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

For CH3ClH+ (methyl chloride, 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) 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 -0.000565 -0.005990 -0.013446 -0.003999 -0.014508 -0.015428 -0.016022 -0.067488 -0.068164 -0.028090 -0.117613 -0.044491 -0.009113 -0.050414 -0.091574 -0.010836 -0.056040 -0.093527
MP3=FULL         -0.013603   -0.015082       -0.115745 -0.044234 -0.008183 -0.049106        
MP4=FULL   -0.005627     -0.013796       -0.068930   -0.117206   -0.008355 -0.049974   -0.010055 -0.055849  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000173 -0.001818 -0.004044 -0.001211 -0.004332 -0.004594 -0.004772 -0.019410 -0.019609 -0.008296 -0.034061 -0.012940 -0.002740 -0.014846   -0.003258 -0.016442  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.013762           -0.116958   -0.008311 -0.049834   -0.009998 -0.055689  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.013479         -0.025839 -0.115537 -0.044167 -0.008071 -0.048936 -0.090507 -0.009713 -0.054739 -0.092461
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.013756           -0.116928 -0.044749 -0.008304 -0.049812 -0.091943 -0.009988 -0.055665 -0.093920
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