stick of RAM (have you run memtest86?), a bad driver or the most common cause of crashes: a bug in the code, which only happens in certain specific cases such as "while Skype is running in the background".