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

For BO- (boron monoxide anion)

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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000530 -0.003053 -0.003053 -0.002297 -0.007377 -0.007377 -0.007776 -0.035807 -0.035807 -0.013067 -0.003720 -0.023693 -0.053613 -0.028113 -0.054425 -0.023693
MP3=FULL         -0.007235   -0.051396                  
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL                         -0.056120   -0.056980  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z