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

For C4H10O (Methyl propyl ether)

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 -0.065190 -0.066985 -0.062069 -0.062716 -0.065258 -0.065259 -0.066176 -0.059981 -0.064735 -0.062725 -0.036299 -0.066985 -0.068134 -0.067550 -0.059895 -0.058805
MP3=FULL         0.697783   0.731509       0.684168 0.709652 0.745577 0.750830    
MP4=FULL   -0.011404     -0.011744       -0.010923   -0.013532   -0.011299 -0.011632 -0.009152  
B2PLYP=FULL 0.136191 0.136098 0.147617 0.147264 0.140755 0.138741 0.137934 0.147305 0.130749 0.140133 0.142358 0.132700 0.142290 0.147010 0.135060 0.134338
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         1.458991           1.439804   1.495424   1.446930  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         0.890666         0.885236 0.858990 0.893475 0.873941 0.875881 0.867380  
CCSD(T)=FULL         0.768994           0.772030 0.767603 0.776247 0.781674 0.772404  
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