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

For HBO (Boron hydride oxide)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000570 -0.003019 -0.003019 -0.002282 -0.007715 -0.007847 -0.008218 -0.035981 -0.036099 -0.014104 -0.042942 -0.032993 -0.003944 -0.025774 -0.054819 -0.005130 -0.030308 -0.055877
MP3=FULL         -0.007634   -0.014493       -0.044782 -0.034582 -0.003713 -0.026548        
MP4=FULL   -0.002918     -0.007710       -0.037719   -0.045073   -0.003721 -0.026502   -0.004919 -0.031456  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000176 -0.000903 -0.000903 -0.000685 -0.002303 -0.002341 -0.002452 -0.010284 -0.010324 -0.004151 -0.012344 -0.009441 -0.001176 -0.007533   -0.001542 -0.008835  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007686           -0.045080   -0.003697 -0.026574   -0.004926 -0.031565  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007687   -0.008208       -0.045098   -0.003697 -0.026625 -0.057626 -0.004941 -0.031630  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007595         -0.014281 -0.044664 -0.034582 -0.003645 -0.026363 -0.057058 -0.004890 -0.031367 -0.058178
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007685           -0.045073 -0.034767 -0.003697 -0.026586 -0.057599 -0.004931 -0.031580 -0.058724
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