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

For H5O2+ (Dihydroxonium ion)

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 -0.000241 -0.003786 -0.003786 -0.002195 -0.005145 -0.005735 -0.005945 -0.037735 -0.038259 -0.014444 -0.046051 -0.034703 -0.004808 -0.028523 -0.061687 -0.005272 -0.032016 -0.062705
MP3=FULL         -0.004678   -0.005489       -0.046996 -0.035460 -0.004401 -0.028488        
MP4=FULL   -0.003509     -0.004721       -0.038828   -0.047134   -0.004386 -0.028544   -0.004837 -0.032235  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000070 -0.001104 -0.001104 -0.000638 -0.001488 -0.001657 -0.001717 -0.010619 -0.010773 -0.004136 -0.013015 -0.009783 -0.001390 -0.008173   -0.001525 -0.009149  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004694           -0.047069   -0.004365 -0.028494   -0.004813 -0.032188  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004644         -0.014246 -0.046751 -0.035374 -0.004323 -0.028285 -0.062824 -0.004764 -0.031976  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004693           -0.047073 -0.035525 -0.004364 -0.028499 -0.063300 -0.004812 -0.032196 -0.064353
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