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

For CH3CH2CH2CH3 (Butane)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ Sadlej_pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001895 -0.006605 -0.006605 -0.005343 -0.018935 -0.020708 -0.020925 -0.074247 -0.075642 -0.034536 -0.088168 -0.068266 -0.010697 -0.064453 -0.113800 -0.012210 -0.075936 -0.116709 -0.061958
MP3=FULL         -0.018757   -0.020749       -0.091777 -0.071564 -0.010128 -0.066525          
MP4=FULL   -0.006342     -0.018841       -0.079124   -0.093127   -0.010101 -0.067007   -0.011609 -0.079527    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000574 -0.001977 -0.001977 -0.001596 -0.005599 -0.006107 -0.006171 -0.021257 -0.021675 -0.010032 -0.025374 -0.019576 -0.003187 -0.018688   -0.003636 -0.021945    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.018799           -0.092499   -0.010046 -0.066881   -0.011546 -0.079429    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.018595         -0.034845 -0.091625 -0.071509 -0.009901 -0.066293   -0.011383 -0.078759    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.018805           -0.092485 -0.071954 -0.010046 -0.066918   -0.011547 -0.109346 -0.121705  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ Sadlej_pVTZ