The purpose of this paper is to investigate the variations of out-of- roundness due to its assessment methods for the practical workpieces. Experiments were carried out with the test specimens having the typical roundness profile. The roundness measuring system which has the autocentripetal functions and the automatic centering table unit was used. From the experimental results, it was found that the ratio of LSC to MZC values varied with the shape of roundness profiles, and the rate of variation for out-of-roundness was increased logarithmically with the increment of undulations by the effect of filter. Therefore, it is suggested that the least squares center method should be useful with the sufficient accuracy except for some special cases in the roundness profiles, and the condition of filter has considerable influence upon the out-of-roundness to be measured.