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Energy differences between frozen core and all electrons correlated.
MP2, MP3, MP4, B2PLYP, CCSD, and CCSD(T)

For HSSSH (trisulfane)

Energies in Hartree
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001670 -0.015938 -0.039130 -0.009600 -0.031890 -0.032621 -0.034509 -0.361262 -0.361724 -0.062715 -0.086034 -0.020698 -0.108078 -0.024597 -0.116895 -0.163643 -0.304171 -0.312702
MP3=FULL         -0.029582   -0.032118       -0.083422 -0.018486 -0.103733          
MP4=FULL   -0.014782     -0.030082       -0.359900     -0.018970 -0.106333 -0.022913 -0.115244      
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000533 -0.004890 -0.011901 -0.002939 -0.009674 -0.009885 -0.010455 -0.104125 -0.104261 -0.018854 -0.025472 -0.006333 -0.032325 -0.007503 -0.034832      
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.029961             -0.018879 -0.105919 -0.022769 -0.114770      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.029174         -0.056667 -0.083085 -0.018213 -0.103411 -0.021962 -0.112181      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.029959           -0.084727 -0.018875 -0.105872 -0.022750 -0.114716 -0.158343 -0.301199 -0.309825
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z