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

For HNCS (Isothiocyanic acid)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001174 -0.008729 -0.016669 -0.005834 -0.019882 -0.019820 -0.020816 -0.158008 -0.158164 -0.039439 -0.211879 -0.062835 -0.011728 -0.064944 -0.013723 -0.071170
MP3=FULL         -0.018805   -0.019717       -0.210035 -0.063276 -0.010627 -0.064090    
MP4=FULL   -0.008283     -0.019104       -0.158985   -0.212260   -0.010844 -0.065177 -0.012834 -0.071602
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000370 -0.002653 -0.005045 -0.001767 -0.005961 -0.005942 -0.006241 -0.045436 -0.045483 -0.011662 -0.061227 -0.018256 -0.003550 -0.019201 -0.004147 -0.020959
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.018999           -0.211784   -0.010755 -0.064977 -0.012726 -0.071405
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.018952                      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.018635         -0.037413 -0.209685 -0.063177 -0.010471 -0.063877 -0.012399 -0.070338
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.018996           -0.211751 -0.063937 -0.010751 -0.064954 -0.012719 -0.071392
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ