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

For C2H4O (Ethylene oxide)

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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000996 -0.005089 -0.005089 -0.003673 -0.012107 -0.012818 -0.013268 -0.055839 -0.056460 -0.022589 -0.066911 -0.051118 -0.007290 -0.044623 -0.086143 -0.008580 -0.051605 -0.087973 -0.107077 -0.147325 -0.008843 -0.053362
MP3=FULL         -0.011813   -0.012985       -0.069274 -0.053176 -0.006840 -0.045664             -0.008396 -0.055065
MP4=FULL   -0.004826     -0.011858       -0.058499   -0.069732   -0.006809 -0.045821   -0.008082 -0.053359       -0.008343 -0.055252
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000299 -0.001512 -0.001512 -0.001090 -0.003573 -0.003775 -0.003907 -0.015900 -0.016085 -0.006566 -0.019156 -0.014574 -0.002156 -0.012915   -0.002541 -0.014898       -0.002619 -0.015396
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.011817           -0.069643   -0.006769 -0.045768   -0.008041 -0.053321       -0.008302 -0.055207
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.011689         -0.022487 -0.069018 -0.053076 -0.006679 -0.045391 -0.089101 -0.007944 -0.052934       -0.008202 -0.054803
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.011822           -0.069639 -0.053387 -0.006771 -0.045777 -0.089934 -0.008044 -0.053332 -0.091869 -0.112700 -0.153374 -0.008305 -0.055217
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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ