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

For CH2CHCH3 (Propene)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001345 -0.004897 -0.004897 -0.003923 -0.014114 -0.015166 -0.015363 -0.055477 -0.056302 -0.022661 -0.065759 -0.066355 -0.050876 -0.007693 -0.047035 -0.084423 -0.008588 -0.054985 -0.086531 -0.047035 -0.008784 -0.056294
MP3=FULL   -0.004669 -0.004669 -0.003724 -0.013982 -0.015037 -0.015237 -0.057758 -0.058621 -0.022847 -0.068498   -0.053356 -0.007288 -0.048588   -0.008180 -0.057164     -0.008375 -0.058560
MP4=FULL -0.001196 -0.004700 -0.004700 -0.003736 -0.014036 -0.015083 -0.015285 -0.058050 -0.058925 -0.022968 -0.069191 -0.069853 -0.053706 -0.007263 -0.048907   -0.008159 -0.057573       -0.058984
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000407 -0.001468 -0.001468 -0.001173 -0.004183 -0.004485 -0.004543 -0.015893 -0.016141 -0.006630 -0.018952   -0.014591 -0.002299 -0.013670   -0.002566 -0.015931     -0.002624 -0.016303
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014005   -0.015246       -0.069055     -0.007224 -0.048817   -0.008116 -0.057471     -0.008311 -0.058888
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL -0.001156 -0.004576 -0.004576 -0.003631 -0.013841 -0.014867 -0.015066 -0.057574 -0.058428 -0.022653 -0.068367 -0.069009 -0.053305 -0.007113 -0.048389 -0.088030 -0.007994 -0.057000     -0.008187  
CCSD(T)=FULL -0.001178 -0.004661 -0.004661 -0.003702 -0.014010 -0.015051 -0.015252 -0.057964 -0.058842 -0.022918 -0.069041 -0.069704 -0.053652 -0.007225 -0.048817 -0.088891 -0.008117 -0.057470 -0.115948   -0.008312 -0.058886
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ