Following January 1st's theme, we have Gaming under $1500! Would like to state that the point of the build is to squeeze as much features and performance out of the price point as possible.
For this pricing wise, beauty will deem to be a feature :).
As with all the other builds i make, USD$30 for a windows 10 OS is available at SoftwareSwap reddit page(tho i would write the full price in). A fairly secure trader (https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/comments/3zg4i1/h_microsoft_windows_108817_office_2016/).
And on to the build!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($259.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($147.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($649.99 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1511.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-06 01:45 EST-0500

Holy crap! This took quite a long while to write, previously i wanted to write off with the MSI PC MATE Z170 board, however due to lack of SLI i can only recommend that to builds around $1250.
M.2 SSD is here! So grab one while it's still fresh :>. Also to note, the MSI Z170 board is not chosen because it only has 2 sata 6GB/s, which means that only 1 more HDD/SDD can be added after the above build. The Asus one has fair quality as well as the 4 sata 6GB/s.
Color theme of the build is RED.

Performance Numbers (PassMark) :
CPU 7797
GPU 11534

Total 19331

*The $1500 build here is 10.7% better in CPU, 69.2% better in GPU performance therefore totaling 40% more overall.*