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

For K+ (Potassium atom cation)

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)
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.011862 -0.000726 -0.001339 -0.000010 -0.000080 -0.000080 -0.000084 -0.106880 -0.106880 -0.000975
MP3=FULL         -0.000072   -0.000186      
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.000077          
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p)