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

For C(CH3)3SH (2-Propanethiol, 2-methyl-)

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 -0.002477 -0.012140 -0.020000 -0.008894 -0.030350 -0.032335 -0.033226 -0.195022 -0.196485 -0.058381 -0.255546 -0.097439 -0.018160 -0.101247 -0.021756 -0.118385
MP3=FULL         -0.029324   -0.032163       -0.255915 -0.099776        
MP4=FULL   -0.011534     -0.029625       -0.199314       -0.016980      
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000760 -0.003677 -0.006047 -0.002684 -0.009047 -0.009617 -0.009886 -0.056059 -0.056496 -0.017134 -0.073822 -0.028210 -0.005462 -0.029655 -0.006534 -0.034517
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.028115                   -0.020430 -0.131807
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.029049         -0.056740 -0.255538 -0.099658 -0.016502 -0.101399 -0.019973  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.005889             -0.100660 -0.016872 -0.160602 -0.020421 -0.119339
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