Your max has to do with age, genetics, & conditioning I'd argue that the response to activity is "better" than any particular number.
When I started cycling it would take a while for my heart to ramp up, then it would stay there for the duration and remain so afterwards for quite some time. Now, a few years in at an average of over an hour of exercise per day, my heart response is immediate it requires effort to maintain 150 & drops to nearly normal in under 30 seconds. At the age of almost 41, my actual max (that I achieved last year) was 196, but I regularly push & hold 185 on hills at any given ride.
220 minus your age says I should be dead. High=good/better is bollocks. It means you put in effort, it doesn't mean you are healthy or conditioned. How quickly you return to nominal=better.