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

For KO+ (Potassium monoxide 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) TZVP
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.011990 -0.002559 -0.003277 -0.000883 -0.002088 -0.002088 -0.002357 -0.125045 -0.125045 -0.007085 -0.047712
MP3=FULL         -0.001943   -0.002207       -0.050880
MP4=FULL   -0.002550     -0.001942       -0.123060    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.003887 -0.000799 -0.001019 -0.000257 -0.000608 -0.000608 -0.000685 -0.035405 -0.035405 -0.002044 -0.014446
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.001933            
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.001930   -0.001476        
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.001909           -0.051664
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.001932           -0.052069
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP