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

For ScF (Scandium monofluoride)

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 cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.013112 -0.160338 -0.160338 -0.166350 -0.204057 -0.204057 -0.219792 -0.402069 -0.402069 -0.239603 -0.236278 -0.179134 -0.270512 -0.342255 -0.185143 -0.296780 -0.345144
MP3=FULL         -0.215602   -0.231032       -0.245484 -0.187535 -0.281542        
MP4=FULL   -0.170542     -0.221780       -0.421600     -0.191251 -0.291471   -0.197515 -0.315457  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.004128 -0.050682 -0.050682 -0.053013 -0.065321 -0.065321 -0.070403 -0.122944 -0.122944 -0.076004 -0.074753 -0.057438 -0.086146   -0.059436 -0.093703  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.220325             -0.189688 -0.289121   -0.195893 -0.313050  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.220714   -0.236388             -0.370851 -0.196513 -0.312718  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.213717           -0.241929 -0.184654 -0.279008 -0.353571 -0.190606 -0.302520 -0.356206
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.220265           -0.248006 -0.189755 -0.288868 -0.366730 -0.195931 -0.312799 -0.369446
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ