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

For CH3CHOH+ (acetaldehyde, protonated)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000991 -0.005096 -0.005096 -0.003660 -0.012059 -0.012902 -0.013274 -0.055719 -0.056420 -0.022945 -0.051049 -0.007410 -0.045036 -0.008537 -0.052173
MP3=FULL         -0.011766   -0.012990       -0.053114 -0.006961 -0.046064    
MP4=FULL   -0.004844     -0.011817       -0.058476     -0.006938 -0.046241 -0.008058 -0.053962
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000299 -0.001513 -0.001513 -0.001086 -0.003557 -0.003799 -0.003907 -0.015866 -0.016076 -0.006659 -0.014556 -0.002192 -0.013023 -0.002525 -0.015047
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.011777             -0.006899 -0.046177 -0.008015 -0.053900
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.011647         -0.022871 -0.053035 -0.006805 -0.045793 -0.007910 -0.053498
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.011781           -0.053335 -0.006900 -0.046183 -0.008016 -0.053908
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ