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I agree that winrar is better (or at least historically better since I don't routinely test like you do).
However the need to compress files is different than it has been. Storage space is always getting bigger and cheaper so I don't need to store anything compressed.
Compression is best for sharing files, which that has evolved greatly since the creation of rar files. And recently windows has added native 7z support so it's become the convenient choice.