Again, at least to me, the overall shape of the hair looks better in the sculpted version. There's a more realistic "wave" the way the hair lays down on the left side of his head that the rooted doesn't show well. I also think the rooted looks like he has frayed bangs, rather than the sort of "emo I don't care that my hair is in front of my eyes" look that the sculpted shows well.
This is one of the few times for me where I've actually felt the sculpted was so good as to keep the rooted from being an obvious, runaway choice.
Again, just my opinion.